What should I do if my child doesn’t take a nap? How can I cultivate the habit of taking a nap in my child?

What should I do if my child doesn't take a nap? It's midsummer and the days are very long. A rest and relaxation at noon can make the baby more energetic in the afternoon. It is also good for the baby's development and growth. However, many parents are very troubled. How can they correctly cultivate the habit of napping for their babies?

What to do if your child doesn't take a nap

1. Adjust your biological clock at home, get up early in the morning, and fall asleep at noon.

2. Let him sleep with his favorite toy.

3. Parents should not play with their children too excitedly. Taking a hot bath before going to bed is conducive to hypnosis.

4. Close the curtains and windows tightly to prevent noise and light from affecting your home.

5. If you find that your baby has abnormal symptoms such as hot head and red face, you should take him to see a doctor.

6. Appropriately increase the baby's exercise in the morning, ensure the baby's diet is healthy and reasonable, and make the baby's life regular.

7. If parents have time, they can sleep with their baby. No matter the baby cries or resists, you don’t have to fight against him. Just close your eyes and gently pat the baby’s back, he will slowly fall asleep.

8. It is best to control the nap time within half an hour, otherwise you will feel very uncomfortable when you wake up. A nap that is too long will disrupt the biological clock and affect the regularity of sleeping at night.

9. Although napping is just a nap, you should never be too casual. Do not sleep while sitting or lying on the table, as this will reduce blood supply to the head, causing dizziness, blurred vision, fatigue and other symptoms of brain ischemia and hypoxia after waking up. If you use your hands as a pillow, your eyeballs will be compressed, which can easily induce eye diseases over time. Lying on the table will compress the chest, affecting blood circulation and nerve conduction, causing numbness and tingling in the arms and hands. The most ideal napping posture should be lying down comfortably, lying flat or on the side, preferably with the head high and feet low, lying on the right side.

10. No matter how hot the weather is, you should cover your abdomen with a towel or quilt when taking a nap to prevent cold air from entering.

11. Do not take a nap in a drafty place or in a draughty place. This is because the body temperature regulation center function is reduced during sleep, which may cause physical discomfort after waking up, or even cause cold and illness.

How to cultivate children's nap habits

1. Increase your activity level and eat a healthy diet

Some babies don't have the habit of taking naps, which is also related to their living habits. Irregular diet and lack of exercise may cause the baby to be too full or too hungry, indigestion, irritable, etc., thus affecting the baby's sleep quality. You should increase the baby's exercise appropriately, ensure that the baby's diet is healthy and reasonable, and make the baby's life regular.

2. Ask the teacher for help

If the baby does not have the habit of taking a nap, parents should contact the kindergarten teachers in time, cooperate with the kindergarten's collective nap action, insist on consistency between home and school, and gradually make the baby's schedule closer to that of the kindergarten. At the same time, ask the teacher to help remind the baby to urinate before taking a nap and then take a nap.

3. Sleep with your baby

Parents should send their babies to kindergarten on time and make sure that their living habits in kindergarten are consistent with other children. When they are brought home on weekends, they should not break this rule and should also require their babies to take a serious nap. If parents have time, they can sleep with their babies. No matter if the baby cries or resists, you don’t have to fight him. Just close your eyes and gently pat the baby’s back, and he will slowly fall asleep.

4. Sleep with familiar objects

Babies are familiar with the sleeping environment at home, so they will feel uncomfortable when they go to kindergarten. Parents can allow babies to bring some familiar and favorite items, such as toys, towels, small pillows, etc. These familiar things make babies feel at home. Covering their own small quilts and hugging their favorite toys will give them a sense of security.

Baby sleeping habits training

1. Accompany your baby to take a nap

Babies often take their parents as role models. When parents accompany their babies to take naps, they will think that taking naps is a good thing. As the number of naps increases, babies will gradually form a habit. In addition, with the company of their parents, babies sleep soundly and are not easily awakened by external disturbances. However, parents should not indulge their babies and accompany them to take naps all the time, which will make them dependent. It is recommended to accompany the baby to sleep twice a week.

2. Hum a song to coax your baby to sleep

Babies are more likely to fall asleep with soft music, so parents can try this method. Soft music can soothe the baby's nerves and reduce the baby's excitement, so that the baby can fall asleep peacefully in a calm state. Lullabies are songs that many parents will hum to their babies before they go to bed, which have a "hypnotic" effect.

3. Caress your baby’s back

When parents gently stroke the baby's back, the baby will feel very comfortable and fall asleep easily in a comfortable state. Parents should pay attention to the gentle and slow movements when stroking the baby's back, and apply vegetable oil to their hands appropriately. Massaging the baby's back muscles can also relieve the baby's muscle tension. In addition, while stroking the baby, tell the baby a story, and the baby will feel sleepy when he is tired. After the habit is formed, the baby will take a nap on time every day.