There are too many questions about your baby's sleep. 9 of the 10 moms are suffering from this...
No, among our colleagues, there are many who are worried about the nap. When your child is older, he doesn't want to take a nap, but what can he do?
If you have the same annoyance in front of the screen, believe me, you're not alone.
Nap or no nap, we'll talk about it today.
01
Does it matter if the nap is heavy or not?
vital. But it is not possible to generalize, but to divide into ages.
For small month-old babies, napping well during the day can also be more stable at night. Naps have many benefits for babies: improving memory, learning ability, promoting growth and development, soothing the mood... Needless to say, everyone knows.
However, as the child grows older, the length and frequency of naps during the day will gradually decrease. (Look at the following picture to know the general law)
(Note: 0.25 hours to 15 minutes; 0.5 hours to 30 minutes, that is, half an hour.) ）
At a certain age (after about 3 years old), many children will resist and reluctantly take a nap, which is also normal.
At this time, many parents are very anxious, will the nap affect the intelligence? Will it not grow tall...
Actually, there's no need to worry so much. For older babies, the nervous system has developed to a certain extent, and more importantly, sleep at night (not to say that daytime naps are completely useless).
If you can ensure a high-quality and adequate night's sleep, the baby is very energetic and emotionally happy all day, and it is really not a big thing to take a nap or not.
02
Whether to take a nap or not, look at these 2 points
Generally speaking, the watershed of napping is around 3 years old (some even earlier), and some babies at this age will not want to take a nap, or even resist the behavior of taking a nap. Every time there is a "chicken flying dog jumping" war.
As a parent, how exactly can you determine if your baby needs a nap? Specifically, look at the following two points:
1. Nap has not interfered with sleep at night
How can this be determined? Quite simply, when you find that after the baby takes a nap, the time to fall asleep at night is not only much later than usual, but also the sleep is unstable, and there are performances such as night wake-up and early awakening in the middle of the night.
This shows that naps have affected the quality of children's sleep at night, at this time parents can consider not forcing the baby to nap, or appropriately reduce the nap time.
After all, for big babies, sleep at night is relatively more important than daytime, isn't it?
2. Is your baby's mental state good?
This is the most direct criterion for judging!
As your baby grows older, the amount of nap time he needs during the day is gradually decreasing. You can observe, if you don't take a nap, you can jump around all day, and your spirit is great, then there is nothing to worry about. Might as well be a little more Buddhist and let him go
In addition, there is another situation that is also worth noting - the nap time is delayed.
Let's take an example and see if your baby is like this:
13:30
Mom: "Go to sleep~"
Baby: Roll around And break the "#$%&~..." Singing and dancing (the whole body emits a signal that you don't want to sleep)
15:00
Mom: (Yang Tianyi long whistle ~~) Why don't you sleep??!! Forget it, then don't sleep.
Baby: Oh, I'm tired, King Ben just reluctantly sleeps Zzzzz~~~
"Sigh", 2 hours have passed, grinding and rubbing up.
Leave you looking at the sleepy-eyed baby, the inner breakdown, whining, finished, how to go to sleep at night?
When this situation occurs frequently, it basically indicates that parents need to adjust the baby's nap schedule.
The reason is simple, as the child grows, the amount of daytime awake time he can hold is also upgrading. At this time, you insist that he sleep regularly as before, and Wa Tie will not dry. The result of competing with each other is that you are tired and he is tired.
To sum up, parents can observe the child for a period of time, combined with his nighttime sleep quality and daytime mental state, and then decide how to adjust the nap.
03
How do I adjust my nap?
First of all, a main idea is clear: each child's situation is different, the adjustment of sleep patterns is a gradual process, don't be too anxious.
There is also the timing.
Remembering that colleague Vivi once sighed, the baby is brought by the elderly, almost three years old, every day nap to sleep for 3 hours, and then at 11, 12 o'clock at night to go to bed, in the morning and lie in bed, forming a "vicious circle". Although I don't agree, I can think about it and understand that the old man can't eat energy and physical strength, and the child can take a nap to catch his breath, so he has been shelved.
However, the baby is about to start kindergarten soon, and if it is still this kind of schedule, Vivi knows that it will definitely not work, so she has begun to think about how to adjust the nap time for the baby.
Now let's talk about the actual operation.
1. If your baby naps too long or too late, it will affect the night's sleep.
Then try to slowly shorten the length of your nap. For example, if you sleep for 3 hours before, it will be shortened to 2 hours, and then 1 hour... Step by step, new laws are formed.
Of course, parents are mentally prepared, and the baby who is woken up in advance is estimated to cry into a storm and have to resist Oh~
2. If your baby is very resistant to napping and is full of energy throughout the day.
Then the most important thing for parents to do is to let the baby learn to adapt to the schedule of the kindergarten.
Be sure to tell the baby that the collective nap time of the kindergarten should not affect the rest of other children. At home, you can also let your baby develop the habit of keeping quiet during lunch breaks, and parents can lie in bed with their children, spend 1 hour, look at picture books, and play quiet games.
It is also important to say hello to the teacher beforehand.
Finally, let's sum up: babies need to take a nap to recharge, even if they don't want to sleep, it doesn't mean they don't need to.
The big baby is different, when he not only resists napping, but also affects nighttime sleep, forcing a nap may be counterproductive.
In any case, the most important judgment is still the parents' observation of the child, and whether to adjust the child's nap time according to the specific situation. May every baby get a great night's sleep!