Sleep is very important for a healthy adult, not to mention the children. Why is it important to go to bed on time and at what time it is best to put your child at night?
The children get older, the harder they are put to sleep in the "right" time, but it's all a matter of habit, and if you follow it consistently, then the child will easily master this useful habit. Why then go to bed at a certain time so it is important for the child's body?
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The whole point of sleep hormone - melatonin, it starts to be developed as soon as the window begins to darken. That is why a pipsqueak in the afternoon yawns and rubs his eyes, it is important not to miss this moment and put him to bed, while melatonin is at its peak. This dream will be beneficial to the child's body, the baby will wake up fresh and rested.
But if the child is "peregulyal" and missed the time when melatonin was the most active, starts cortisol, a stress hormone, and even if the child falls asleep after a tantrum, it will sleep badly and wake up sore and irritated.
In addition, the scientists say that people who do not follow the correct biorhythms, a weaker immune system and overall health, they often get sick and live on less.
When you put your child to sleep?
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- Baby sleep up to three months depending on the feeding and not to melatonin, because he has not yet begun to be produced in the body of the child.
- From 3 months to 1 year optimally laid the child on the night's sleep at 20:00.
- From 1 year to 7 years in normal child should go to bed at 21 o'clock (if he sleeps reap) and at 20:00 if there is an afternoon nap.
- Younger school age - 20:00 - 21:00.
- Senior school age - 22:00.
At what time to sleep children in different parts of the world
In Australia, the best time for laying a baby - 18: 00-21: 00.
In the US, children of primary school age do not go to sleep after 21:00.
Italian kids fit quite late, after about 22: 00-22.30.
But in Germany, on the contrary, the kids go to sleep almost on the clock is 19:00.
The French go to bed at about 20:30.
And in England the kids go to bed no later than 20:00.
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