Nightmares visit both adults, and children from time to time. At conscious, adult age they practically do not leave consequences, and here in the childhood can affect mental and psychological state. Small children after nightmares to be afraid to fall asleep, providing sleepless night itself and parents.
Reasons of nightmares
It is very important to find out in what the reason of nightmares, it will help to pick up the correct method of fight against bad dreams. Quite often temperature can cause unpleasant and terrible dreams. If you noticed symptoms of a disease at the child, take away him to the doctor. If nightmares were provoked only by temperature, after its disappearance the dream is normalized.
The concern or stresses can cause nightmares too. The quarrel with relatives, the negative atmosphere at school or a garden, absence of friends, repair, moving or any other event breaking internal tranquility of the child can be a reason for similar stresses. In this case it is important to find out in what a problem and to try to liquidate it and consequences.
Sleep disorder at children is called "parasomniya". The mismatch of functions of an organism during sleep most of which often is shown during awakening is characteristic of it.
The convenience and quality of a bed has serious impact on a dream and dreams. The bed has to be the correct size, the mattress should not be too rigid or soft. It is necessary to pick up carefully a pillow and bed linen, the last has to be made of natural fabrics. The cozy and comfortable bed in which the child can feel safe perfectly banishes nightmares.
What the child before going to bed is engaged in?
It is very important to watch in what your child is engaged before withdrawal for sleeping. For an hour to a dream do not allow the child to watch something on TV (especially frightening movies or movies with a large number of violence). Minimize active and outdoor games before going to bed, read the good book together with the child better. The lack of concern before going to bed will serve as excellent protection against nightmares. Nightmares can come to your child because of the unusual food eaten in the second half of day. Spicy and heavy food demands more efforts from an organism to digestion that forces a brain of your child to work excessively. As a result, when the child falls asleep, bark of a brain cannot just pass a stage of nervous braking, as causes nightmares.
The lack of a dream and fatigue can cause persuasive nightmares in children.
Quite often nightmares disturb children after refusal of a daytime sleep. Unusual fatigue and nervous tension lead to the fact that the phase of a deep sleep becomes deeper and "more powerful" that causes problems with transition to a phase of an active dream. It results in mismatch of actions of the nervous centers of a brain that causes nightmares. Therefore from a daytime sleep it is important to refuse step by step, leveling negative consequences.