How to make a child's sleep longer?

On the clock is the fourth hour of the morning, and from the nursery there is the sound of rattles and gay children's laughter. Parents only make a helpless gesture. Soon the morning will come, the baby will fall asleep, and the tired father and mother will meet a new day. A picture familiar to many: the kid confused the day with the night! Small children sleep perfectly in daylight and noise and are no less active in the dark: in fact, in order to babble and jerk legs, lighting is not necessary. And if you shout loudly, my mother will come running, and it will become even more cheerful. As a rule, over time, children themselves are rebuilt into the desired regime. But if the baby is not helped, this process can take a lot of time. How to make a child's sleep longer - the topic of the article.

How to normalize the sleep of small owls

♦ Make sure that the baby is not disturbed by wet diapers, he is not hungry, he has not been pressed by the diaper and does not interfere with the nasal congestion. A common cause of concern is itching and irritation from mosquito bites. But if everything is in order, and sleep in a crumb at night, "in no one's eye," it's time to correct the situation urgently.

♦ Pledge of a good night in the active day! This slogan can be hoisted over a cot. Most likely, your baby does not spend enough energy during the day, moves a little and walks. Add to the life of the baby more activity, replace the passive viewing of toys on ball games, winding locomotives - in general, for all that, why you can run, crawl and drag on. In addition to physical exercise, do not forget about the psychological - talk more with the baby, listen to music, sing songs. Spend more time with the child in the open air, do not forget about gymnastics and massage. However, in the pursuit of a quiet night, you should not make a revolution in the life of crumbs. A sharp increase in daily activity can lead to overfatigue of the baby. For mobile games and entertainment, take the morning and afternoon, leaving quiet lessons for the evening so that the child is not awake before going to bed.

♦ Pay attention to how much the child sleeps during the day. A healthy baby can sleep six hours straight at the age of three months. And in order to rest and gain strength for new games, the child is enough for one and a half to two hours. If your baby sleeps more in the daytime, may be it necessary to shorten the time of daytime sleep a little? But do it gradually. Starting to wake the baby five minutes earlier, then to ten and so on, until the time of daytime sleep reaches the norm.

♦ An evening bathing plays an important role in preparing for a night's sleep. This procedure calms and relaxes the baby. In the water, you can add a decoction of soothing herbs - valerian, mint. Well, if evening bathing becomes part of a permanent ritual of going to bed. Children very quickly remember repeating actions: bathing-feeding-lullaby.

♦ Purchase a sleeper or bag. He does not limit the freedom of the baby, but also does not allow him to wake himself up with sharp movements of hands or feet. In a sleeping bag the kid will not open and will not freeze. Another useful invention is a night light. It does not consume much energy and can burn all night, allowing you to feed the crumbs or change the diaper. During these manipulations do not talk to the child and do not look into his eyes. Gradually the baby will learn that night is not the time to communicate.

♦ If night vigils last longer than a month, consult a doctor. Infringements of a children's dream can be connected with diseases of internal organs, nervous system. Therefore, it is necessary to determine in good time the cause of poor sleep and to conduct treatment.

♦ Try to rebuild yourself. Sleep of the child is your chance to gain strength. Transfer some of the household cares to the shoulders of your loved ones and rest in the afternoon with the crumbs. Otherwise, your fatigue and irritability will have a bad effect on the production of breast milk. And when in the middle of the night you once again wake up for a child's cry or a loud "aga," try to pull yourself together. Remember that this is a creature that screams in the darkness, not an enemy to be fought with, nervously rocking and plugging your mouth with a pacifier, and your own and such a defenseless baby!