Why a child in a bad night sleeps at night
Long laying, lulling, awakening in the middle of the night - this is how children's rest at night look like to some parents. You can change the situation if you understand what is bothering the baby.
Knowing why a child in a year does not sleep well at night, you can eliminate the cause of his anxiety Photo: Getty Causes of sudden child awakenings:
- bad state of health - temperature, colic, teething, reaction to vaccination;
- fears - the absence of a number of parents, darkness, extraneous noise can cause a panic attack in the child;
- overwork or overexcitation - excessive activity and excitement in the evening can cause intermittent, shallow sleep;
- uncomfortable conditions in the room - high temperature, stuffiness;
- hunger;
- vitamin D deficiency.
Poorly sleeping meteosensitive and easily excitable children. The quality of the holiday can be affected by any achievement, strong positive and negative emotions.
What to do if a child does not sleep well at night
If the child is healthy, he does not eruptteeth, then normalizing the rest is easy. The room where the baby sleeps should always be ventilated, the temperature in the room should be 18-21 degrees, the air should not be very dry. How to avoid nocturnal awakenings:
- Correctly to feed - problems often arise at the termination of night feeding. To avoid whims, you need to increase the daily portions of food, nourishing the baby nourishing for 30-40 minutes before bedtime.
- Avoid overwork - control the time of games, watching cartoons.
- To invent a ritual before going to bed, which you must do every day - rocking, poachtat.
- Calm down - in the water for evening bathing, you can add a few drops of essential oil balm, mint, broth chamomile.
- Prevent colic - give the baby a medicine before bedtime so that he can sleep peacefully all night.
- Replenish vitamin D deficiency - optionalgive drops, enough time to be outdoors in sunny time. The advisability of taking the drug should be consulted with the pediatrician, pre-render the appropriate tests.
You do not need to warm your baby warmly before going to bed,carefully wrap up - the children do not have a very good thermoregulation, if it is hot, it will not be able to sleep peacefully. The child should get enough sleep during the day and night rest - the amount of time for sleeping can be found in the tables created by pediatricians. If the child is constantly naughty, sprinkles - he often gets sick, becomes whiny and irritable. Eliminate the causes of nocturnal awakenings and whims under the power of every mom. Read further:
