Parents are always happy to see the baby in the house and watch with affection how he grows up, learns to speak and walk. Parents especially love to watch their baby sleep. In the infancy period, babies sleep most of the day, waking up for feeding and short wakefulness.
How to put your baby to sleep correctly
Moms are often worried that the baby cannot sleep and cries a lot. Tears and screams in the process of falling asleep in infants are associated with the nervous system, during this period of life it is not strengthened, and the child cannot resist external stimuli. But this does not apply when the child is sick or overexcited.
A few tips will help parents figure out how to put their baby to bed properly.
1. The child falls asleep calmly if his mother is nearby. In the arms of the mother, the baby calms down and feels safe. It is especially good when the mother is breastfeeding and the feeding lasts up to a year or a year and a half. Having satiated and calmed down, the child falls asleep without tears and worries.
2. Young parents, being with their baby, closely monitor his behavior. Therefore, as soon as the baby starts rubbing his eyes and yawning, he has tearfulness - this is a sure sign that he is ready for sleep. You cannot miss such a moment, you need to put the child to bed right now.
3. You need to put your child to sleep in comfortable clothes prepared in advance. It should be soft and loose enough.
4. Before the evening sleep, the baby needs to be bathed. This should be done 2-3 hours in advance, if bathing has an exciting effect on the child, or shortly before bedtime, if the child is soothed by such a procedure. At the time of evening bathing, the child should be calm, you can add a soothing oil to the water for aromatherapy.
5. Before going to bed, the baby can be given a massage. Stroking the tummy or back of the baby relaxes and soothes the baby. This simple procedure will help you put your baby to sleep. You can turn on quietly quiet music, it can be classical music or birdsong, the sound of the sea or rain. It is quite possible that the child will fall asleep only under the mother's lullaby, her voice will soothe him.
6. The evening before bed should be held in a calm, friendly environment. The child reacts sharply to the negative atmosphere, is afraid of screaming and is afraid of abuse. If you need to put a slightly older child to bed, then watching cartoons should not be included in the evening program. It is enough to play quiet games, read fairy tales to him, sing a song quietly.
7. The sleeping room should be well ventilated, the temperature should not exceed 22 ° C. In a stuffy and hot room, it will be difficult for a child to fall asleep, and in a dream he may wake up from a lack of fresh air. The blanket should be lightweight and comfortable.
8. There is a category of children who can only be put to bed with motion sickness. They just need to be picked up and rocked. You need to come to terms with this, you should not break such a habit. Except for hysterics, this will not lead to anything good.
Rituals to put your baby to sleep easily
If the child is already six months old, half an hour before bedtime, daily procedures can be carried out to perceive sleep as a common phenomenon.
To do this, before putting the child to bed, you can hold conversations about the day spent, show out the window how the sun sets, birds fly to their nests for the night. Those. convey in words the entire process of ending the day and prepare the child for sleep. The repetition of such actions will lead to the fact that the baby will quite adequately perceive the process of falling asleep. Such a ritual will become a habit and will help parents to put the child to sleep without tears.
Over time, it is necessary to teach the child to fall asleep on its own. This should be done gradually. The habituation period can be up to three weeks. Only an attentive attitude to the behavior of the baby will allow you to find the best way to put him to sleep without crying.
