If the baby refuses to sleep?
It happens that baby does not want to sleep, although the appointed time has long been approached. This can be caused by different reasons. Whether the baby slept during the day, or not tired. To prevent the baby from falling asleep can be too violent emotions, especially if the baby survived them shortly before going to bed. What to do if the baby refuses to sleep?
First, it is necessary to find out why the child does not go to sleep. If cause is too violent activity before bedtime or vice versa, too little mobility duringday, if the baby slept too much during the day, the best way to normalize sleep is to observe the regime. Correctly chosen daily routine will help your child to go to bed on time and without whims.
But it happens that a normal sleep of the child is prevented by illness, so when the child heals, then his dreamtoo it will be adjusted. Sometimes children are just afraid to go to bed, because they have nightmares. In this case, a calming effect on the child will have a warm bath, a spoonful of valerian infusions. If nightmares are repeated every night, do not hesitate and contact your local pediatrician or a child psychologist. Only an expert will competently solve this problem.
Quite often, children refuse to go to bed from carp or stubbornness. It is rather difficult to cope with whim, especiallyif this is not the first time. But remember that if you go on about a whim and allow the child not to sleep longer, then the next time the whim will repeat.
Secondly, you need to cultivate patience in yourself. In spite of everything, you should not get irritated, offended, show anger, punish the child. Your nervous and irritated condition is unlikely to help your baby calm down.
Caress you quickly put the child to sleep, than shouting and slapping. But apart from caress, you must be able todemonstrate also confidence in their actions, conviction that the baby should sleep. The child should not have doubts: Mum is right, and it's really time to sleep.
Helping a child prepare for bedtime can certain ritual activities. "Sleeping tired toys, books sleep ..."- remember, this is sung in a song from the well-known television program" Good night kids? So you and your child can put toys to sleep. For example, a doll - in a crib, a bunny or a bear cub - in a mink, the machine let it "go" to the garage. Lastly, "put to bed" your favorite toy of your crumbs - next to him, on the pillow. Tell the child that now it's time to lull your favorite toy so that she sleeps well. Offer your help, for example, sing a lullaby or tell a fairy tale. Gradually, lulling the toy, the baby himself falls asleep without hind legs.
