Quite often, children ask for a drink at night. And if you do not wean them from this habit in time, then in the future there may be problems with the sleep of the parents. This problem is actually quite serious, and you need to approach it responsibly.
Instructions
Step 1
First, you need to find out why the child is thirsty? In this case, there may be two reasons: the child just wants to attract attention to himself, or he is actually thirsty.
Step 2
If, by asking for a drink at night, the child thereby wants to attract your attention, it means that he lacks this attention during the day. Spend more time with your child during the day, walking, playing, reading. In general, during the day the child should in some way get tired of your attention, then at night he will not bother you.
Step 3
If the child is really thirsty, there may also be several reasons for this. Perhaps the child is just hot. In this case, you need to monitor the air temperature in the baby's room and ventilate it regularly. Also, do not dress the baby too warmly and monitor his bedding, which should correspond to the season.
Step 4
Eating overly spicy or salty foods at dinner can also cause thirst. It is necessary to monitor the baby's diet. Of course, it is better not to allow fried, pickled and salty dishes in the children's menu at all. But if it is impossible to avoid this, then you need to try not to give such products to the child for dinner.
Step 5
Excessive fluid intake at night can cause various "malfunctions" in the child's body. Firstly, at night all organs work differently than during the day, so an extra load on the bladder is not needed. By consuming a lot of fluids at night, the child will accordingly want to write, which will also lead to a further failure of his physiological needs. And if during this period you also wean your baby from using a diaper at night, then one will interfere with the other.
