The uniqueness of the situation is that external influences are often not enough to wake a child, but they are enough to prevent the transition of a superficial sleep into a deep one. As a consequence, the child sleeps hard most of the night (spinning, spinning, crying, being naughty, etc.), but at the same time getting enough sleep, which can not be said about his parents.
The solution to the problem described is that moms and dads should clearly know the factors that can prevent children from sleeping, and, if possible, eliminate these factors.
Desire and unwillingness to sleep
Sleep is a natural physiological need of a person. It is difficult to force to sleep someone who does not want to sleep, but it is easy to sleep already sleepy. Observant parents are well aware of the signs that indicate that it's time to sleep (sluggishness of the child, capriciousness, yawning, etc.). Nevertheless, moms and dads constantly step on the same rake, trying to put the child not when the child really wants to sleep, but when they think it's necessary to sleep.
Food
The physiological need for food dominates the physiological need for sleep. In other words, it's not easy to fall asleep to a hungry person, but he is sweetly asleep. The child is younger - the more important this rule is. For children of the first year of life, feeding before bedtime should be as satisfying as possible: for exclusive breastfeeding, it is sufficient in duration, and at the stage when complementary feeding is introduced, the use of milk-cereal cereals.
Remember: it is harmful for mother and father to eat before bed, and the child of the first year of life is very useful. This is the guarantee of a healthy child's sleep, the very one when not only the child peacefully sleeps, but also his parents.
Drink
The cause of nocturnal awakenings and difficulties with falling asleep may well be thirst. Thirst arises when there is a deficiency of fluid in the body. The most common reason for this is overheating of the child (dry and warm indoor, excess clothing on the baby).
A healthy child, who is in optimal conditions, does not need dopaivanii. But in the presence of pathological fluid loss, be sure to offer a drink.
Mother's condition
Numerous scientific studies have shown that an infant sleeps much worse if the mother has depression, excessive negative emotions, fatigue. To take care of my mother is no less active than about a child - the golden rule for the family.
Pain
Pain, which prevents a child from sleeping, is a real excuse to consult a doctor. But there are two situations that are quite possible in most children, able to fairly shabby nerves and organize sleepless nights for moms and dads.
1. Intestinal colic. Medical science to date does not know exactly why they arise. Nevertheless, two provoking factors are unequivocally established - this overfeed and overheating.
2.Bole with teething. Here, it makes sense to use special analgesic gels for gums.
Discomfort
In a simplified form, discomfort is when it's not painful, but unpleasant (uncomfortable). The most common cause of discomfort in young children can be indicated by the word "hot".
The second most frequent cause of discomfort is irritation of the skin in the perineal region due to urination and (or) defecation.
Light, sound
Children can sleep in any light. In the dark or twilight, sleep is stronger. The presence of semi-darkness is a desirable phenomenon, but not at all necessary.
But what really affects sleep, and it affects badly, are the sudden changes in the level of illumination in the room.
With sound, the situation is almost the same. In silence, it's good to sleep, but complete silence is not needed, and in most cases it is impossible. A sharp loud sound can wake anyone, but quiet human speech, quiet music, a peacefully working TV - healthy sleep is not a hindrance.
Do not strive for darkness and complete silence. No need for extremism, whispers, walking on tiptoe and absolute darkness. And your child will learn to fall asleep in almost any conditions.
Loads
The increase (without extremism) of physical loads uniquely contributes to the physiological and healthy sleep of the child, so the active way of life (dynamic gymnastics, swimming, walks, etc.) uniquely contributes to a healthy baby sleep.
Limitation of emotional loads, especially in the evenings, in turn, is a factor favorably affecting sleep.
Children's room
The children's room has no age specificity. The newborn and the adolescent are well the same.
Requirements:
- The optimum air temperature is 18-20 C;
- better than 16 C, than 22 C, but in no case higher than 24 C;
- optimum humidity of air - 50-70%;
- Regular airing, mandatory before bedtime;
- regular wet cleaning, very desirable before bedtime;
- Better pajamas (diaper) warmer than a heater;
- in the children's room, no dust accumulators are desirable: carpets, upholstered furniture, soft toys.
clothing
Neither should the child freeze under any circumstances. It is warm clothes in combination with the pure cool moist air of the nursery - the guarantee of a healthy sleep.
Diaper
Everything can be perfect: warm, satisfying, comfortable, quiet ... But no matter how hard parents try to create wonderful conditions for their child, the reason to wake up in the middle of the night will necessarily arise and, unfortunately, more than once. Because the baby can not control urination and bowel movements, so 2-3 times during the night there will be a feeling of discomfort - sleep in wet diapers nobody likes!
If the child has at least some clothes, then during the night it will necessarily become wet, then the mother or father will have to wake up.
In the second half of the XX century, disposable diapers appeared and began to rapidly improve, capable of instantly neutralizing the negative effect of urine and liquid stool on the delicate baby skin. It is thanks to disposable diapers that the parents' dream of a dream for a restful night has become a reality.
However, the diaper diaper is different. It's one day when there's no problem changing it every hour, and another thing is night.
The night nappy requirements are special. Here, and the convenience of design, and the tightness of the rubber bands, and the reliability of Velcro, and soft, soft, non-irritating skin materials, and finally, a quality adsorbent capable of withstanding several urination. In other words, it is obvious that a quality disposable diaper is an indispensable condition for a healthy child's physiological and healthy sleep of the child.