You come in for four months... suddenly it's hard to milk, suck your hands, bend your eyes, wake up often when it's easy to feed. 👶🏻🍼

You're four months old... suddenly it's hard to milk, suck your hands, bend your eyes, wake up often when it's easy to feed. What happened? 👶🏻🍼

I still ate milk yesterday.

Today, suckling a few suckles turned

Suck hands all day

Night wakes every 1-2 hours.

Carried, didn't want to lay, cried

Until many houses began to wonder...

What's wrong with the baby? Not enough milk? Or are we raising wrong?

If you're around four months, I'd say...

You're not raising wrong. 🤍

This age is when many developments are changing at the same time. Vision, movement, communication, and sleep patterns can change your behavior temporarily.

🌙 Why do you suddenly wake up at night so often?

Before, you started sleeping longer, but after four months, you woke up often.

One of the reasons is that your sleep cycle is changing.

Children start to have shallow sleep and change sleep cycles more clearly, so they can wake up during the cycle more easily, and if they can't sleep on their own, they can call for help.

This period is often called the 4-month sleep regression.

It does not mean that the development of the child is backwards, but when the sleep pattern is changing with age.

🍼 Why is it difficult to eat milk when you used to eat well?

Many homes see their children eat less and immediately think,

"Is the milk reduced?"

But at this age, you become more interested in your surroundings.

The sound opened the door.

Walking voice

TV sound

Or something that moves nearby.

May cause the baby to stop sucking and turn to look

Some people eat less during the day because they are distracted, but they eat more during the night.

If the baby is still cheerful, urinating regularly, and the weight is still up to the criteria, it should not be hurried to conclude that the baby is not enough to eat milk.

✋ Suck your hands all day... hungry?

Not always.

Lately you start to discover where your hands are and start using your mouth to explore things.

Hand sucking can therefore be either body learning, eye-hand-mouth coordination training, or self-comforting when tired, sleepy, or excited.

So you only suck your hands, and you don't need to brew milk every time.

Look at other hungry signs, such as turning to the breast or bottle, opening your mouth, or sucking more enthusiastically.

😭 Why are you bent easier?

Because you're learning a lot of new things lately.

See things clearer.

Want to reach for things

Want to flip

Start talking.

Start remembering faces and responding to familiar people.

With something new to learn throughout the day, the child may become tired more easily and more easily bent.

And when you feel tired or uncomfortable, being around your parents helps you feel safe.

💧 And why does a lot of saliva like to bite everything?

Many children start to salivate more and like to put their hands, fists or toys in their mouths.

This is partly an age-based development and exploration of the surroundings.

Doesn't always mean the teeth are going up immediately.

👶 four months, what developments may your child develop?

Each child has his or her own rhythm, but this phase many may start.

• Laugh more loudly

• Squeaking like talking

• Hold the toys more firmly

• Better reach for things

• Roll over or start trying to flip.

• Interested in looking in the mirror

• Smile when someone smiles

You don't have to do all of them at the same time.

💙 How do parents help their children through this period?

🍼 Feed milk in a quiet place.

Reduce noise and distractions when the child is easily distracted.

😴 Keep the sleeping routine consistent.

Help you know when it's time to rest.

🤍 Catch the sleepy signal.

Don't wait until you're very sleepy and heavy, because it can make it harder to sleep.

🧸 gives gimmicks and developmental training opportunities.

Like Tummy Time, with an adult closely supervised.

👶 Don't use hand sucking as the only hunger sign.

See another hungry sign consisting

🚨 When to consult a doctor?

If you have these symptoms, consult a doctor.

• Eat much less milk and continuously

• Less urine or dehydration signs

• Weight not up or weight loss

• Abnormal seepage

• Fever, vomiting, or other symptoms

🤍 Finally... I want to tell all my parents.

If you are thinking

"Why have you all changed?"

Back then, easy to sleep.

Before eating well

Before putting to sleep

But everything looks so hard today...

Don't just think that you raised the wrong party.

Because many times, what changes is not our upbringing.

But it's because the baby is growing.

Some developments may be accompanied by nights when parents barely sleep, and days when they feel more tired than usual.

But this phase will gradually pass.

And then one day you might look at the little guy and find out...

People who wake up every few hours are laughing, talking, reaching out and learning more about the world every day. 🤍

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