Top Tips for your baby to sleep

By Catherine Guthrie

 

 Ah, uninterrupted sleep ...! Do you remember when you slept eight hours a night without waking at all? If you have small children, you probably will seem a distant memory. According to a survey by the National Foundation of the American Dream in 2004 to 69 percent of children under age 10 have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. What about the other 31 percent? What is your secret? To find consulted with experts foremost dream. This has allowed us to discover some of the amazing strategies that really work: 

 

 

 

 

 Babies who sleep: basic course

Newborns tend to sleep 18 hours a day, they do so in short periods of time throughout the day. Here are some ideas for your little gather those "raticos sleep" especially at night.

Put him in his crib when drowsy, not fully asleep
This is not easy, especially for moms who are breastfeeding, but if you can figure out how much you get the rest you need. Babies who sleep alone are more likely to fall asleep more quickly and learn how to calm themselves to sleep, as Kim says West, author of Goodnight, sleep tight (Good Night, Sleep Tight). West is a social worker in Annapolis, Maryland, as well as a professional sleep consultant who has helped over 2,000 families across the country to their little ones to sleep.

This is his advice: When your baby is 6 to 8 weeks of sleep creates a scale from 1 to 10 on 1 is completely awake and 10 is fast asleep. Wait until your baby is at 7 and put to sleep. Move your arms and legs less vigorously and not suck so hard (spend feeding, sucking calming) are clear that you are entering the world of dreams signs.Dream On Me 3" Playard Mattress, White

Try not to look at your baby's eyes

Many babies are easily stimulated. A look loving yours can move from being tired to be in full form faster than it takes to say, "Oh, no." See how your baby reacts to your look is wonderful and daunting at noon to midnight.

Parents who maintain eye contact with the baby sleepy are encouraging inadvertently leaving the area of sleep, says Claire Lerner, director of a nonprofit organization called Zero to Three promoting the health of babies and toddlers. "The more interaction there is between you and your baby at night, have more motivation to wake up."

What can you do? Lerner suggests lower the level at all. If you have to enter the area where your baby is sleeping at night, do not hold your gaze, you speak or you sing your favorite song by Juanes. Keep your eye on her tummy and back Caress and gently sweet, quiet voice.

Take him to the dark side

"The lights activate button biological implementation of your child," says Elizabeth Pantley, author of The Baby Sleep Without Tears (No-cry sleep solution). Conversely, darkness causes the brain to release melatonin, a key hormone for sleep.

If your baby sleeps more during the day than at night, help to recognize the difference. During the day, lets in plenty of sunshine in the house. Put your baby to nap during the day in well-lit rooms (unless you have trouble sleeping naps). To induce sleep at night install dimmers on the lights, not only in your baby's room but other rooms where the two spend a lot of time. Reduce the intensity of light an hour or two before the time to go to sleep at night, to set the mood. Night lights are fine, but choose ones that are small and bluish-off (the bright yellow and white are more stimulating).

If your child wakes during the night do not turn on the light or take it to a room that is well lit. The transition from dark to light tells your brain it's time to take action. Instead, I Reassure to back to sleep in the room. If the morning sun makes your child wakes up too early or if you have problems with afternoon naps, install curtains that darken the room.

Cut your dependence on baby monitor

According Pantley, a mom or dad jumping every time he hears a sigh transmitted by the baby monitor is teaching your child to awaken more often. Instead, sync your post to go to comfort your child between the time you know you are awake and the time it will begin to mourn his lungs. By waiting a few minutes will give the possibility to calm down and return to sleep alone. And going before it gets to mourn full you can stop it before it is too angry to go back to sleep.

In any case, it is well to reduce the sensitivity of recording sounds from your baby monitor. Adjust the volume so you can go when it's busy, but not to hear every breath. Eventually, you might want to turn it off completely.VTech Communications Safe & Sound Digital Audio Monitor

Relaxing the rules for diapering

Resist the urge to change your baby every time he wakes up, he wakes up because do more. Instead, Pantley advises putting a good absorbent diaper night when you go to sleep. When you wake up, smell it to see if it is dirty and change only if there is no choice. And if you have to change it, there is nothing more that a baby awakens a cold wet washcloth. Try replacing it with a warm washcloth.
And you thought things could not get worse: Baby not sleeping young children who do not
It is hard to believe, but by the time your baby reaches two years, he has spent more time asleep than awake. On average, young children need 12-14 hours of sleep a day, including naps (the older children, 11 to 13 hours). Do not be alarmed if your child ends the routine two naps. Around 18 months is not uncommon for a child to spend a two-day naps. But reducing naps in the middle means that the dream of night has high priority.Munchkin Diaper Duty Organizer

And you thought things could not get worse: Baby not sleeping young children who do not 

 

Es difícil de creer, pero para cuando tu bebé cumple los dos años, ha pasado más tiempo dormido que despierto. Como promedio, los niños pequeños necesitan de 12 a 14 horas de sueño al día, incluyendo las siestas (los niños más grandecitos, de 11 a 13 horas). No te alarmes si tu hijo acaba con la rutina de las dos siestas. Alrededor de los 18 meses no es raro que un niño pase de dos siestas diarias a una. Pero reducir sus siestas a la mitad significa que el sueño de por la noche tiene alta prioridad.

Keep short and simple routine

A variety show with several acts: a bathroom, three books, two songs and a massage can delay the time to go to sleep forever. "Before you know it, your well-intentioned routine for going to bed has been converted for your child in a time of transition for playtime," says Mary Ann LoFrumento, pediatrician and author of Simple Parenting: Understanding Your Newborn and Infant (Single Parenting: Understanding your baby and your child). If your child refuses to go to bed, stay focused on the dream and do not let your child direct the show.

