Many parents will leave a light at the head of the bed where the baby sleeps, which will not only facilitate the care of the baby, but also make the baby feel safe. In fact, this approach is wrong.
1. Affect the baby's sleep
Any artificial light source will produce a subtle light pressure, the long-term existence of this light pressure, will make infants and young children appear restless, emotional restless, so that it is difficult to sleep. At the same time, let the baby sleep under the light for a long time, which in turn affects the mesh activation system, which will shorten the time of each sleep, and the depth of sleep will become shallow and easy to wake up.
2. Affect the baby's vision development
Long-term sleep under the light, the stimulation of light to the eyes will continue, the eyes and ciliary muscles can not get enough rest, it is easy to cause damage to the retina of infants and young children, sleeping in the light of the baby and sleeping in the dark compared with the baby, the incidence of myopia is 4 times higher.
3. Turning on the light when falling asleep will inhibit the secretion of a substance called melatonin in the human body, so that the body's immune function is reduced, and turning off the lights to sleep is conducive to increasing the child's immunity.
The right thing to do is to turn off the lights and go to sleep.
● If some children are afraid of the dark, you can consciously take your children for a walk in the moonlight, exercise your child's ability to adapt to the dark, put his favorite teddy bear and rag doll on the pillow when the child sleeps, close the curtains, and turn off the lights.
● The child is not willing to fall asleep, you can tell the child some family stories, and turn off the lights to sleep after telling. Remember, don't tell horror stories.
● If parents and children are in the same room, try to use small table lamps, choose softer lights, and do not let the light source face the child. Don't watch TV, between the bed and the light source, with a partition screen or curtain to block.
● When encountering a child's nightmare, parents should accompany the child until he falls asleep again, and never use the on lamp to drive away nightmares for the child.
For the healthy growth of the baby, parents must not covet the convenience and let the lights accompany the baby to sleep.
