My daughter is an out-and-out "little brat" and the most annoying thing every day is sleeping. She seems to have endless energy and is always full of energy. On this day, when we urged our daughter to go to bed early, a question suddenly popped up in her little head: "Mom, why do we need to sleep?"
Faced with her daughter's question, As a mother, I blurted out without thinking: "Because we need to rest." "Why can sleeping allow us to rest?"
Then my daughter started to ask questions, and I couldn't tell the reason for a while. Come. I don’t know if the majority of parents and friends have encountered similar questions. I wonder if they have ever thought about why we always want our children to go to bed early and get up early?
In fact, the reason why we feel tired and yawn again and again when night falls. It's because our body secretes a substance called "melatonin" at that time, which can help us fall asleep.
While sleeping, each organ of our body and brain gets a chance to fully relax.
For children, they need more sleep per day than adults, and sleep is more important to them.
For parents, the matter of children sleeping is a matter of "some people are happy and some are sad".
One of my college classmates is the kind of parent who doesn’t need to worry about his children’s sleep at all. Her child has loved sleeping since he was in the womb. Each time he had to do the fetal heart rate monitoring test several times before he could pass it. As early as during her pregnancy, she had a hunch that her child would be a "little slacker."
Sure enough, after the birth of the child, especially liked to sleep, and the quality of his sleep was also very good.
On the other hand, my daughter’s fetal heart rate monitoring during pregnancy was “one-off”.
After her daughter was born, she became even more energetic. belongs to a "family with difficulty sleeping" . She often sings enthusiastically at ten o'clock in the evening without feeling sleepy.
It can be said that these two types of children give parents completely different parenting experiences. Some parents don't mind the fact that their children sleep late, and it is often seen that some children are playing outside late at night.
Parents may think that their children are the type who sleep little and are energetic every day, so there is no need to worry.
According to research, there will be a significant gap in brain development between children who "sleep more" and children who "sleep less".
They are also twins. Dr. Wilson found through research that children who sleep more have better intellectual performance than children who sleep less.
Children who sleep more have obvious advantages over their siblings in terms of learning ability and understanding ability.
Dr. Wilson’s research tells everyone that getting more sleep is crucial for children’s brain development. To understand the results of this study in layman's terms, children who sleep more will be smarter.
Seeing this, perhaps parents whose children have sleep problems will start to become anxious. After all, parents always hope that their children can have a smart brain, which is a very important advantage for children.
In fact, after knowing the results of this study, I also fell into deep anxiety because of my "little trouble" at home.
Since sleep is so important to children, how can we make children sleep well? The following three "little tricks" are summarized on the basis of my study and practice. They are very effective for dealing with "sleeping difficulties" at home..
Parents who have the same worries as me , might as well give it a try together and help their children change together.
Teach you three tricks so that your children can sleep peacefully every day, and mothers can worry less.
Make sleep full of "ritual sense"
In the process of establishing children's sense of order, parents must learn to make sleep full of "ritual sense". This sense of ritual does not need to be the same for each family, parents can arrange it themselves.
Our family’s bedtime ritual is When it’s time to go to bed, we must turn off the lights . Some children are very resistant to turning off the lights. Don't worry, my baby is the same. At first, she would cry as soon as the lights were turned off.
At this time, parents can use their mobile phones or speakers to play soothing music or interesting stories to ease the baby's resistance and slowly let the child accept the "ritual" of turning off the lights on time before going to bed every day.
Fully release the "power" of children
Each child's energy is different, just like us adults, some people can work all the time, like a top, without getting tired. Some people feel tired at every turn and need to take a short break before continuing to work.
The same is true for children. For energetic children, if parents force their children to sleep, it will actually cause negative emotions in the children.
At this time, parents can consider doing everything they can to drain their children's "power" during the day.
For example, you can take your children to do more outdoor activities, or buy some energy-consuming toys and equipment for your children to play.
No matter what method you use, you must try your best to allow the child to completely "release" his energy. After the "power" is exhausted, the child will naturally want to sleep at the right time, and the child's sleep quality will improve accordingly.
Control the length of nap
Some children become "night owls" at night and are reluctant to fall asleep. In fact, this is related to their too long nap time. Parents need to make a nap plan for their children according to their children's situation. If a child takes a 2-hour nap and is very excited at night and stays up late, parents should shorten the child's nap time to 1 hour in a planned way.
If the child only naps for one hour and the child has difficulty falling asleep at night, parents may also consider canceling the child's nap plan.
For some children, they can sleep better at night without taking a nap. Parents need to flexibly make adjustments according to their children’s situation and control their children’s nap duration.
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With the above three "little tricks", I believe parents will be more confident when dealing with "sleep-difficulty households" at home. Parents, have you learned it?
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