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Having a correct sleep pattern is very important for a person of every age to remain healthy, but small babies grow rapidly and if their sleep pattern gets disturbed during this period, it can affect their growth. A 6 month old baby can usually sleep for 13-14 hours a day during the day and night. If your child sleeps late at night or wakes up again and again, then you need to pay attention. Due to lack of proper sleep, his development is definitely affected. Apart from this, he will remain troubled the next day also, like being irritable and crying. Along with this, he will start sleeping more during the day, due to which his sleep pattern will get disturbed at night. In this article, we will know due to which mistakes of parents, small children stay awake till late at night or they wake up repeatedly.
If your child is very active during the day, then he will sleep comfortably by 8 o’clock in the evening, because he is very tired, but if despite this your child is not sleeping properly at night or keeps staying awake till late, then know what mistake you are making.
not keeping a regular routine
Make a daily sleeping routine for the child. Often most people do not fix a fixed time for their baby to sleep, because someone in the family keeps holding them in their lap. Similarly, there are many reasons why the baby’s routine is not correct which can spoil his sleep pattern. Make it a habit for your child to sleep at the same time every day. Due to this, within a few days the child starts sleeping at the same time.
bright light in the room
Most of the parents sleep with the light on so that there is no problem if the child needs anything at night, but even if there is bright light in the room, the child’s sleep gets interrupted. Instead of turning off the lights in the room, keep them very dim so that they do not hurt the eyes. With this the child sleeps comfortably.
habit of rocking to sleep
In many homes, the habit of putting the child to sleep either by feeding him milk or by rocking him is inculcated. Because of this, when you put him to sleep on the bed, he wakes up or the baby will not sleep unless he is rocked in the swing. That is why the child should be inculcated in the habit of sleeping on the bed.
Not keeping the room temperature correct
For good sleep of the child, it is very important that the temperature of your room is neutral. If the child feels even a little cold or hot, he will not be able to sleep properly and if this happens every day then the sleep pattern gets disturbed. Apart from this, the environment of the room should also be completely quiet, so that the child’s sleep does not get disturbed.
bed-clothes not being comfortable
Although mostly parents take care of children’s bed, but sometimes we do not pay attention and even a little discomfort can disturb the child’s sleep. Similarly, the child should be dressed in comfortable clothes at night. In winter, mostly people make their children sleep in woolen clothes, due to which their sleep gets interrupted again and again. Dress the child in light clothes and if it is winter then the best way is to wear thin clothes in layering instead of thick woolen clothes.