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ask the mothers. Does your child have trouble sleeping? I believe many parents are still very confident. After all, in our understanding, children are still young and there is no psychological counseling. Naturally, they will start to sleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow, and they will sleep all night long. But this is not the case. In the United States, it has long been discovered that 76% of infants and young children aged 0-3 may have sleep problems, which is not unrelated to parents' wrong methods of coaxing them to sleep.
Especially the following four ways to put children to sleep are the most harmful to children’s brains, but they are also very popular among parents.
Type 1: As soon as the child makes any movement, the parents start to coax the child to sleep.
When the child makes any movement, the parents start to coax them, but they don’t know to observe whether the child is hungry, sleepy, peeing, etc.
instead starts the coaxing action, which often causes the child to wake up completely and not be able to fall back asleep. Often in this case, the child does not get enough sleep and will cry even more.
The second type, sleeping with breast milk
Many mothers like to sleep with breast milk. Of course, we understand this approach very well. After all, in the world of adults, we always hope that children can have a good sleep after having a full meal.
However, this concept will indeed make children sleep poorly. The development of the child's teeth may also be affected because milk remains in the child's mouth. In severe cases, it may even cause the baby to suffocate.
Therefore, we must avoid developing the habit of "sleeping with milk" in our babies.
The third question, sleeping in the whole process
, let’s be honest. I did this kind of thing when my son was young. At that time, my mother was helping to take care of the child. She couldn't bear to hear the child cry. If Guoguo made the slightest movement, she would immediately hug him over and hold him in her arms all night long.
As a daughter, I am grateful to my mother for helping me take care of the child, but as a mother of a child, I also understand the problems that may arise if the child is always held.
First of all, children who are held all day long are sensitive babies. Their sleep quality is not very good, and their bones will also change due to being held for a long time. Our family's Guoguo's ribs have valgus. This is related to the fact that the old man hugs the child's chest and ribs all day long.
The fourth method, "tumbling" to sleep
This method of coaxing sleep is more common among the elderly. In order to coax their children to sleep, they act as a cradle, or a mechanical cradle. They "bump" their grandson up and down. Generally, after 3 or 5 minutes, the little guy and grandson stop crying and fall asleep.
However, this relatively traditional method of coaxing sleep is also very harmful to children's brain development, so it is not recommended and needs to be changed.
The above content is for reference only. Please proceed under the guidance of professionals. We are all novices on the road to parenting. How to take better care of our children? You can follow me and discuss things on the road to parenting with me .
