What should I do if my one-year-old baby has trouble sleeping?

Since infants and young children's bodies are not yet fully developed, if they are not properly cared for, it will have a greater impact on their physical health and normal development. In severe cases, it may also cause some serious physical illnesses. So you must pay more attention in normal times. Even if infants and young children do not sleep well, it will have a negative impact on their bodies. So what should you do if your one-year-old baby has trouble sleeping? Let us introduce it below.

Soothing your baby before bed

Before going to bed, don't let your baby get too excited. If your baby has a habitual crying prelude before going to bed, don't strip your baby naked immediately. Parents should pay attention to their baby's sleeping habits and help them develop good sleeping reflex habits. They can prepare before the crying begins, make them laugh and make them happy. Then you can undress your baby.

Cleaning your baby's body

After the baby's emotions are stable, you can start cleaning the baby's body. Wet the baby's body, and gently rub it all over with the palm of your hand until the body turns slightly red. The force should not be too strong or too light. The shower gel can be used every other day. After rinsing with clean water, apply moisturizer, take a large towel to wrap the baby's whole body, dry it, and put it in the sleeping bag.

The whole process should be quick and decisive, and the room temperature should be adjusted to around 25 degrees.

Leave the baby until he or she falls asleep

After your baby lies down, don't walk away immediately. You can look into his eyes, talk to him, hum softly or pat his body. All kinds of gentle activities suitable for your baby are fine until he falls asleep.

Some mothers will get up and do other things as soon as their baby closes his eyes. In fact, it is very likely that the baby is not really asleep at this time. He will wake up as soon as you walk away. After this process happens several times, you will find that the baby seems to have difficulty falling asleep. The correct approach is to continue the previous activity for a while when you see the baby close his eyes. Then you might sit next to your baby and read a book, and then leave after a while. The purpose of doing this is to build enough trust between you and your baby.

If a one-year-old baby has poor sleep and it is not effectively controlled and improved in time, it will be very bad for the child's normal development. Therefore, when this happens, you should use the methods introduced above to help improve your sleep, so as to ensure better development of your body.