Well, your child has grown up, he is 1 year old! The baby has already learned to stand, consciously pronounce sounds, eat solid food and much more. At the same time, his natural biorhythm changed. Now he stays awake more: he moves actively, explores new objects, tries to reach out to everything that interests him. Of course, with such an active lifestyle, your fidget needs a good rest. How much should a 1-year-old child sleep so that he always feels cheerful and cheerful?
The importance of sleep – why sleep?
Sleep is an important component of human life. In a dream, the child rests and gains strength. Sleep is not just a period of saving and storing energy. While the child is sleeping, active work is going on in his body:
- Tissues are restored;
- The functioning of internal organs is regulated;
- There is a cleansing of waste products.
At this time, intensive processes take place in the child’s brain aimed at remembering and assimilating all the information that the baby received during the day. This is how neural connections are formed and the brain develops.
You've probably heard the phrase “a child grows in his sleep.” Of course, this statement should not be taken literally. Its essence is that during night rest the body produces growth hormone.
In addition, while the baby sleeps, his glands produce melatonin, the lack of which can lead to health problems.
Good rest is of great importance for normalizing the child’s mental state.
Important! A well-rested baby is calm and balanced. It does not require special attention and can be played on its own for a long time.
Constant lack of sleep or poor sleep in a 1 year old child causes a stress reaction in the body, turning the child into a little rebel. If you haven’t watched my free video lessons on healthy baby sleep yet, be sure to subscribe to them and receive them by email by following the link.
Sleep standards
For the normal physical and mental development of a one-year-old child, proper sleep, both day and night, is important. You cannot eliminate daytime naps, as this will lead to overtiredness of the child and seriously undermine his level of health.
So let's look at sleep standards after a year.
Waking time for a one-year-old child = 4-5 hours;
- At this time, the child moves a lot, is able to fulfill various requests from adults and can express his wishes in the game, masters the first skills of self-care, and shows curiosity;
- The child does not sit quietly for a minute, and sometimes resists and is stubborn; how to properly respond to the disobedience of an older child, see the course Obedience without screaming and threats >>>
- Plan all games, walks, educational and developmental activities for the first half of your waking time.
How much sleep should a one-year-old baby sleep?
The daily sleep requirement for a child is 12-13 hours.
At the same time, it takes 10-11 hours to sleep at night
Daytime nap: 2-3 hours
There is nothing wrong if your child’s daily routine differs by +- 1 hour in any direction. Observe the child's behavior and well-being. We can say that there is no reason to worry if the child:
- Calm and balanced;
- Cheerful and cheerful;
- Able to concentrate on his actions;
- Has a good appetite;
- Goes to bed and wakes up easily and without problems.
In this case, the baby sleeps less or more than expected simply because he wants to.
However, if the child sleeps quite a lot, about 16 - 17 hours a day, then this should alert you. It is possible that the child is experiencing illness, which will soon manifest itself with other symptoms.
See also my video lesson about sleep standards at 12 months:
How many times does a 1-year-old child sleep during the day?
- 1 year is the earliest age when a child can reduce the number of daytime naps from 2 to 1;
- Until this point, children usually sleep twice a day for 1 - 1.5 hours each time. Now the baby begins to switch to one nap during the day. In this case, sleep time can increase to 2-3 hours;
- The transition to 1 nap strongly depends on the child’s daily routine, namely, on the time of morning awakening:
If he gets up at 6 o’clock, then he is unlikely to be able to stay awake until lunchtime (Read the article on how to properly feed your child >>>). In this case, the child goes to bed at 10-11 o’clock in the afternoon and will naturally want to sleep again (at about 16 o’clock in the evening).
With this schedule, you do not need to let your child sleep for more than 1 hour, otherwise bedtime will be very late at night.
For children with night owl biorhythm, a different schedule is possible. They wake up around 8 o'clock and their naps begin around 1 pm. In this case, babies sleep for almost 2-3 hours. This time is enough for them to last until they fall asleep at night. This regime is more harmonious, simple and easy for mom. But you can expect it only by 1 year 3 months.
If you asked me: how much sleep should a 1.3 year old child sleep, then the most optimal would be a regimen with 1 daytime nap, which lasts 1.5-3 hours and then goes to bed at night around 19-21 hours.
How long does he sleep at night?
