Sleep problem in children
The problem of irregular sleep in children is one of the most common problems faced by parents and mothers in particular, and make this problem parents are in a state of anxiety and tension is perpetual because of irregular sleep schedules in their children, one of the main causes of this problem that children sometimes prefer to play on sleep, On the difference between night and day, and differ in children in the number of hours of sleep as well as in the pattern of waking and sleeping.
Tips to make the baby sleep quickly
- Find the appropriate ways to make the child distinguish the day from the night, during the day we open the curtains to see the child the light of day and sunlight, and make it look out the window to see the movement of cars and people in the street, and talk with the child and play with him, and give the child his own games to play during the day , And igniting the TV to him to watch his children’s channels. During the night, we follow the ways in which the child learns that the evening has been solved by hanging curtains, using low lights, talking to the child in a low voice, and asking him to help the mother bring his toys back to their place, Wear baby clothes and wear it on your sleeping pajamas and make it go to the bathroom before bed or change the diaper if it does not go to the bathroom, and finally put the child in his bed for sleeping.
- The mother should know the number of hours of adequate sleep for the child and for different ages, for example:
- Newborns from the moment of birth to the age of 3 months: Children sleep at this age range for long periods of up to 16 hours, and children wake up at night or during the day to breastfeed, or to the presence of what hinders their sleep such as the need to change conservation, or feeling hot or cold.
- Children 3 to 6 months: Children begin to sleep twice as long as the hours of the day, and the number of their meals to breastfeed, and the number of hours of sleep to eight hours continuous.
- Children from 6 months to 1 year: Children sleep for longer hours of up to 12 hours and become very poor. The mother should note that children at this stage, teething stage, may wake up with pain or fever.
- Children from 1 to 4 years: Children sleep and sleep longer because their hours of sleep are less.
- The mother can adapt the child to a custom toy placed next to him when he sleeps like: a fur doll to get the child to sleep next to him and sleep is related to sleep.
- Let the child cry a bit if he wakes up in the evening and does not go to him quickly when he cries to make him get used to going back to sleep alone.
- Getting the child to sleep early so as not to prolong periods of sleep.
- Give the baby a little anise or chamomile on nights when he or she has trouble sleeping.
- If the child has frequent sleep problems most of the night, seek medical advice.