Every child needs an extra day's sleep. From sleep depends not only the full rest of the little man, but also his further development. Sleep has a positive effect on the physical development of children and, of course, on the mental and intellectual. Therefore, it is very difficult to overestimate the importance of sleep.
In the first year of their life, babies should sleep two times during the day, not less. Later there is a transition to another mode of the day. From the age of 1,5 the child's sleep should last up to three hours a day. This routine should be maintained up to seven years. But since the age of seven, daytime sleep is not required. The child goes to school. Students of the first class always feel cheerful during the day, very mobile and full of health.
A certain part of young parents is faced with the question: how to put your child to sleep during the day, if he refuses to sleep? Kids, as a rule, can not fall asleep, ask for a toy or lie down with it, just begin to be capricious. Moms can not understand this behavior of their child. Does it occur to you that a day-dream does not need a child at all?
Do you need a day's sleep?
The importance of daytime sleep in early childhood is difficult to overestimate. It helps children restore strength and efficiency, prevents fatigue. During the day's sleep, morning fatigue goes away. HGH is formed in a dream. A night's sleep helps restore the strength of the child, which was spent the day.
If you miss the day's sleep, the forces will not be restored. A tired child for a day and sleep at night will be difficult and much longer. In the morning he will feel bad, be capricious, have a tired look, he will not have a cheerful mood.
Every day, children receive new information or experience new experiences. Kids should properly rest, so that the events of the day do not mingle in one heap. During the sleep, the child's brain received the information in the daytime and puts it "on the shelves." This allows you to learn much better. With the help of daytime sleep, a stable immunity to any infections is formed. Children who are not laid down to sleep in the daytime are capricious and weakened. They develop poorly and get tired very quickly. We can say that daytime sleep is a kind of pause that divides the long day of your child into parts.
Baby Day Regimen
It is necessary to establish a competent daily routine and to adhere to it clearly. This is the only way to develop a need for sleep and rest. The child should ask himself to sleep. You can, of course, break once or twice a day's sleep, if there is some significant event, a holiday. But you can not change the regime of the day or form a new rhythm!
If your baby is tired, then put her to bed early. And do not wake the child if he is fast asleep and does not want to wake up. Give him some extra time to sleep. And on the behavior of the child you can judge the correctness of the chosen solution. If your baby is not naughty, actively playing for a walk, does not cry, quickly falls asleep with a sound sleep, then you have chosen the right actions.
How to put to sleep?
The baby's bed should be very comfortable and comfortable for him, and have a rest. Let there be his favorite toy with which he quickly falls asleep. Invite the child to make a choice: go to bed now or a little later. This will create an illusion of choice for the baby. He will conclude that it's much nicer to get to sleep by yourself.
If the child rubs eyes or starts to be capricious, does not want to let go of Mom, it is a clear sign that he wants to go to bed. In this situation, you need to talk with him in a quiet, gentle and affectionate voice, sing a song, pat on the tummy and back. And the dream will come soon.
If the child refuses to sleep at all, then do not force it. By laying down to sleep, you can set it up altogether against sleep. Then, even conflict situations may arise, or neuroses may arise. If the day did not sleep, then let him lie early in the evening. But this should not be the rule.
It happens that the baby did not sleep during the day, but does not feel any discomfort. This is a feature of the child's nervous system. In this situation, you just need to allocate time for rest. Let the child just lie down in quiet conditions. This type of rest also positively affects the development of the baby. The forces will be restored, the nervous and immune systems will be strengthened too.
Should I punish him?
Sleep as a punishment to use categorically prohibited. If he receives such punishment, it will form a negative impression of a day's sleep. If you just need to punish the child, then leave him alone in the room, close the door, but never put the baby in the crib.