- A child aged 1 year should sleep at night for 10–11 hours;
- Ideally, bedtime will be before 21-00. This will ensure better sleep and a full night's rest;
- With two daily rests, the schedule may shift and bedtime becomes later. In any case, by 22-00 the child should already be asleep;
Many parents try to raise their child on an equal footing, and it happens that it is 23, 24, or even one in the morning - and the child is running around, playing and having fun. This happens with my upstairs neighbors, and every time I feel very sorry for the child, because the most complete and restorative sleep occurs from 21-00 to 1 am.
If the child falls asleep on his own, then at night there are 1-2 awakenings (there may be nights without awakenings, but from my work experience, I can say that this is very rare)
Waking up at night always has its own reasons:
- night terrors;
- The baby grinds his teeth, if this is a problem for your baby, be sure to read the article Why does a child grind his teeth in his sleep?>>>
- unsuitable sleeping conditions (stuffy, hot, noisy, etc.);
- desire to go to the toilet;
- hunger;
- inability to fall asleep further on your own.
Under no circumstances should you scold your child for not sleeping! It is necessary to understand the reasons for frequent awakenings at night and this is the mother’s task.
If a child falls asleep only with the breast or with rocking, then at night there may be a lot of night awakenings: from 3 to 15. This is a situation that requires correction and a detailed analysis, which you can conduct as part of a large course on child sleep: How to teach a child to fall asleep and sleep without breastfeeding >>>
A child grows: do sleep standards change from 1 year to 1.5 years?
After the baby turns 1 year old, he increasingly shows independence in actions, but at the same time clearly understands his dependence on his parents. During the period of 1.3 – 1.5 years, the baby’s sleep may worsen. This will manifest itself as follows:
- It takes a long time to go to bed;
- Has trouble falling asleep;
- Wakes up at night, find out why children don't sleep well?>>>;
- Gets up very early;
- Refuses to sleep during the day.
The norms for how much sleep a child of 1.5 years should sleep are not particularly different from the previous ones. He takes a one-time nap during the day, which lasts a little less - 1-2 hours. Night sleep lasts about 11 hours.
What if a child refuses to sleep during the day?
Daytime sleep cannot be compensated for by increasing the duration of night rest. If the child does not sleep during the day, this can lead to problems with evening bedtime: the child will be overexcited, begin to be capricious and cry. Refusal to sleep during the day at this age may have several reasons:
- wrong time;
- a sharp transition from a fun game to going to bed;
- unsuitable conditions for recreation;
- negative associations with daytime sleep;
- premature transfer of the baby from two daily naps to one.
You should not follow your baby’s lead and cancel daytime naps, since for a 1-year-old child this is a physiological need. How to properly prepare a baby for going to bed during the day is well discussed in the article Bedtime Rituals >>>
Recommendations for improving sleep
Getting your baby to sleep properly is not that difficult.
- First of all, you need to correctly create a child’s sleep schedule at 1 year old. It is recommended to monitor how much and when your little one sleeps, and then make the necessary changes to his schedule. You need to move your bedtime and wake-up time gradually, 15 to 30 minutes at a time. You should not radically change your baby’s daily routine; it is advisable that it coincide as much as possible with the natural biorhythms of his body;
- You should not give your baby the opportunity to doze off while he is awake;
- It is necessary to pay attention to the signs of fatigue in the baby and accordingly change the type of activity to a calmer one;
- You can create a special bedtime ritual.
- ventilate the room every day and regularly carry out wet cleaning;
- a couple of hours before putting the baby to bed, play active outdoor games, take a walk in the fresh air;
- Before going to bed, on the contrary, you need to create a calm environment, without unnecessary emotional stress.
Remember that regular lack of sleep has a bad effect on the well-being and development of the baby. Therefore, pay increased attention to creating good conditions for sound and restful sleep.
Parents often wonder how much sleep their children should get. An adult feels whether he has had enough sleep, can calculate the approximate time of his sleep, and determine for himself when it is time to go to bed in order to be alert in the morning. But what about children?
Each person's sleep is individual, like other physiological processes. Each child has his own sleep and wakefulness schedule. So forcing a child to go to bed and get up at a certain time, which is considered the “norm,” is useless and even cruel. Nevertheless, doctors have calculated the very specific sleep time that children need to be healthy. In reality, these figures differ slightly from the statistical ones - plus or minus 1 hour.
Sleep norms for children depending on age
The fact is that during the first month of life, complex processes take place in the baby’s body, which require a lot of strength and energy.
