Question
How should I handle a 21-month-old child who cries four or five times at night?
Answer
Check if the child has rickets and Spleen and stomach issues, as the bone enzyme index has decreased from 240 at 11 months to 210. The child is currently taking vitamin D and Dicalcium Phosphate, along with Jian’erle, and the situation has improved. The child is now 21 months old and can sleep for 1 to 2 hours during the day, but still cries multiple times at night, and cries for a while before urinating. Symptoms during the day include: burping after eating, a strange taste in the mouth, irritability, and mood swings, liking to eat, and occasionally blinking their eyes tightly. Crying can be divided into two types: physiological crying and pathological crying. Physiological crying is the baby’s instinctive response to express emotions and needs, which may be due to hunger, cold or heat, being startled, or having a nightmare. At this time, parents only need to comfort the baby to restore calmness. Pathological crying is caused by diseases that cause pain, itching, and discomfort, such as fever, eczema, rickets, oral ulcers, worm infections, and intussusception. When a child cries for no apparent reason or due to a disease at night, parents should first consider physiological factors, and then consider pathological factors. In necessary cases, seek medical attention promptly.