Helping babies to sleep is not
difficult. It is important that you need to know the 'troublemaker' and deal
with it.
Parents will be happy to see their baby
sleeping enough, being obedient and healthy! However, for babies, especially
preschool-age children, the habit of less sleeping and giddy is extremely
common. Sometimes, illness, hunger or going into a new stage of development
causes baby's sleeping problems or startle. However, normally, children awake
and do not sleep well because sleeping environment is not ideal.
When letting your baby go to bed, ask
yourself the following questions to see if there is any problem with your
baby's sleep!
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good sleep helps babies develop better in both physical and intelligence.
1. Is the sleeping time of your baby unified?
Good habit is always a factor to have
success. So, making sleeping schedule and training children are necessary. This
means that you take your baby to bed on time and try not to break this
"rule".
2. Is the bed room too warm?
Children will feel extremely frustrating,
annoying when the bedroom temperature is too high. Therefore, keeping bedroom
temperature at about 68 F degrees is ideal. Remember, lay your children on bed
with mattress that is not too soft in the first years of life to avoid the
phenomenon of sudden death in children.
You absolutely should not let the items
such as pillows, blankets, bed sheets, even stuffed animals because these
things can cover the face and suffocate babies. If it is a little cold, instead
of covering more blanket, you'd better wear more clothes for your children. If
your babies have a fever, you should not cover blanket for them because they
are not be able to withstand high temperature - usually the most fatal
factor.
3. Are babies too tired?
Do active and strong activities before
going to bed will cause excitement, that's why babies are easy to awake. If
taking bath before going to bed makes them relax, let's do it. Reading book or
clapping on the back are also acts of love that kids like a lot.
Do
active and strong activities before going to bed will cause excitement, that's
why babies are easy to awake.
4. Is the environment too noisy?
Most children feel restless and are hard to
sleep if the ambient is noisy. Especially, toddlers will be very easy to get
distracted and do not want to miss any sound. Therefore, they usually delay
and refuse to sleep even you appease.
Let's try to minimize the noise outside the
bedroom of children so that you can gently take them in deep sleep!
5. Are babies worried?
In some development stages, infants and toddlers
often worry about separation. To reduce their fear, you need comfort and
reassure them. You may turn on a melodic music or the sleeping light.
You
may turn on a melodic music or the sleeping light.
Tips to help your baby have a deep sleep
The secret recipe: taking bath with warm
water + reading story = sleeping well. These two things make the baby's body
relax a lot. Before babies sleep, you should stay with them a little but not
too long.
Do not let babies drink water before going
to bed. It will make them urinate at night.
Massage babies before bed. They will feel
comfortable and easily get into deep sleep. However, do not do it as a habit.
When babies are not massaged by mothers, they will have trouble with sleeping.
Check the entire room before turning off
the light and come back to your room. Has the window closed yet, does the
curtain cause bizarre shapes or not, have the toys removed from the crib yet?
