Several major hazards of babies sleeping with the light on

The physical health of the baby is what parents care about most. Once the baby has a problem, parents will definitely be very worried and don’t know how to deal with it. Therefore, we recommend that parents learn some methods of caring for babies in daily life. Once the baby has an abnormal condition, it should be taken seriously and sent to the hospital for consultation in time. Sleep plays a very important role for babies. Below we introduce the major hazards of babies sleeping with the lights on.

Harm 1: Reduce baby's sleep quality

"Try not to turn on the lights when your child is sleeping. This is a problem that is often overlooked by parents," said the doctor, "especially for children who are still breastfeeding. Many mothers let their children sleep in a room with the lights on so that they can get up at night to feed them. This is actually very bad." This is because any artificial light source will produce a very subtle light pressure. The long-term existence of this light pressure will make people, especially infants and young children, become restless and emotionally disturbed, making it difficult to fall asleep and having poor sleep quality.

Doctors say that letting infants and young children sleep under the light for a long time will shorten their sleep time each time, make their sleep shallower, and make them easily awakened.

Harm 2: Causes the baby to not grow tall

Do you leave the lights on when your child sleeps? If your answer is yes, you should pay special attention to this, as it may directly lead to your child not growing tall in the future.

Everyone knows that ensuring children get enough sleep is very helpful for their height growth. Because the baby's growth continues during sleep, the baby's sleep is very important. Good sleep can promote the child's growth and development, enhance intelligence and disease resistance. Sleeping with the lights on will not only cause children to have poor sleep, but also, children will secrete growth hormone during sleep. Once the lights are on, the growth hormone level will drop, thereby slowing down the development rate. Keeping the lights on in the bedroom all night will change the body's natural ability to adapt to the brightness of day and darkness of night, thus affecting the baby's normal metabolism and harming growth and development.

Generally speaking, newborns need 16-20 hours of sleep a day, infants and young children need 10 to 14 hours of sleep a day, and teenagers need 9 to 10 hours of sleep a day, and it is best to go to bed before 10 pm.

Hazard 3: Increase the baby's chance of suffering from myopia

Doctors remind parents: "Children with poor sleep quality will definitely not grow tall. It is best not to turn on the lights when sleeping. Children who sleep under the lights for a long time will not only have poor sleep quality, but also double the chance of myopia.

Sleeping under the light for a long time will also affect the child's ocular reticular activating system, which is not good for the child's vision development. Because continuous light stimulation is very harmful to the eyes, the eyeball and ciliary muscles cannot get enough rest. This can easily cause retinal damage to infants and young children, affecting the normal development of their vision.

In the above article, we introduced one of the things that parents are most concerned about, that is, the physical health of the baby. We recommend that parents and friends take good care of the baby's food, clothing, housing and transportation in daily life. The above article introduces in detail the major hazards of babies sleeping with the lights on.