Sleep norms change as the child grows older:
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- 1 month - 15-18 hours (8-10 hours at night and 6-9 hours during the day, daytime dreams - 3-4 or more);
- 2 months - 15–17 hours (8-10 hours at night and 6-7 hours during the day, 3-4 daytime naps);
- 3 months - 14–16 hours (9–11 hours at night and 5 hours during the day, 3-4 daytime sleeps);
- 4-5 months - 15 hours (10 hours at night and 4-5 hours during the day, 3 naps during the day);
- 6-8 months - 14.5 hours (11 hours at night and 3.5 hours during the day, 2-3 daytime naps);
- 9-12 months - 13.5–14 hours (11 hours at night and 2-3.5 hours during the day, 2 naps);
- 1-1.5 years - 13.5 hours (11-11.5 hours at night and 2-2.5 hours during the day, 1-2 daytime naps);
- 1.5-2 years - 12.5–13 hours (10.5–11 hours at night and 1.5-2.5 hours during the day, 1 daytime nap);
- 2.5-3 years - 12 hours (10.5 hours at night and 1.5 hours during the day, 1 nap during the day);
- 4 years - 11.5 hours, the baby no longer needs to sleep during the day;
- 5-6 years - 11 hours, the baby no longer needs to sleep during the day;
- 7-8 years - 10.5 hours of sleep at night;
- 9-10 years - 9.5-10 hours of sleep at night;
- 11-12 years - 9.5-10 hours of sleep at night;
- from 12 years old - 9-9.5 hours of sleep at night.
As the baby gets older, the duration of his healthy sleep at night decreases. For adults, it is enough to sleep about 8 hours a day to feel good.
How can you tell if your baby is not getting enough sleep?
Until the age of 6 months, children fall asleep on walks, during feedings, in strollers - anywhere they want to take a nap. After six months, some facts may already indicate that the child is not getting enough sleep:
- the baby falls asleep in the car or stroller immediately after the start of movement (such sleep is not healthy and of high quality - it is superficial and caused only by overwork, and after the transport stops, the baby immediately wakes up);
- in the morning the child gets up later than 7.30 (babies’ biological clocks are designed in such a way that it is best for them to wake up between 6 and 7.30 - in this case they will be well-rested and in a good mood);
- the baby regularly wakes up before 6 am (this also indicates problems with sleep and overtiredness, so there is no point in sending children to bed later so that they get up later);
- the baby constantly falls asleep and wakes up crying (this is another evidence that the child is sent to his crib and woken up at the wrong time).
Signs of sleep deprivation are the same for young children and teenagers. They become irritable, show aggression and are often capricious. Chronic fatigue is also evident if the child can suddenly fall asleep or lie down during the day and sleep until the next morning.
Co-sleeping will be very useful for the mother in the first months of the baby’s life, as it brings several positive aspects at once:
First, is that next to the mother the child will always be at a comfortable temperature, and this is very important for children in the first month of life. At this age, children’s thermoregulatory system is not very perfect; they often become hypothermic and, as a result, suffer from colds.
Second, helps the baby find a sense of calm and security, he hears the beat of his mother’s heart, her breathing, warmth, feels her presence and all fears disappear.
Third, a mother who breastfeeds her baby and sleeps all night with him has better lactation than mothers who sleep separately from their children.
Fourth, Such joint sleep allows the mother to get enough sleep, because it is no secret that women have to get up several times during the night to feed the baby.
Fifth, the child, with his mother, sleeps more soundly, and his sleep is more complete, since the very lightly sleeping mother will begin feeding or petting him on time, preventing the baby from waking up prematurely from sleep.
Sixth, mothers during lactation, especially in the first months of a child’s life, are very anxious, and sleeping with the baby will help reduce the mother’s anxiety many times over.
Seventh, mother and child sleeping together tend to wake up together, which has a positive effect on the mood of both.
Eighth, The risk of sudden infant death is greatly reduced when parents and child sleep together.
Depending on their age, children may change their attitude to where they sleep. So, at the age of 1 to 6 months, babies sleep well alone in their crib, and by about 1.5 years, many babies begin to actively protest against their bed. Parents should not strongly insist on separate sleep, because such a situation can lead to serious psychological trauma and neuroses. This situation most often arises due to the fact that at this age the child begins to develop various fears, this in turn is closely related to changes in the development of parts of the brain.
Many experts and just mothers believe that sleeping together between mother and child is the best sleep option for both. But there are a number of reasons why a child should sleep separately from his parents:
First, is that in the parent’s bed the child’s risk of being suffocated by the mother during sleep increases. The sleep of a young mother is very sensitive, this is how nature arranged it, but there are situations when the mother takes sedatives or she is very tired during the day, or perhaps took alcohol, then the sleep becomes deep and the woman cannot control herself and the child during sleep, in In such cases, the baby must sleep in his own bed.
