Patient's question:
My child is three and a half months old. Since birth, their sleep has never been very good. At one month, they ate milk every two hours at night. Now they wake up once every half hour to an hour at night. When sleeping, they shake their head a bit to fall asleep. When half-asleep and half-awake, they cry and can only be rocked to sleep. The doctor said they are calcium-deficient, but I have been supplementing with calcium since two months, and it still hasn’t helped. I have been taking Forti-Calcium Granules and later Acetate Calcium Granules, but neither has worked. Please guide me as an expert. Urgent.Doctor's answer:
Hello: Crying is usually divided into two situations: one is physiological crying. This is an instinctive response and a way for babies to express their emotions and needs, which may be due to hunger, temperature changes, being startled, or having nightmares. At this time, parents only need to calmly comfort the baby to help it calm down.There is also pathological crying, which should be taken seriously. Any disease that causes pain, itching, or discomfort to the baby will make it cry and become restless, such as fever, eczema, rickets, oral herpes, pinworm infection, and intussusception. When a baby cries for no apparent reason at night, parents should first consider physiological causes and then think about pathological factors. If necessary, it is important to seek medical attention promptly.