Hello all steemian... have you ever had trouble sleeping ..? The problem of insomnia is more often complained by adults, and taken seriously because it can interfere with productive activities. And the problem of sleeplessness is also experienced by children, even babies, and have a negative impact on their growth.
Why do children need to sleep?
Children should get enough sleep because most of the brain and physical growth occurs during sleep. children who suffer from sleeplessness will cause adverse effects.
Sleep deprivation in children can lead to decreased levels of intelligence, lack of concentration, memory becomes less concentration, memory becomes weak.
Why the child has trouble sleeping?
Causes and triggers of children to be difficult to sleep very diverse. One cause is environmental factors, the atmosphere of the house can make the child difficult to sleep. "The crowded conditions around the house, as well as diseases such as asthma and allergies can cause it difficult to sleep.
Therefore, parents should pay attention to the child's sleep patterns since the baby, so early on this difficult problem sleeping can be overcome and recognized.
Try to specify what time he should sleep. If the baby wakes up in the middle of night, should not be invited to talk, just soothed and persuaded back to sleep again.
Get used to sleeping with the lights turned off or there is little light from other rooms, or from outside the house. In the morning familiarize the child in a bright room or outside the home. because the shine helps signal the brain about sleep and wake cycles.
Avoid eating caffeinated foods a few hours before bedtime such as chocolate, cheese, soft drinks, and so on.
And do not forget to Create a comfortable, friendly, cool and quiet room environment, and avoid tv in the room.
Hopefully useful..