For new parents the dream of the kid can become the most difficult test. He is changeable and unpredictable, especially if the baby mixes day with a night. Having established to the child the accurate schedule of rest and wakefulness it is possible to avoid his overfatigue.
Duration and frequency of a dream
Since the birth to three months the kids usually sleep quite a lot – about 14-18 hours a day. Dream duration, irrespective of day and night, is 3-4 hours therefore parents should get up to swaddle and feed the baby. By 3-4 months the child sleeps 15 hours a day, 10 of which – at night. The rest of the time is divided between three daytime sleeps. By 6 months their quantity will decrease to two, and duration will be about one hour. At this age it is very important to establish to the child the schedule of a dream and wakefulness not only to facilitate life to parents, but also to save the baby from excessive fatigue. Duration of night sleep of the six-month-old child is about 12 hours, and by a year it will decrease by 10 o'clock while the disposable daytime sleep will make about 2 hours. It is necessary to remember that for falling asleep the newborn does not need ideal silence – it is not necessary to speak in a whisper or to tiptoe. Most of kids quietly fall asleep in brightly lit and noisy places.
Problems with a dream
At infantile age the child can mix day with a night. The daytime sleep of such kids is so long that leaves them forces for wakefulness at night. Often parents of such children who are waking up each hour to demand to itself attention and to have a bite, feel very tired. However it is worth to remember that it is a temporary situation, in process of development of nervous system of the child duration of his night sleep will increase. Usually by a month at children the normal mode is set. Often problems with a dream can be connected with gripes, in this case the child needs to give special drugs or to use traditional ways – a warm towel, strokings of a tummy, etc. If the child is on breastfeeding and badly sleeps at night, waking up on unplanned feedings, it is necessary to consult with the doctor - can be to the kid there is not enough milk and it is worth using mixes or it is already time to enter a feeding up, depending on age.
Rules of a healthy sleep
That since early childhood to accustom the child to a healthy sleep, it is necessary not only to establish the schedule of rest and wakefulness, but also to take care of a comfortable berth. It has to be the separate bed equipped with the special lattices protecting the baby from loss and an orthopedic mattress. It is important to exclude from it excess objects, for example, pillows, soft toys, bulky blankets, etc. Filling up, the kid should not feel inconveniences therefore parents should take care of the comfortable air temperature and its humidity.