Starting from the very birth, the baby's sleep schedule is constantly changing, and there are objective reasons for this. So, if immediately after birth, the baby wakes up only to have a snack, then by the age of three, the time of his average daily sleep decreases to as much as 11 hours.
Psycho-emotional changes at 6 months
Despite the fact that the duration of a child's sleep is a purely individual concept and may depend on a number of factors, such as:
- temperament;
- psycho-emotional state;
- teething;
- intestinal colic, there are average indicators that can serve as an excellent guideline for moms and dads in monitoring the quality of sleep of their son or daughter. And it is really necessary to monitor children's sleep, because sleep is a determining factor in the effectiveness of brain activity, attention, and mood.
A special turning point, frightening many parents, comes at the age of six months of the child, it is this period that becomes the phase of active growth of bones and teeth. The child begins to experience a calcium deficiency in the body, and excitability increases. Many parents observe significant changes in their baby's behavior. So, if earlier the child quickly got tired and fell asleep, now he is capricious, it is difficult to put him to bed in the evening, he does not sleep until he really wants to.
Sleep and wakefulness
It is believed that the norm for a six-month-old baby is sleep, reaching 14-16 hours a day. At the same time, night rest takes about 10-11 hours, the rest of the time falls on short-term daytime sleep, which can be divided into several parts for 1-1.5 hours in the morning and evening hours. Starting from three to six months, the child develops an active desire to communicate with the people around him, the evening vigils consistently increase from 2 to 3, 5 hours.
It is believed that a child's sleep pattern at 6 months becomes similar to that of an adult: theoretically, by this age, you can teach your baby to sleep all night long. Breastfed babies at this age may still require breastfeeding. The child begins to better orientate himself in the environment, can fall asleep on his own without any effort on the part of the parents.
Sleep hygiene
The key to a healthy biorhythm of a six-month-old baby is following a few simple rules. First of all, parents are not recommended to put the child to rest after 5-6 pm, by the night the child should be tired enough, otherwise the next dream will come to him deep after midnight. In addition, at this age, it is quite possible to entrust the baby with a soft toy, as a companion, which will subsequently help him fall asleep with a sweet and serene sleep.
Carefully monitor the mode of wakefulness and rest, it is quite possible that 13 hours of sleep a day is enough for your child, or maybe such "insomnia" is associated with physical illness, improperly formed schedule, or some psychological and emotional abnormalities that can be easily corrected at this age.
