To keep a healthy sleep for a baby is that, along with feeding, most often disturbs the mother. We will try to answer the most exciting questions and give advice on how to provide sleep.
Day dream of your baby is even very necessary . Experts recommend to keep a healthy sleep for a baby and day rest to 6-7 years, as this improves concentration of attention, has a beneficial effect on health (increases the body's immune properties). However, all children are different. Some of those who refuse to fall asleep during the day, "pour" their night. But this is not a way out of the situation. Be patient, try to find the reason for refusing sleep. If you do not get it yourself, go to the pediatrician. Perhaps, he will recommend bathing the child in sedative collections.
You can also transfer water procedures to an earlier, daytime time. During swimming and massage the baby loses a lot of energy, gets tired and as a result quickly falls asleep. But it happens that the child can not be laid. And all because the energy received during useful procedures, should find a way out.
If you try to exclude all the noise while you sleep , it's wrong. In everything there should be a measure. The kid, accustomed from the very beginning to sleep in complete silence, wakes up from any noise. Of course, while the child is falling asleep, the volume of the TV, radio or tape recorder should be muted. But the natural sound background (the creak of the floor, the door, soft speech) should be present during the sleep of the crumbs, especially the daytime. And that the baby is stronger asleep, lay it with your favorite soft toy - a fluffy bear or zainka, to which you can snuggle in a dream. The main thing that this toy was made of a safe material and did not contain small parts. This is the best "substitute" for mom during sleep. Waking up, the little one hugs the beloved bunny and is convinced that he is not alone in his bed.
Due to prolonged contact with the baby's pacifier, a malformation is formed in the baby, and an unpleasant rash around the mouth may appear. And most importantly, as soon as a dummy falls out of the mouth in a dream, your treasure immediately wakes up and cries. You have to get up, give the crumbs a dummy and rock back again. It is necessary gradually to wean the little cub to fall asleep with a pacifier. The first attempt can be made in 6-8 months - at this age, the need for sucking is somewhat weakened in children.
Try to move the afternoon nap to a later time, so that the child really gets tired for the day. A daily wakefulness diversify more intense games, activities, more on the street: it helps to maintain a healthy sleep for the baby.
In the evening try to observe the rituals of going to bed: quiet games, swimming, a fairy tale or a lullaby at night. Perhaps you'll even have to lie down with a crumb. It is possible that a neurologist's advice is needed, which, most likely, will recommend massage and swimming. Invaluable may be a consultation of a homeopath who will offer the right drugs.
Analyze how you put the crumbs to sleep, what is the microclimate in the room. Perhaps the bedroom is too dry air, so the baby dry out the mucous membranes and it is difficult to breathe. Dressing a little girl is better in body or "little men": they do not cause discomfort, because they do not twist and do not clump on the back.
And, of course, one of the most important moments is choosing a diaper. More than half (55%) of European mothers interviewed during a recent study agreed that it is easy to keep a healthy sleep for a baby - wearing comfortable diapers.