Sleep is an active process of the human body that restores the spirit and relieves fatigue. Infant sleep can be called growth sleep. In addition to alleviating the fatigue of infants and young children, restoring physical strength, and stabilizing immune metabolic function, sleep also has a promoting effect on physical growth, cognitive development, learning and memory ability, and emotional behavior. However, parents are often distressed by the baby's sleep problems, not sleeping, easy to cry, black and white upside down sleep, milk sleeping, night wake-up and a series of other problems make parents restless.
Dr. Mark Weiss Brown once mentioned in the book: "For infants and young children, if they lack sleep for a long time, it will affect the development of their cognitive abilities. Good sleep habits are important for the development of the child's brain, and the consequences of the child's lack of sleep in childhood will not appear immediately, and may appear in adulthood. Sleep problems can cause children to be less responsive, difficult to concentrate, easy to be distracted, and can also cause children to be impulsive, hyperactive, or lazy. If the child can get enough sleep, he will maintain the best state of awakening, be alert, and successfully complete the learning task. ”
More importantly, Dr. Mark Weiss Brown found that sleep is inextricably linked to the formation of human personality, and poor sleep is also one of the key causes of infantile pain.
Children aged 0 to 5 years old are recommended for sleeping
Recommended sleep time (hours) for years (months) age 0 months to 3 months 13 to 184 months to 11 months 12 to 161 years old to 2 years old 11 to 143 years old to 5 years old 10 to 13 years old
"Three points"
Put the baby on the bed when he is sleepy and develop his ability to fall asleep alone;
To let the baby and the parents in the same room different bed, to help continuous sleep at night;
Parenting behaviors such as diapers should be used to improve the baby's night sleep efficiency.
"Three don'ts"
Do not rely on soothing methods such as patting or shaking to get your baby to sleep;
Do not let your baby fall asleep only after feeding;
Do not interfere excessively with your baby's nighttime sleep.
Let the child develop a good routine and sleep better, parents may wish to pay attention to these 6 points!
Children's behavior habits will be subtly affected by their parents. To develop the good habit of children going to bed early and getting up early, in the end, the guidance of parents is the key.
1 The lunch break should not be too long
Children who sleep too long during the day mostly do not sleep well at night. Although there are many benefits to the lunch break, the effect of sleeping for a long time is counterproductive.
If the child sleeps too much during the day, parents can consciously wake up the child, or tease him to play for a while, and overcome the "black and white upside down" by adjusting.
In general, preschool children can sleep for 1 to 2 hours at noon, and do not let children sleep for 3 to 4 hours or even longer.
2 Do not do intense exercise before bedtime
Adult children exercise appropriately, which is beneficial to the child's development and health, but the time and degree of exercise should be grasped.
During the day, you can properly carry out outdoor sports such as running and playing football, avoid strenuous exercise after dinner, and it is not suitable for exciting games, which may cause the child's brain to be overexcited, so that he cannot go to bed early.
3 Create a strong sleeping atmosphere
If your child sleeps well, the sleeping environment is the key.
At night, it is best not to let children touch tv, computer, mobile phone and other fluorescent screens at home, because these are particularly easy to make children addicted and do not want to go to sleep.
You can dim the lights, turn off the TV, and adults don't chat anymore, creating a quiet and peaceful bedtime environment for children.
It is best to prepare a fixed bedtime ceremony for them to develop habits, such as reading books together, listening to stories, and letting the child sleep contentedly in a quiet environment.
4 Develop a schedule with your child
Don't expect the child to know how to sleep when he is tired of playing, you know, in the process of the child's playing tiredness, it is at the cost of consuming all the child's energy, which is very bad for the child's body.
Parents can make a schedule with their children, remembering to discuss the plan with their children, rather than asking them what time to sleep, which can often be counterproductive.
After the appointment of the time, usually when the time comes, you must go to sleep. For example, if you agree to go to bed at 9 o'clock, then at 8:30, you must try to let the child calm down and prepare for bedtime.
5 Parents should lead by example
The formation of children's good habits, in the final analysis, the guidance of parents is the key.
You procrastinate at night, chase the drama and stay up late, and you have not arranged the child, and the child naturally does not sleep. If you wash your child on time, tell bedtime stories, and turn off the lights to sleep, your child will also be on time. Therefore, first reflect on whether you have paid attention to this problem and done it seriously.
However, many parents are forced to go to bed late, but this does not mean that their children will go to bed late. If the schedule is agreed, when the time comes, parents can first put down the matter at hand, accompany the child to sleep first, wait for him to fall asleep, and then get up to do things. Doing so will not disrupt your child's routine.
The rules of work and rest must be observed, not for children, but also for parents themselves.
6 Adjust the child's sleep, parents do not be anxious
Parents should also not be too anxious about their children's sleep problems every day, and occasionally sleep late do not have to be too nervous.
Some children who have developed the habit of sleeping late cannot adjust in a short period of time, and at this time, they cannot be impatient, and they must give their children some time to make adjustments. A step-by-step approach can be used, such as going to bed at 10:30 p.m. this week and changing to 10 p.m. the following week.
Healthy sleep, perfect companionship. Sleep well, starting tonight.