Reasons why children have trouble falling asleep

Children may have difficulty falling asleep because of poor indoor air circulation, or because of emotional or gastrointestinal discomfort. Mothers should cultivate their children to have a good sleep time, because children are in the stage of physical development, and often staying up late will lead to delayed development. It is best for both parents to set an example for their children, and they can sing or tell stories to their children to coax them to sleep.

If a good sleeping habit is cultivated from infancy, the child will be able to fall asleep peacefully in a dark room even if there is some noise around him. However, surprisingly many mothers complain that their children have difficulty falling asleep, which shows that it is very difficult to get children to develop good sleeping habits. Children go through a crisis between one and a half to two and a half years old. That is, once a child reaches this period, he or she will develop a tendency: even a child who sleeps well as an infant will be happy to have his or her mother stay by his or her side, talk to his or her mother, or seek maternal love.

During this period, if the child is able to successfully pass through this period with the skillful guidance of the mother, there will be no problems with sleep and the child will grow up healthily. Children who develop the bad habit of sleeping with their mothers or sleeping with a nipple in their mouth will still develop the bad habit of not being able to sleep alone and not getting up in the morning when they grow up. If a child cannot fall asleep, it will affect the people around him and make him sleep deprived. At this time, everyone will be anxious to get the child to fall asleep early. The more anxious they are, the more difficult it will be for the child to fall asleep. A mother's anxiety and anger will not only make her efforts fail, but will also become the reason for her child's sleeplessness.

On the contrary, if the mother holds the child affectionately and makes the child feel that she is watching over her as she sleeps, then the child may say, "Mom, I have something to do," and the child will be able to fall asleep peacefully even if the mother leaves for a while. In your family, are you sending your child to bed too early? Make sure to wait until your child is sleepy before putting her into bed and under the covers. Let her get up early in the morning and do more outdoor exercises during the day so that she will have easier time falling asleep every day. Keep your child's life on a regular schedule and avoid activities in the evening and at night.

Among the “children who have difficulty falling asleep”, some can only sleep for two or three hours during the day. Since you sleep too much during the day, it is naturally difficult to fall asleep at night. Depending on the situation, you can prevent your child from sleeping during the day or wake him up after only sleeping for an hour at most. For more information on this point, please refer to “Children with Poor Sleep”.