Sleep is an integral part of our life. It is believed that if a child sleeps well, then he is healthy. And indeed, as soon as the body begins to malfunction, sleep is disturbed. Let's try to understand this problem better.
Causes of sleep disorders in children
To begin with, consider the most innocuous causes of sleep disorders in children.
Physiological features of the child
- Extraneous sounds. The norm is that children's sleep is more sensitive, in contrast to an adult. Therefore, a child to wake up by random noise is much easier. In order for it to sleep more tightly, try not to shield it from extraneous sounds. After the child has become accustomed to domestic noise, he will stop paying attention to them in a dream, and hence his sleep will become stronger.
- Air. It's no secret that children sleep better outdoors. Therefore, before going to bed, do not forget to ventilate the room well.
- Bedding should be comfortable: a blanket for the season, a pillow to size.
Excess of emotions
Still our grandmothers noticed that it is impossible to play at night with the child in active outdoor games, it is better to paint or read a book. Overexcited, the child will be very difficult to fall asleep.Sleep disturbance in infants can also be associated with the emotional state of the mother with whom he is so closely connected that he can feel the slightest changes in her mood. Quarrels and conflicts with relatives with whom you live in the same house, also do not add peace of mind to the child. Therefore, try to protect your children from negative emotions.
The following causes of sleep disorders in children require treatment and mandatory consultation with a pediatrician and neurologist.
Somatic disorders
These include diseases that are not associated with abnormalities of the nervous system, the most common of them:
- pain, colic in the tummy and dysbiosis, which are treated with drugs that infect the children's body with useful bacteria;
- rickets (head sweats, shyness, shudders when falling asleep), it is necessary to take calcium and preparations containing vitamin D. for treatment.
Neurological disorders
Alarm signals that should alert your mom:
- nocturnal enuresis (children from age 4);
- sleepwalking;
- conversations in a dream;
- bruxism (grinding of teeth);
- nightmares.
With all these problems you will be able to understand the child neurologist.
Sleep disorders in a one-year-old child can be associated not only with health abnormalities, but also with parents' mistakes. Be sure to work out an evening retirement ceremony. It will help the child to tune in the right way, a habit will appear. Also pay attention to how you lay the child to sleep: swing, walk with him in his arms, lie down next - all this also causes a habit, breaking which you will encounter a storm of emotions, as a result of which the child's sleep can also be disturbed.