The author | Dong Lin Fu
Children have poor self-control, especially children who have gone to kindergarten, play happily at night and do not want to sleep, stay up late, can't get up in bed in the morning, and even affect the normal admission to kindergarten, making parents very anxious.
My daughter was like this for a while, the more she played, the more excited she became, and she looked like she was dozing off, but as long as she hugged her to the bed and let her sleep, she cried and shouted, "I haven't played enough, I still want to play." Then he ran out of bed again to play with toys.
It is especially important for children to go to bed early and get up early.
The child's body is developing, and growth hormone is at its peak at about 10 o'clock at night, and people will only secrete a lot of growth hormone when they are deep asleep, so if the child sleeps too late at night, it will affect growth and development.
How can we develop the habit of getting up early and getting up early?
1, do not let children play too surprising and exciting games at night.
At night, if the child is too excited, the child does not want to sleep, so try not to let the child be too excited at night, let the child maintain a calm and pleasant mood.
2, you can play a little soft and soothing music for your child.
Soft and soothing music helps children sleep, but also helps children calm their mood, making children more likely to feel sleepy and drowsy.
3, the lighting of the room is dimmed to create an environment conducive to children's sleep.
If the bedroom light is too strong, it is not conducive to the child to enter the sleep state, parents can dim the bedroom light, or turn on the night light, to create a comfortable, easy to sleep environment for the child.
Of course, when the baby is asleep, remember to turn off all the lights, because no matter how dark the lights are, it is not as good as sleeping in the dark.
4, tell the child a bedtime story, the child listens to the story for a while, it is easy to get sleepy.
I have to tell my daughter bedtime stories every night, because I have formed a habit, if there is a night I do not want to tell my daughter, she will not agree, for children, listening to bedtime stories has many benefits, on the child's language ability and intellectual development and so on have a role in promoting.
And storytelling before going to bed is a very ritualistic parent-child activity, which not only makes children feel warm and happy, but also becomes the happiest memory in a child's life.
5, the child's sleep time during the day should not be too long, and the child should get up on time in the morning to better ensure that the child goes to bed early and gets up early.
Children's daytime lunch break time should not be too long, some children have been sleeping from 1 o'clock in the afternoon to more than 5 pm, so that the child sleeps too much during the day, and naturally sleeps late at night, because the daytime sleep time is too long, and the child is not sleepy at night to sleep at night.
The same is true in the morning, if the child sleeps until more than 10 o'clock in the morning, then it is difficult for the child to fall asleep early at night, which is the unreasonable work and rest time, and the child must adjust the work and rest time to a reasonable range.
6. Parents should lead by example and go to bed early and get up early with their children.
Some parents while nagging their children not to go to bed early, but they brush their mobile phones or watch TV until late at night, parents are the child's role models, if parents can not lead by example, parents' words are of course not convincing to children.
Healthy work and rest habits Parents should start from themselves, parents should go to bed early with their children and get up early, and give their children a good example.
7. Make a plan for your child to go to bed early and get up early, and give your child appropriate rewards.
You can discuss with your child that parents can give their child appropriate rewards if they insist on going to bed within a month and getting up on time in the morning if they insist on going to bed within the agreed time.
For example, buy a picture book that the child likes, or go to a movie, or go to the playground to play once, so that the child can experience the joy and reward brought by self-discipline.
8, in the morning to set a soft alarm.
It is difficult to get up in the morning, which requires parents to set an early alarm, in the choice of sound, pay attention not to be too harsh, to let the warm and soft alarm in the beautiful morning to wake up adults and children in time.
In short, the habit of going to bed early and getting up early should make children develop from an early age, and let children realize that healthy work and rest habits will benefit him for a lifetime. If you have any confusion or good ideas about how to get your child to bed, go to bed late, and how to make your child develop the habit of going to bed early and getting up early, feel free to discuss it in the comments section.