Why a child can not sleep: possible causes

The unwillingness of a child to go to bed on a night's sleep can be associated with psychological factors and problems in the physical plane.If the child can not fall asleep, it can be a simple reluctance to part with the games. Photo: Getty Psychological reasons why a child does not want to go to bed:

• he is in a state of stress after moving;
• he is frightened by something;
• he received a lot of new impressions;
• afraid to fall asleep, perhaps he often has nightmares;
• does not want to part with an interesting community and entertaining games.

In all these cases, the child will be capricious,rub your eyes with your hands. A child can simply not get tired for a day, so at the appointed time he does not want to sleep. This happens when he is left to himself and spends a lot of time watching TV or playing computer games. Also, a child can not fall asleep if he has health problems or physical discomfort:

• he is uncomfortable in bed, wearing uncomfortable pajamas;
• the room is uncomfortable due to the high temperature and increased dryness;
• the child is hungry or thirsty;
• his teeth erupt;
• his stomach or head hurts.

It is important for mother to find out why a child does not wantsleep, and eliminate the cause of discomfort. If the baby sleeps well at night, he will always be in a great mood. Sometimes a child can not sleep during the day. This can happen for the following reasons:

• Wrong schedule of the day. It is important to take into account the child's age. Babies need daytime sleep 2 times a day, older kids sleep only once. The main thing is that the baby should get tired before the day's sleep. And it's better to put him to bed at about the same time.
• Sharp change of activities. If the child played fun, and my mother suddenly ordered that it's time to sleep, then he will begin to resist. Therefore, the transition from games to daytime sleep should be smooth with the consequent performance of any rituals.
• The room is noisy and light for sleep. If possible, darken the room and eliminate noise.
• Negative associations with sleep. If mom always rocked the baby, and then suddenly stopped doing it, then the child does not get it. It requires the same attitude. It is important to teach the baby to fall asleep independently without rocking, but to do it gradually. For example, first rock, then do it less, then just pick up, then just put it in the crib.

Daytime sleep is as important as night. Therefore, it is necessary to organize the order of the day, so that the baby can easily be persuaded to sleep. When the child does not want to fall asleep, it is important to establish the cause, if this is repeated often, you need to seek the advice of a specialist to eliminate the problems of a neurological nature. Read further:

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