How does 0-3 year old child choose nap time? Longer is not better. 2 hours is the best nap in kindergarten
Many people have the habit of taking a nap, which not only gives them a rest, but also gives them energy for the afternoon. This is also true for babies. In the child’s development process, have enough sleep, the benefits are very much, therefore, parents are also prone to misunderstanding: “the longer the nap time is more beneficial to the development of the baby”, but this is not the case.
According to scientific research, the role of nap is mainly reflected in the protection of nerves, improve resistance. A proper nap will keep the body healthy and energetic, but too much can go wrong, and taking a long nap can also have negative effects.
Normal work and rest disorder: the baby nap time is too long, almost no sleep at night, even to coax also does not help, the normal biological clock is the foundation of the healthy development of the baby, too long nap time is unfavorable.
Physical fatigue: Yes, long naps can make your baby tired instead of replenishing energy. This is because the muscles become weak and the blood flow becomes poor due to long sleep.
Height: nap baby will secrete adrenaline, sleep for a long time, secretion of excessive, inhibit pituitary secretion of growth hormone, long-term baby will not grow tall.
Baby nap is a college question, how should master nap time?
0-March
This stage of the baby because of milk, wake up several times every night, from 4 months later will coherent sleep all night, parents should cultivate the baby during the day activities, sleep at night habits, try not to more than four hours nap time.
From April to November
During this period of the baby at night to eat a large number of milk, parents also have to develop baby sleeping habits, such as: bedtime interaction and rituals, such as: lullaby, stories, massage, nap time to 2-5 hours, the daily total sleep time should be in 12-15 hours.
1-2 years old
At this time the baby may appear playful and refuse to nap phenomenon, always find reasons to delay nap, parents should communicate with the baby, still continue the habit of nap, do not play too excited during the day, nap time is not more than 3 hours.
3 years old
The 3-year-old baby nap time of 2 hours is the best, the daily sleep time in 10-13 hours, parents should prevent due to separate bed sleep, bring negative effects to the baby sleep quality, the baby is afraid to comfort in time, give a sense of security.
To improve the quality of baby nap, what are the measures?
1. Adjust the indoor light
Baby nap, do not let the light into the room, in rainy days when the room dim, also try not to turn on the light, because the baby’s keen visual nerve will perceive the light changes, thus awakened.
2. The room is quiet
A quiet environment can improve the quality of the baby’s nap. Parents can turn off loud electrical appliances during the baby’s nap.
3. Avoid scaring the baby
Some parents in coax the baby nap, always use “don’t sleep, the big bad Wolf will eat you” and so on to force the baby nap, this will scare the baby, serious will have nightmares.
4. Sleeping position
Sleeping on your side can prevent vomiting, but it will tilt your head for a long time. Lying prone is beneficial to the development of respiratory system, but not conducive to heat dissipation; Supine can relax muscles, but the back of the head is compressed, the baby will have a headache after waking up, it is recommended to change the baby’s sleeping position regularly.
5. Lullaby
Since its birth, Lullaby has been a magic weapon to improve the sleep quality of babies. Parents can put Lullaby for babies according to their preferences.
Baby nap is the healthy development of the propellant, parents should take care of attentively, avoid due to improper nap time, affecting the physical and mental health of the baby.
