What to do if your child has trouble falling asleep

Difficulty falling asleep is a common problem for many children. Children are in the golden period of physical development, and physical development takes place when people are asleep. If children have difficulty falling asleep and their sleep time is short, it will have a great impact on their growth. Faced with this situation, people need to pay attention and take measures to deal with it. The following is a detailed introduction on what to do if children have difficulty falling asleep.

What to do if your child has trouble falling asleep at night

If a child is slow to fall asleep, parents should slowly cultivate him and help him develop a habit of falling asleep. First, you need to calm him down and stop him from playing before getting ready for bed. After lying in bed, you can talk to him quietly and then tell him some bedtime stories. It may take a little longer for him to fall asleep at first, but as long as he persists and develops good habits, it will get better slowly.

What are the reasons why children have trouble falling asleep at night?

1. Improper diet.

Signs of not sleeping: crying, consciously looking for mother or pacifier, diarrhea or constipation.

The baby's digestive system is not yet fully developed, and has high requirements for the temperature and quality of food. Generally speaking, improper diet may cause the baby to not sleep. Insufficient diet and baby's hunger, such as insufficient breast milk, failure to add formula milk in time, or insufficient amount of complementary food; excessive feeding and baby overeating, failure to follow the principle of from less to more, from thin to thick, from fine to coarse, from one to many, which may also cause baby indigestion, abdominal distension and discomfort, and loss of sleep; food is too cold, some mothers feed their babies milk at night, and the baby's stomach is extremely sensitive, which may cause mild gastrointestinal cramps after drinking. The baby feels gastrointestinal discomfort and is prone to crying and not sleeping. In addition, if the food is not prepared properly and there are irritating foods in the baby's food, such as honey, it may cause diarrhea in the baby, making the baby feel unwell and naturally difficult to fall asleep.

2. Environmental factors.

Symptoms of not sleeping: noisy, waking up repeatedly, and excitement.

Babies' visual and auditory nerves are not fully developed, and they are easily fatigued by various sound and light stimuli from the outside world, so they have very high requirements for the sleeping environment. Babies generally have difficulty falling asleep in a noisy environment. Neighbors' renovations, loud TV or karaoke speakers, etc. will stimulate the baby's auditory cells, making the baby irritable and restless, making it difficult for the baby to fall asleep. Temperature and humidity are also factors that affect the speed at which a baby falls asleep. If the indoor air is too dry, the baby's nasal mucosa will become dry, which is not conducive to breathing and the baby will not be able to fall asleep easily. Regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter, the best sleeping environment for babies should generally be around 24 to 28 degrees Celsius. The lighting environment is often overlooked by new parents. When the curtains in the baby's room do not block out light, it will stimulate the baby's visual nerves, making him nervous and excited and unable to fall asleep.