Does your child get enough sleep?

I went to eat hot pot with my little sister after work yesterday. It's almost ten o'clock. There are many children playing in the mall.

Doudou couldn't help yawning and said, "Don't they all sleep?" Aren't you sleepy? I am sleepy. "

Lily went on to say, "I'll go back now and get home at almost half past ten." I bet my Po Hou is still jumping up and down in bed. "

"Ha, ha, ha, letter, why don't you believe it? Last time you were busy, he came to my house for one night. Jessica Hester Hsuan slept for an hour and he was still pestering me to tell stories. "

"This year's baby is not lacking, and what I feel is lack of sleep." I can't help joking.

The most common topics that mothers talk about their children together are eating and sleeping. Nowadays, it is common for many children to sleep around 10 at night, but it is not necessarily when they fall asleep.

According to the statistics of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, 73% of primary and secondary school students in China have insufficient sleep every day.

In this way, many children's sleep time is actually not enough.

Second, the impact of insufficient sleep time on children

1, affecting children's height

Sleep mainly affects children's height through growth hormone. Growth hormone is secreted very little during the day, but it is secreted vigorously at night, and it is secreted most during deep sleep (sleeping soundly and not easily awakened).

As for going to bed early or going to bed late, there is no relevant research to prove that it will affect height, and the length and quality of children's sleep at night is one of the factors that affect height.

Therefore, adequate sleep and poor sleep will affect the child's height.

2, affect the child's brain development

For adults, lack of sleep has more influence on mood than cognitive and sports ability; We are a little grumpy when we are tired, but we can still study and be human.

But for children, this is not the case, because children's brains are still developing, so they may be more sensitive to lack of sleep than mature brains.

Simply put, the developing brain will be more adversely affected by lack of sleep than the mature brain.

3, affect the child's vision

Sleep process is an important means of human physiological regulation. Lack of sleep time at night will affect eye development, thus causing myopia.

A national health and nutrition examination report in South Korea found that the myopia rate of children who sleep for 7 hours a day is 84.7%, while that of children who sleep for 10 hours a day is 75.4%.

After such a comparison, you will find that the myopia rate can be reduced by about 10% if you sleep for more than 3 hours every day.

4, affecting children's immunity, leading to obesity.

If you don't sleep well for a long time, your immunity will gradually decline, so insufficient sleep will also lead to the decline of your child's immunity.

It is easy to find children with minor illnesses such as decreased immunity and colds.

In addition, lack of sleep can lead to overweight, obesity and other problems. A follow-up study of 9 15 children in Massachusetts by Harvard Medical School shows that children who sleep less than 12 hours a day before the age of 2 are twice as likely to be overweight at the age of 3.

According to the research of China Sleep Research Association, lack of sleep will lead to imbalance of hormones and increase appetite. If you want to eat high-calorie food, you may get fat soon.

Therefore, children's sleep problems should really be taken seriously. So, how long do children of different ages need to sleep?

Sleep schedules for all ages

In fact, children of different ages need different sleep lengths, and different children have different needs for sleep lengths.

We need to know the child's sleep situation and prepare for him to change his sleep mode.

How long do children of different ages need to sleep a day? The American Sleep Foundation recommends the following:

The chart of the American Sleep Foundation is not very clear, but Ma Xuan made a clear version:

Children's sleep includes night sleep and daytime nap. They usually sleep much longer than we think, including during the day.

For example, a newborn baby needs 8 9 hours nap during the day, a 6-month-old baby needs about 3 5 hours nap, and a 1 year-old baby still needs 2 3 hours nap every day.

If the child's sleep time is longer than the shorter sleep time in the table, it means that he is not getting enough sleep.

Therefore, in most cases, what you have to worry about is whether the child has slept enough, not whether he has slept too much.

Generally, when the baby is 6 months 1 year old, it may happen that he sleeps too much during the day and doesn't want to sleep at night. At this time, you can adjust the sleep time during the day and the last nap time in the afternoon.

How to arrange children's sleep time?

The chart below illustrates the sleep of children of different ages during the day and at night. When we arrange sleep time for our children, we can refer to our own situation.

Every child's sleep is different, so you need to adjust it according to his sleep characteristics, which is not necessarily the same as the time in the table.

If the child's mental state and activities are good every day and his growth rate is normal, it means that his sleep is good.

Seeing this, maybe some parents should say: I also want my child to sleep enough, but he just doesn't sleep?

In order to prevent children from becoming "night owls", parents can use some tips.

1, reasonably arrange the baby's work and rest time

According to your family situation, arrange reasonable sleeping time and getting up time for your children, such as sleeping at 8 pm and getting up at 8 am.

We should also control the nap time during the day. The specific nap time is listed in the table at the front of the article for reference.

If the child can't wake up within the specified time, parents should not wake him up directly, pat him or wake him up with an alarm clock, which will arouse his rebellious mood and gently wake him up.

You can try the music wake-up method, and play some simple and pleasant children's songs on your mobile phone to let him wake up slowly. You can hug him, or kiss him on the cheek and forehead in the middle, and then talk to him to make him fully awake and willing to get out of bed voluntarily.

2. The whole family works with the children.

Children's work and rest will be greatly influenced by their parents. For example, if you stay up all night, your children may stay up with you. If everyone in the family goes to bed early and gets up early, it is easier for children to form the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.

Therefore, the whole family should cooperate with the children's work and rest, and turn off all the TVs and lights at home when it is time to sleep at night.

In this way, even if the child can't sleep, he will find that the whole room is dark and quiet, gradually losing interest in playing and slowly falling asleep.

When is the right time to go to bed? It needs parents to decide according to their family situation. On the premise of ensuring children's sleep, you can go to bed as soon as possible, but you can't wait until eleven or twelve, which is too late for children.

3. Take more children out to consume extra energy.

If the child is still energetic at night, it may be caused by staying at home all day and not consuming excess energy.

Therefore, parents should take their children out for a walk and give them more opportunities to exercise, especially some energetic children, who need to move more. After all the energy is released during the day, you will naturally fall asleep when you are tired at night.

4. Slowly adjust your sleep habits.

It is not easy for adults to change the habit of staying up late, let alone children. So don't worry, take your time

For example, children can't go to bed until 23:00, and they can go to 22:50 the first day, 22: 30 the next day, and so on.

The bedtime ceremony, which starts half an hour before going to bed, may also be one or two hours in advance to let the children get used to it.

If the child's sleep habits have been bad, then the whole adjustment process may be very long. We must be patient and don't let your child feel your impatience, which may make him more insomnia.

The sleep time mentioned in this paper is instructive for novice mothers to deal with their baby's sleep problems, but it is not suitable for rigid regulations.

Every child needs different sleep time. As long as the child is energetic, happy, has a good appetite, grows normally and sleeps steadily, as long as the total amount of sleep time is within the normal range, it doesn't matter if it is less.

May every child be awake!