Every person in life has repeatedly encountered bad dreams. They dream absolutely everything, both adults and small children. Adults, these dreams carry fairly calmly, at first there are unpleasant memories, but after a while everything is forgotten. Children are suffering a terrible dream very difficult. They can not yet determine where the reality is, and where the dream is.
That is why after waking they continue to cry and begin to be afraid of cats and dogs that they dreamed of in an awesome manner. Or they begin to be afraid of the dark, with the arrival of which from under the beds and from the cabinets, different monsters creep out. In such cases, the parents do not need to tell the child that the good children are not afraid of anything or that such big boys and girls are not beautiful about something to be afraid of. Such methods of night fears the child will not get rid of, but the inferiority complex will easily acquire. Do not immediately go to a psychologist. Better to analyze the child's day, be patient and surround the baby with love and care. After all, it's better than the parents of their child does not know who.
Causes of bad dreams
Many are puzzled by the causes of bad dreams. Then, can they be called?
- Disease. Often there are nightmarish dreams in diseases that are accompanied by heat fever. For example: the flu or ARVI.
- Stressmeya anxiety. It can be moving the whole family to a new apartment, scandals between parents or the death of a loved hamster or a parrot.
- Medicines. Some drugs can cause bad sleep, they are quite capable of causing nightmares.
- Ostroyaniya fatty foods. This reason was revealed by scientists with the help of research, so it is necessary to reduce the intake of acute and fatty foods.
- Inconvenient. Sleeping on a narrow, stiff and creaking bed is very inconvenient, the child, at the slightest movement will constantly wake up.
Recommendations for the prevention of nightmares
All these recommendations are quite simple for loving parents:
- For the beginning, as mentioned above, you need to review the child's sleeping place. The cot should be as comfortable as possible. It should not squeak while driving, wide enough and low. The mattress should not be too hard. Blanket pillows should be selected for the season, the baby should not be cold or sleepy during sleep. If the child is afraid of the dark, you should take care of the night light, it can be a small night lamp, standing on the bedside table or a small sconce on the wall.
- It's forbidden to watch horror movies in detail, and you should also avoid cartoons in which there are various monsters. Children have a very violent fantasy, all these monsters he will transfer into real life. They will have it in the dark, under the beds, on the windows behind the curtains, etc.
- During the whole day, it is necessary to organize active games and dances for the child. By squandering all his energy, the tired child falls asleep faster and stronger.
- In the evening two to sleep it is necessary to reduce its activity. Read the tales, poryvat.Neobhodimo try to create certain traditions before going to sleep: the obligatory bathing, a lullaby or watching the children's program "Spokoyonoichi!". All this will certainly help to calm and tune the child to sleep.
- The front should ventilate the room in which the child will sleep. In a stuffy dusty room, there is a lot of chance for an awful dream with nightmares.
- Very well help to cope with bad dreams with your favorite toy of the baby or magic pjazhama. Before going to sleep, tell me what a heroic toy he has, how she can win all the "babaikas" and how she will guard his sweet sleep all night. Or what a magic pajamas he has, how she will protect him from all the laundresses.
- One more wonderful means from terrible dreams can be a prayer read before going to sleep. The text of prayer should be simple, better, if it is in a poetic form. Just for the beginning of the child it is necessary to explain who such Angels and God are in an understandable representation for him. Then he can safely fall asleep with confidence that he will be able to protect the relative nightmare.
If the baby still had a bad dream and started to call his mother and cry, you need to come to him on the first call for help. Soothe him, embrace him. If he can tell about his dream, then you need to try to turn a nightmare into a fascinating story with a necessarily positive end. Let the kid feel like the main hero in her, and not a victim. Then you should put him back in bed, kiss and sit next to him. It is important that he knows that he will necessarily come to the rescue and will certainly understand him.
The main thing is more warmth, caring, love and understanding in relation to the child. And soon all-child fears will leave without a trace and will no longer overcome him!