Almost all parents at least once faced in their lives with the problem of childhood sleep. According to experts, one in four children under the age of five had difficulty falling asleep or the length of night rest. Why do children not sleep at night, and how to help them to turn off right in the evenings at the right time for their parents?
After birth, the baby spends the first months of his life almost always in a dream. He accumulates forces that will help him grow and develop, adapt to the surrounding world. However, since the first days, many children do not sleep at night. And the blame for this is the unsettling stomach of children, or rather - gas formation and gastric colic, accompanying the digestion of food. For some reason, evening and night time become the most peak for the revelry of these painful processes. Usually, "gazik" and "colic," as they are often called, torment the child for up to six months. Then they come to naught, and accordingly - normal night sleep is equalized. For a child to sleep through the night, while he is still very tiny, you need to do a tummy massage, spread it up on a flat surface upside down, and also brew dill or fennel tea that help to eliminate the processes that prevent the baby from sleeping normally. Also, nursing mothers need to monitor their diet in order to reduce the likelihood of gas formation in the baby's stomach.
After six months, the above problems go through, but there are new reasons why children do not sleep at night. And the first of them - climbing teeth. During this period, the child's well-being is so bad that at night he becomes definitely not up to sleep. To facilitate the condition in this case will help cool gels for gums, designed specifically for children who have teeth chopped.
But the kid has already crossed the age of one year, his teeth have come out, the ghazi have passed. Why do not children sleep at night after a year? From this age the child starts not only to actively learn the world, but also to analyze it, to experience emotions. Sometimes for a whole day of such experiences there is such an amount that by evening the overloaded child's psyche is simply unable to switch to a rest regime. This, for example, can happen during a trip or a long trip to the shops, or after the first visit to the kindergarten. Yes, in general, even the simplest action performed by a baby for the first time can easily lead to such an overload, and as a consequence - a spoiled sleep. If the child does not sleep much at night after the stress, it is necessary to consult a neurologist - after all, psychic switching usually occurs the next day, but a repetitive state of this kind can be a signal about problems.
In order to put your child to bed after a hard day, you can try one of the following: redeem the child in a warm bath, usually evening water procedures have a relaxing effect on the kids; Give him a glass of warm milk for the night with honey - this natural soothing is not only useful, but also delicious; You can also try to give the child a drink of herbal tea, for example, chamomile tea, which also has a mild sedative effect. In order to cradle the baby, try to sing to him at night a lullaby or read a fairy tale - the voice of a mom or dad can also have a sleeping effect on the child.