Second, the parent’s bed is the place where marital duty is fulfilled, and the presence of a child in it one way or another imposes restrictions on the parents’ sex life. Very often, women, due to their fatigue, refuse to fulfill their marital duty, explaining this by the presence of a child in their bed. In some families, the father has to leave the bed completely and sleep separately from his wife. All this can become a serious reason for conflicts in the family.
Third, the reason why it would be better for a child to sleep in his own bed is to acquire the skill of falling asleep independently. Children who sleep in the same bed with their parents develop a strong need for parental presence; this habit will later cause a lot of trouble and problems not only for the parents, but also for the child himself. Therefore, it is best to start gradually weaning your baby from sleeping with his parents after 3 years.
Fourth, The sleep of some parents who share the same bed with the baby becomes superficial, as a result of which they often do not get enough sleep.
These are, in fact, all the reasons why a child should fall asleep separately from his parents. If you decide to start accustoming your baby to a separate sleep, then you will need to gain more patience and ingenuity. Ideally, it is better to wait for the moment when the child himself wants to move into his own bed, such a convenient moment can arise at the age of 3-4 years, when the baby tries to be like adults and strives to do everything himself, at this moment it is worth telling him everything advantages of a separate crib. The process of weaning off parental presence should begin gradually, for example, during daytime sleep the baby should sleep alone or in his own bed, and he should also sleep in his own crib for part of the night. Some parents put the baby in their bed and then transfer him to the nursery; this option is suitable if the baby does not cry much in the morning in search of his mother who disappeared overnight. In order for an older child to want to sleep in his own bed, think about an interesting design for his room or bed; the modern market in this area is now very large and can offer many options for interesting design, both for the bed and for the room as a whole. Distractive maneuvers can also be used, for example, a mother can leave her child’s favorite toy or a pet in her place for a while, which promises to look after the baby. Gradually, the time the mother is absent from the room increases and as a result, the baby falls asleep on his own. At the child's request, leave a light on in the room, this will help him cope with his fears, help him control his fears.
Good afternoon to all blog readers! Alena Bortsova is with you. Not long ago, my sister and I were remembering how funny our little boys were, lively Andryushka and smart Dimka.
And then Oksana says: “Do you remember how Dimka fell asleep on the toilet during the day when he was five?” Honestly, I don't remember. Anyway, we had a debate about how old children are until they sleep during the day? Is it easy to put a 4-5 year old child to bed and is it necessary? Let's try to figure it out.
How do your daughters and sons sleep?
For me, the words “Oh, my son started playing and fell asleep” are something from the realm of fantasy. My children have never gone to bed so easily. I always had to fight with my son, which I now regret. Only when I was six months old did I think of going to a neurologist; my son was diagnosed with hyperactivity. Daytime sleep is a difficult ordeal for such children.
Already at the age of three, Andryusha stopped sleeping for long periods of time during the day. At most it was enough for an hour. It took much longer to set up. I read books, played songs, carried them in my arms. Andryukha laughed, ran into another room, played with toys, and cried. He asked me to eat, drink, go potty. From the age of four, the boy was allowed to simply lie down, since lying down was more exhausting than helping him rest.
But even though my daughter doesn’t adhere to the “run, fall, fall asleep” principle, she still doesn’t refuse to fall asleep during the day. She even climbs onto the bed and screams: “Bai!!!” Although, of course, she pursues a specific goal - to obtain breast milk. For being almost two years old, the girl is quite smart.
And everyone is sleeping in the garden!
Do you know that most children in the garden sleep? And where to go, the teacher will not let 25 people go out, no matter how much they would like to. If babies do not sleep, then they will be capricious, some children even have headaches.
What can be noted about the age system? Children under three years of age sleep completely. Problems arise with small quantities:
- Children undergoing adaptation do not sleep. The solution is to agree with the mother that she will pick up the baby after a nap. Therefore, it will be easier to persuade the baby to lie down in the crib - “you will sleep, and mom will come.”
- Those who are intimidated by the garden do not sleep. This is where nervous tension comes into play.
A normal teacher does not force a child who does not sleep well during the day to close his eyes. For children from 4 to 6 years old there is a simple system:
- Before going to bed, everyone goes to the toilet.
- 15 minutes after going to bed, everyone who asks to go to the toilet should also be offered a drink of water.
