Studies have shown that sleep duration and quality of sleep have a profound effect on human intellectual development, especially in the early years of life. However, long or short sleep time is not the only factor determining the quality of a child's sleep, but whether or not the baby sleeps well affects the child's development.
For children, sleep helps support brain and physical development. Therefore, young mothers should equip themselves with necessary knowledge to help their babies sleep longer and more deeply, while ensuring their children's health but also comfortably taking care of their children. Let's refer to a few extremely important notes below when letting your baby sleep.
Things related to the sleep of the mother need to know
Sleep time: Children will sleep according to their body's needs, the length of sleep is also different, parents should only practice their children to sleep on time and children will wake up when they have enough sleep. know the younger the baby's age, the more time to sleep. Depending on the development of each stage, the baby's sleep time will gradually be shortened, but each day must ensure at least 10 hours of sleep for the baby.
During sleep, the baby's body will absorb oxygen, energy and produce more growth hormones, beneficial for physical and brain development. So, if you get enough sleep, your baby will have a comfortable mood, play happily and have cravings.
For children, a deep sleep is essential for the functioning and development of the body.
Timely sleep helps cognitive development: Scientific studies show that growth hormone is produced at most 1 hour after the baby reaches a deep sleep state and from 10 nights before to 1 the next morning. If you miss this "golden time", your baby's development will be affected. Therefore, you should put your baby to bed from 9pm so that the body is best prepared for the production of growth hormones.
In addition, children who are allowed to sleep according to a certain schedule will have conditions for comprehensive development of reading, math and spatial awareness in the future.
Activities before bed: Need to maintain a stable number of physical activities and mental fostering to help babies feel comfortable before going to bed. Child care experts recommend bathing, massage, changing into sleeping clothes, telling a fairy tale or singing lullaby to your baby. Before putting your baby to sleep, you should also have a habit of turning off the lights as a signal to your baby that "bed time is up".
Let your baby wear comfortably, dry and airy: Scientific research shows that the number of movements during sleep of young children is 2 times more than that of adults, with the number of active babies up to 10 times. In addition, at night, it is very easy for a baby to flush. Therefore, it is necessary to change diapers or dry clothes for the baby to sleep to wear to help the baby breathe, do not absorb sweat and limit reverse urine penetration into the body, so that the baby's sleep is not interrupted.
Take care of your baby's sleep: Have you made a mistake? Sleep plays a very important role for children, especially babies. Children getting enough sleep will develop both intellectually and mentally. But is the mother making some of the following mistakes when taking care of her baby's sleep?
What should a mother do to help her baby get a good night's sleep?
Bedroom space
Your baby's bedroom must be well ventilated, cool and best able to conceal light when needed. In the early years of life, the child's sleep time is very much during the day, so if the light is constantly shining in the room, it will make it difficult to sleep, even harm the baby's eyes. The space in the room must be clean, fragrant, the baby's bed must be kept as clean as possible and avoid hard objects that can endanger nearby children.
Sounds when babies sleep
Children are very sensitive to noise so if there is noise in the space around where they sleep, they will not be able to sleep deeply. It is necessary to minimize the stimulating factors on the child's nervous system, in which noise is also a factor that needs to be eliminated in the first place. Parents should not watch TV and use the computer near where the baby sleeps.
Practice sleeping times for children
This is a quite arduous job and makes many mothers give up. Practicing for the child to sleep at the right time will both develop the child's brain, create a healthy lifestyle in the future, and help the mother take initiative in time. Please set up typical signals of going to sleep, for example, for a dark room, melodious music, patting the baby's back, your baby asking to play, you just pretend to be silent, ... form a timely sleep reflex when you see these signals.
Teach children to be independent when they sleep
Absolutely not hug your baby while sleeping. Many parents think hugging to help their children sleep well, which is very unscientific. Parents holding their children can interfere with the child's breathing and even spread the disease through the airways. Furthermore, if you hold your baby to sleep for the first 3 months, then your baby's sleep will depend entirely on that. When not being hugged, the baby will not sleep well and wake up very easily.
Naps are especially important
Children with the habit of napping have better concentration abilities and are smarter than other children. The reason is that after a nap, the young spirit is refreshed, flexible movement should stimulate the brain to develop. For young children, the need for sleep is very great, so parents should forge a healthy and rewarding sleep habit. The 0-2 period is the easiest time to reach this foundation. If passing, when the child gets older, it is very difficult to start over.
Caring for your child's sleep day When a baby is a child, a baby needs a lot of sleep, even babies under 3 months old have twice the sleep time of adults. For babies, naps are just as important as night sleep. How to get the best quality sleep for your baby?
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