Not all children are well put to bed in the afternoon, very many at the age of 1.5-2 years can already refuse day rest. Violation it or norm of development - views of mothers and therapists disperse.
Therapists advise parents to adhere to a day regimen in treatment of the kid. In norms of a dream for small children it is told that from the birth about one year the child sleeps not less than 3 times a day, from a year to 1.5 years the quantity of a daytime sleep can decrease up to 2 times during the day, from 1.5 to 4-5 years children sleep only 1 time - after a lunch, and after 6 years can sleep only at night. Reasons for refusal of day rest the child can have a set: he gets up late, quietly plays, does not get tired, or perhaps its mentality in a day is not overloaded and the kid quite normally maintains also without daytime sleep, increasing time for rest at night. Before worrying and seeing a doctor, parents should find out the reason of unwillingness of the kid to be put to bed. It is necessary to remember also that some children just have no need for day rest, and it is absolutely normal.
Adhere to a day regimen
The best way to cope with whims of the child and to accustom him to the schedule will be an installation of an accurate day regimen and its constant performance. Of course, when the child does not go to a garden yet and it does not need to rise in the morning at the same time, to establish an order rather difficult. The kid cries at night, cannot long fall asleep the day before, time for rise always gets off, the child can get up as at 7 in the morning, and 9 or 10 hours. Therefore habits to lay down and rise at the same time it is not developed. Mom in this case needs to change approach cardinally: to establish accurate hours for rise and withdrawal for sleeping, then after a while the child himself also will get used to get up early, to be engaged in active games in the morning, by a lunch to get tired and go to bed, and to find quieter affairs in the evening and again without problems to keep within, without being overexcited at the same time. When the kid precisely knows how day is planned, its organism will adapt to the mode and it will become simpler to child to control the desires.
Useful tips
There are some more rules which will facilitate laying of the kid. Try that he always slept in one place, then it will be associated with a dream and tranquility. Before going to bed stop cheerful and outdoor games. It will be useful to think up a certain ritual of withdrawal for sleeping and always to adhere to it: to change clothes for a pajamas, to read the fairy tale, to sing a lullaby, to wish good night. Put the child to bed a bit earlier if you see that he was already tired and falls asleep on the feet. Do not wait when he eats up and will finish drawing, otherwise then the kid can be overexcited, begin to cry, go into a hysterics. It is important to be able to distinguish signs of fatigue at the child: he can eyes now, complain, be capricious, stiffen for a while. Give to the child the chance to fall asleep most, without dummy, feeding or a motion sickness. At the age of 3 months the kid it is able to be made what to speak about more adult children. When the child is accustomed to calm down independently, he will sleep much better, and mom should not sit for hours over his cradle or a bed.