Since the birth, the schedule of a dream of the kid continuously changes, and on that is the objective reasons. So, if right after birth the kid wakes up only to have a bite, then by three years time of its daily average dream decreases even till 11 o'clock.
Psychoemotional changes in 6 months
In spite of the fact that duration of a dream of the child - a concept especially individual can also depend on a number of factors, such as:
- temperament; - psychoemotional state;
- teething; - intestinal gripes, there are average indicators which can serve as an excellent reference point for mothers and fathers in control of sleep quality of their son or the daughter. And it is really necessary to watch a children's dream, the dream is the defining factor of efficiency of brain activity, attention, mood.
The special turning point, frightening many parents, comes at six-month age of the child, this period becomes a phase of active growth of bones, teeth. At the child the deficiency of calcium in an organism begins to be observed, the excitability increases. Many parents observe significant changes in behavior of the kid. So, if earlier the child quickly got tired and fell asleep, then now he is capricious, it is difficult to lay him in the evening, he does not sleep still it very much will not want.
Mode of a dream and wakefulness
It is considered that norm for the six-month-old kid is the dream reaching 14-16 hours a day. At the same time night rest takes about 10-11 hours, the rest of the time is the share of a short-term daytime sleep which can be broken into several parts for 1-1.5 hours in morning and evening hours. Starting with three up to six months the child has an active desire to communicate with the people surrounding it, evening vigils consistently increase from 2 to 3.5 o'clock. It is considered that the mode of a dream of the child in 6 months becomes similar to regime of the adult: theoretically to this age it is possible to teach the kid to sleep all night long entirely. The children who are on breastfeeding at this age can still demand applying to a breast. The child begins to be guided better in a situation, can independently fall asleep without any efforts from parents.
Hygiene of a dream
Observance several simple rules is the key to a healthy biorhythm of the six-month-old kid. First of all parents are not recommended to stack the child to have a rest after 5-6 in the evening, by the night the child has to be tired enough, otherwise the following dream will come to it deeply after midnight. Besides, at this age the kid can quite entrust a soft toy as partner who will help subsequently it to fall asleep sweet and a quiet sleep. Carefully trace the mode of wakefulness and rest, it is quite possible that your child has enough also 13 hours of a dream a day, and similar "insomnia" can it is accompanied by the physical indisposition which is incorrectly created by the schedule or some psychological and emotional deviations which at this age easily give in to adjustment.