- They laid us down, tucked in a blanket, sat in the middle and read a fairy tale. Until what age do children need to be read to in order for them to fall asleep? I practiced this method until my son was 8 years old, then he read on his own.
- If someone does not fall asleep after reading monotonously for half an hour, let them lie down!
Yes, this may seem strange to some, but kindergarten teachers allow the children to just lie quietly. A simple way, lying around with nothing to do is boring, even seven-year-olds fall asleep.
I also suggest that parents use “gardening” techniques, especially if you have several children. The main thing is to make the child’s day before bed so eventful that he himself wants to sleep.
Until what age should it be laid?
Sometimes you really want to go back to childhood just to get some sleep! I think children should be put to bed before the age of 40!
But seriously, you need to judge by the baby’s behavior. In my opinion, the cut-off age is 3 years. Then problems begin with daytime sleep at home. If your child, when organizing daytime sleep, adhere to the following principles:
- Using my mother as an example. It wouldn’t hurt for an adult to lie down and rest. Kids love to sleep with company.
- No violence. She absolutely does not want to sleep - she walks quietly.
- = sound daytime sleep.
- If, due to sleep during the day, the baby has difficulty falling asleep in the evening, it is better to refuse the “siesta”.
Remember, the child does not owe anything to anyone. If you spend more time putting your child to sleep than he sleeps, you should not torture yourself and your baby.
You will also find very good materials about children's sleep and daily routine from a child sleep specialist.
Let the baby's sleep be pleasant, and let the time spent on putting it to bed bring pleasure and strengthen the bond between the baby and mother. Good dreams to you, day and night! I look forward to seeing you in the next topics.
Hello guys, Lena Zhabinskaya is here! The blue dream of any mother is a healthy and sound sleep for her baby. To do this, she tries to feed him well and dress him in the most comfortable clothes. And he ventilates the room for a long time, achieving the optimal combination of temperature and humidity, in a word, he does everything to ensure that he gives her a rest at least today.
However, miracles do not happen. Again, rare or frequent cries, awakenings and a pulsating thought in the head: when does a newborn start sleeping through the night? Sooner or later, every pediatrician is asked this question. I will try to answer it today.
Small children sleep completely differently than adults. If 8 hours of proper rest is enough for us to function normally, and for some even 5–6 hours, then newborns need no less than 16–20 hours for health and development. This is 80% of the total daily time. 
It would seem like real grace. This is where mom can get some sleep and do all the housework, but in practice, for some reason, she doesn’t always manage to do this. What is the reason? It turns out that the problem has to do with the baby’s sleeping patterns.
Shallow sleep
The baby is not sleeping soundly. No, he has a phase of sound sleep, but it lasts no more than an hour. The rest of the time the sleep is superficial.
Needless to say, because of this, the baby wakes up every now and then in order to eat or simply explore the situation. Perhaps the curtain will open for some now, but when the baby is sleeping, other family members don’t need to tiptoe around at all. He must adapt. In addition, not only a loud sharp noise can wake him up, but also a monotonous quiet one, if he is not prepared for them, of course. 
An interesting experiment was carried out in the UK. There, scientists, trying to find out under what conditions and how soundly the baby sleeps, selected two groups of children. The first one was plunged into silence. The second included a measured sound simulating a heartbeat. Moreover, the children in this group slept longer. Experts explained everything with physiology. The children heard a sound that calmed them in their mother's womb, so they slept to it.
In everyday life, you can replace the sounds of a heartbeat and ensure that your child sleeps well by playing classical music in the background. In any case, this is what doctors say. It’s worth a try, if only because rest is not only a necessity, but also the key to a good mood, excellent well-being and proper development.
Why does my child wake up at night?
All young mothers dream of having a good night's sleep. And it seems to all of them that their dreams are not shared by their children. Sometimes they act up too much. And if during the day this is quite understandable, then what about at night?
Hunger
Children are hungry because they cannot go the whole night without feeding. And although the woman is sincerely perplexed, because she fed the baby for a long time in the evening, the doctors are adamant: breast milk is absorbed very quickly, and a hungry child cannot sleep. 
Exceptions can be made only for children who are on. It is more nourishing, so it allows them to stay in Morpheus’s arms longer, although not always.
Thirst
This is even more true the hotter the room and the drier the air in it. Optimal air parameters are from 18 to 20 degrees and air humidity is from 40 to 60%.
Wake himself up with his hands
Newborns are often bothered by hypertonicity of the limbs. Due to the fact that the newborn is not responsible for his body movements, involuntary, sudden movements of his arms or legs can frighten him and wake him up. And he, in turn, will wake up his mother.
