Any young mummy, experienced and not, knows how important a good night's sleep for her baby. But it does not always get time to put the baby to sleep, and this process can take a long time, accompanied by his hysterical mother and nervousness. What can we do to the baby quickly to easily fit on a night's sleep?
The reasons for the kid it was hard to sleep at night, a lot, but the main ones are the wrong mode of the day, excessive or insufficient physical activity in the evening, too active games before going to bed, and so on. As you can see, these reasons it is possible to eliminate, if you change the daily habits and daily routine baby.
7 tips on how to quickly and easily put a baby at night sleep
1. Daily regimeWhich is installed with the age of three months. So, by this time you already know approximately when the child falls asleep and wakes up there and awake. And he, in turn, becomes accustomed to a certain sequence of actions and stores them. For example, the kid knows that after swimmingfeed him and was packed bed. When going to sleep later spend these daily rituals before and the kid would go to bed earlier.
2. Pick the right time for active play. Very often, the baby before going to bed too played out, especially in active games with Dad returned from work. As a result, when it comes time to sleep, the nervous system overexcited toddler and he can not sleep, sometimes even satisfied tantrumand capricious.
3. Identify signs of fatigue. The kid is tired and wants to sleep if he rubs his eyes, naughty, yawns, everyone pulls in the mouth and so on. If you notice signs that your baby is tired and sleepy, his hurry to lay on a night's sleep. Conceding this point, the baby sleep is restless, and he falls asleep a lot worse.
4. Let the kid falls asleep and wakes up on the positive. Do not let the dream associated with aggression and other unpleasant moments. To do this, do not shout at him that he had fallen asleep, and even more so, do not scold or spank on the ass. And in the morning after waking up, meet him with a smile, soft words and a kiss. Then the baby will form a clear association with the joy and love of parents.
5. Make sure that the baby is not hungry. Sometimes the cause of poor sleep and a long sleep is the desire to eat. Thus, during active play day, children can eat poorly, because they "feed" the emotions, and in the evening hunger begins to be felt. Therefore, feed the baby before going to sleep, but do not let overeating.
6. A quality night's sleep a baby also depends on daytime sleep: It should be at one and the same time, not too long. If the child "be fast asleep," wake him soft words or quietly turn on the favorite children's song.
7. hold one's own. If, during the laying of you are irritated and the nerves to the limit, your condition will be transferred to the kid. As a result, it will be more moody and will sleep longer.
You will also be useful to know that should be removed from the nursery, the baby slept well.
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