As children grow up, learning to "separate" has become an inevitable part of growing up together with their parents, and attending a nursery class is the first time children adapt to collective life. However, many children who have just entered the nursery class will inevitably encounter the problem of "difficulty in taking a nap".
In order to solve the "big problem" that children cannot fall asleep independently and have poor sleep habits after entering the kindergarten, Nuno Education's nursery teachers usually help children improve their poor sleep habits and improve their ability to fall asleep independently, and coaxing is one of them. an effective way to improve.
International certified sleep consultant for pregnant women and infants and founder of Nuno Education Group, Mr. Wang Ronghui, found in many years of practical research that common parents use patting, hugging, back sleeping, singing, speaking when coaxing their children to sleep. Stories, playing music, and even sleeping with milk, rocking, etc. However, due to irregular work and rest, poor sense of security in the new environment, and discomfort, it is easy for children to have difficulty falling asleep, wake up easily after falling asleep, and sleep unsteady and other sleep problems.
During more than ten years of research on infant neurophysiology and psychology, Mr. Wang Ronghui has developed a set of effective methods suitable for Chinese babies' sleep problems by using the international advanced sleep research results. This is a set specially designed for parents. The online course, which has accumulated more than several million students, is one of the most popular parenting courses on the Rice Cake Mom platform. Teacher Wang Ronghui has also been invited many times by Toutiao, Yuxueyuan, Lilac Mama, Qianchao, Mama.com, Feimuo, etc. to share international infant sleep knowledge and methods.
So what is sleep preparation we usually refer to?
In fact, sleep preparation is a kind of physical state change that lowers the body temperature, reduces the activity of thinking, slows blood circulation, slows breathing, and reduces physical agility, and is also a better preparation for rest.In this regard, Wang Ronghui proposed the following four methods to help children fall asleep better:
1. Sucking method
Younger children are basically inseparable from the sucking method, they need to use a pacifier and bite a pacifier , or sucking your fingers to fall asleep, but generally speaking, the sucking time of the child should not exceed 15 minutes before falling asleep, and the pacifier must be weaned off after the child is 6 months old. Because long-term use of pacifiers may cause the child's upper and lower teeth to bite incorrectly, affecting the child's mouth and appearance.
2. The stroking method
Proper stroking can relax and calm the child's body, and at the same time enhance the child's sense of security and make it easier for him to fall asleep. But each child's sensitive points are different. Some children need to touch their head, while others need to caress their face, shoulders, hands, feet, etc.
When stroking, you can also use your hands, or a lighter soothing towel, to swipe from top to bottom on the child's face, or you can cover the child's face with the soothing towel, and then quickly remove it. Have your child stroke his comforter or quilt, repeating the same action several times until the child falls asleep.
3. Light pressure method
When some children sleep, they may be too excited to play without sleepiness. They move around on the bed and roll around like a small loach. At this time, in order to make the children calm down faster, You can use the "light pressure method", use the adult's body to gently press the child's legs, and use both hands to fix the child's head, so that he can't look around, reduce visual stimulation, and make it easier for the child to fall asleep.
For example, we often see mothers holding their children to sleep, and using their arms to limit the movement of their children's heads, which is actually a type of fixation.
However, some parents and mothers may worry about whether putting their legs on the child's body will put pressure on the child's body. In fact, it does not require too much force to fix the child. The child's leg is fine. For the child, this kind of strength is like a quilt on the leg, but the time should not exceed 15 minutes.
In addition, when the child is close to the adult's body during sleep, the light in the sleeping environment will be relatively dim, allowing the child to contact the familiar and intimate adult, and feeling the smell and body temperature of the adult can make the child more relaxed and more secure.
Generally speaking, in Nunoemma Nursery, the teachers who put the children to sleep are the teachers who have a closer relationship with the children, which can help the children fall asleep faster.
4. Shading method
In Nuno Emma Nursery School, shading method can be said to be the most commonly used method, because most of the classrooms in the park have floor-to-ceiling windows, which provide better lighting. However, when the children take a lunch break, for safety reasons For example, in a dark room, children who run around are prone to accidentally step on other children. At the same time, the dark nap environment will disrupt the child's circadian rhythm, making the child mistakenly think that it is in the dark night, making the work and rest irregular.
Therefore, during the lunch break, you can choose to leave a little light and do not draw all the curtains. At this time, the child may not be able to fall asleep because of the light in the room, so when coaxing to sleep, you can replace the goggles with your hands, gently cover the child's eyes, and let the child fall asleep faster.
In addition, when a child takes a nap at home or pushes a stroller to go out, placing a bath towel or handkerchief with a slightly less translucent light on the child's crib is also an effective way to block some light for the child.
In Nuno Education, the teacher will only properly coax the child to fall asleep only when the child has difficulty falling asleep. Once the child is quiet or appears drowsy, the child will be encouraged to fall asleep independently.In daily life, parents should pay attention to the development of children's good sleep habits and the ability to fall asleep independently. The quality of sleep not only affects children's physical development, mood, concentration, but also affects the development of the brain. In addition, the development of good sleep habits is also an excellent technique to help children integrate into group life more quickly.