Violations of the regime
They, as grandmothers and mothers put it, “confuse day with night.” In this case, the young mother will need to be patient and wake up the baby for some time during the day. This way he will be able to sleep longer at night. 
Physiological reasons.
What is this? Colic, teething, discomfort due to incorrectly selected things, heat, cold, lack of fresh air.
Psychological reasons.
A banal desire to play, a lack of maternal attention, which children gladly compensate for at night, various emotional reactions, for example, when a child is overexcited during the day and now cannot sleep.
Needless to say, achieving sound sleep in children can only be achieved by identifying the reasons that prevent it. In fact, this is not so difficult to do, but first things first.
At what age do children begin to sleep well?
When does a baby start sleeping through the night? Perhaps this is the most important question in this topic, yet experts are in no hurry to answer it. The thing is that their opinions differ here. Some believe that 6 months is a sufficient age to give up whims in the dark, others are sure that the latter can continue until the baby reaches one year of age, and this is absolutely normal. 
By the way, this is far from the worst thing. There are mothers who, when asked at what age their child was able to sleep fully through the night, confidently cite the age of 3 years. But here everything is purely individual. In addition to some external signs, the quality of sleep is also influenced by internal ones - the character and temperament of the child. Meanwhile, summing up all of the above, I would like to again recall the words of scientists.
They say that the baby definitely cannot sleep all night during breastfeeding. This skill will come to him by 9 months, not earlier, when hearty, nutritious food appears in his diet, which his tummy can digest for a long time. And he will be able to sleep soundly all this time.
On this cheerful note, I would like to wish young mothers not to be upset. The fact is that, contrary to physiology, there are peculiar tricks and secrets that help newborn babies sleep longer.
What to do to help your child sleep well
In addition, do not forget about the phases of sleep. A child has two of them, defining shallow sleep and sound sleep. Not all mothers know that the superficial one comes first. They rock or lull the children to sleep and, seeing that they have surrendered to the power of Morpheus, begin to transfer them to the crib. What happens next? The child wakes up and no longer sleeps, no matter how much he wants to.
But don't be upset. Superficial REM sleep. The main thing is to wait until he goes into a strong, calm phase and, finally, breathe a sigh of relief. You can recognize this second long-awaited phase by the baby’s condition: he becomes completely relaxed, his legs and arms stop moving and become lethargic.
What else can you do to help your baby sleep peacefully throughout the night?
- Provide him with comfortable conditions. The optimal temperature at which the baby is neither cold nor hot is 18–22 degrees, and humidity is 60 degrees. If in addition to this the room is well ventilated, he will surely sleep in a blissful sleep.
- Feed. Small children cannot control their desires if they concern instincts. If they are hungry, they will certainly say so. Screaming loudly, even in the middle of the night. Therefore, good nutrition is often the key to peace of mind. If for some reason the baby ate well at the breast, but woke up an hour later and asked again, it makes sense to consult with a pediatrician about supplementary feeding.
- Eliminate any discomfort. Violation of the rules for changing a diaper, uncomfortable clothes, the seams of which press or rub, wet skin and, as a result, diaper rash - all these are reasons for concern for the baby. Of course, in such conditions there is no need to talk about sound sleep.
- Make sure that there is always a safe environment in the house. Newborns do not know how to talk, yet they successfully communicate with us from the first weeks. Simply put, they understand us and feel us. Any change in mood is always noticeable to them. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that in homes where there are disputes, scandals, or where the mother is constantly nervous and angry, children sleep worse. When answering the question of such parents about how many months their children will sleep peacefully, the pediatrician shrugs and advises them to reconsider their views and improve the situation in the family.
- Eliminate the possibility that the child... The easiest way to do this is to try to accustom your baby to a routine from the first weeks. It is not necessary to feed or wake him up by the clock. It is important to just make sure that he plays more during the day than at night. If this has already happened, you need to help the baby enter normal mode. It is better to spend your active time during the day with light physical activity and walks in the fresh air.
- Rule out colic. The most common reason for their appearance is improper latching of the chest and, as a result, swallowing air. You can get rid of it by controlling feeding and avoiding foods that contribute to increased gas formation. Colic appears from the 20th day of a baby’s life and disappears by 3 months. They can be alleviated with the help of a gas tube, massages, and medications.
Finally, the last thing is a familiar ritual. In order for the baby to sleep through the night, he needs to be put to bed after feeding at the same time every day.
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