LoFrumento suggests that parents of children who have difficulty maintaining sleep maintain a routine of no more than 15 minutes (it's okay to be a little longer if your child has no trouble falling asleep). Fifteen minutes is all it should take to put on pajamas, read two short books and say goodnight.

Make the connection

"One of the biggest mistakes parents make is not connecting the child's sleep and daytime behavior," says Pantley, who attributes many of the behaviors that are considered part of the "terrible years" a lack of sleep . "Irritability, complaints, fights with the other brothers ... all are rooted in the lack of a good night's sleep." Her advice? Make him go to sleep earlier. (See our next tip, "Retrieves the night")

Retrieves night

Exercises control and establishes an early time to go to bed, preferably between 7 and 8 pm, says Pantley. "Children are not watching the clock to see what time it is.'re Just waiting for someone to tell them they have to go to bed." So pick one and keep it.

Controls the temperature

No doubt the 72 degrees Fahrenheit (22 Celsius), seem very comfortable for a room, and that's fine when you're awake. But the ideal sleeping temperature is between 60 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit (16 and 21 degrees centigrade). This is because sleep comes with a drop in body temperature, and this is the reason that a bath before bed helps your child fall asleep before. The bathroom leaves you warm and comfortable, then the coldest temperature makes your body temperature drops, what causes sleep.CONTROL COMPANY 4096 Traceable® Digital Humidity/Temperature Meter - 1 Each

 

Lower the thermostat a little at least an hour before going to bed. If you forget, install a programmable thermostat. Program them to lower the temperature in the afternoon and the rise in the morning, and your child can not keep pace.

Wake up your child at the same time each day

A consistent routine for waking up is as important as for a regular bedtime. Children should be raised at about the same time every day (with a difference of 30 minutes). Avoid letting them sleep late during weekends, says Pantley. "What we do with this is to ask the children living in two different time zones, a time zone during the week and over the weekend," he says. "As a result, they have permanent jetlag."

The fact that your children do not benefit from a little extra sleep on weekends does not mean you do not do well. If weekends in the morning is the only time to regain your sleep, Take turns with your partner so that your child can keep waking up at the same time.
Children going to school because: age to reason
As children no longer need naps and no cots or lullabies, develop great skill: the ability to reason. "Parents have less direct control to make an older child goes to sleep, so the solution is to make your child a partner and teach the importance of having a good night's rest."

Children aged 5 to 12 need 10 to 11 hours of sleep at night. Pantley suggests appeal to your logical side. At this age, children are old enough to understand that hormones that help them grow are released during the night, and so need sleep to reach its maximum height, says. Use the same logic you use for good grades or sports: sleep well if their brains will be better way to remember what they have learned in school that day, and their bodies perform better in football matches.

 

Children going to school because: age to reason

As children no longer need naps and no cots or lullabies, develop great skill: the ability to reason. "Parents have less direct control to make an older child goes to sleep, so the solution is to make your child a partner and teach the importance of having a good night's rest."

Children aged 5 to 12 need 10 to 11 hours of sleep at night. Pantley suggests appeal to your logical side. At this age, children are old enough to understand that hormones that help them grow are released during the night, and so need sleep to reach its maximum height, says. Use the same logic you use for good grades or sports: sleep well if their brains will be better way to remember what they have learned in school that day, and their bodies perform better in football matches.

End the night owl

Staying up late is one of the most common problems of children already attending school. Parents often contribute to the problem because they want to spend more time with their children at the end of the day. But do the math backwards: "If your child needs 11 hours of sleep at night and tend to wake up at 7 am, then you have to be asleep at 8 pm," says West.

Merienditas to sleep better

Make your child more prone to sleep giving something healthy to eat to help you sleep, one hour before you go to bed. There are some foods that naturally induce a release of serotonin, a sleep our body. Try a glass of milk, whole wheat toast with a slice of cheese, half a peanut butter sandwich or oatmeal with bananas.

During the day, reducing or eliminating foods or beverages containing caffeine six hours before bedtime. According to the National Sleep Foundation, 75 percent of school-age children ingested caffeinated drinks like colas. Because most of these drinks are empty calories, considered completely remove them from your child's diet.

Evit homework before bed

Children who do their homework before going to bed usually stay up late and are sleepy the next day. Scientific studies linking irregular sleep patterns to academic and behavioral problems. The school children are desperate to get more sleep, says LoFrumento. "Many parents have told me that their children have improved a lot in school after improving their sleep habits."

Instead of leaving your child's homework until the last minute, plan a regular time to work before or just after dinner, suggests LoFrumento. "Let your child has enough time to play sports, run or just relax after a long day at school, but make sure you finish your homework at 7:30 or 8 pm" If your child often gets into trouble because it has much homework, talk to your teacher or master. "

Choose well your child's mattress

Most adults spend hours choosing the perfect mattress for your own bed, but accept any bed mattress for your child, says Pantley. Pantley suggests you to lie in bed 30 minutes of your child. Scan if comfortable pillow and how if the blanket is warm and comfortable. Make it a place where you wanted to sleep.Safety 1st Transitions Baby and Toddler Mattress, White

Discard medical problems

Like adults, children may have diseases or medical problems that interfere with your sleep. Up to 12 percent of children snore and up to 10 percent have sleep apnea, a condition in which the airways become partially blocked and reduce air intake, which makes the child wakes from a deep sleep . Although the problem goes away for many children as they grow, ask your pediatrician help if your child snores too much and if it is excessively sleepy during the day.