Patient's question:
The baby doesn't sleep well in the afternoon, usually not falling asleep until 10 or 11 o'clock. Once asleep, they wake up after about an hour and a half, and keep fussing until 1 or 2 in the morning. Then they wake up again after two more hours. They wake up as early as 8 or 9 in the morning. During the day, they basically sleep for an hour and play for two hours.Time of onset: Around four months.
Medical examination results: Normal.
Previous treatment and effectiveness: None.
What kind of assistance is needed: Want to know what is going on.
Doctor's answer:
Normal deep sleep for infants should be more than 10 hours. Your baby's condition is clearly abnormal. There are many reasons that can cause infant crying, such as neonatal meningitis, neonatal pneumonia, or hypocalcemia-induced convulsions.Recommendation: You can carefully observe if there is a small part of his head where the hair hasn't grown. Does he get enough sunlight? Is there poor calcium absorption? If this is the case, you should start supplementing with calcium and vitamin D, and increase exposure to sunlight.
If he has a cough, high fever, crying, and poor bowel movements, it could be pneumonia. In this case, focus on anti-inflammatory and symptomatic treatment.
If it is neonatal meningitis, there may also be convulsions, but a lumbar puncture is required for diagnosis.