In general, the baby had better take a nap between 12:30- 13.

Babies under one year old need 2-3 hours of sleep, and babies over one year old need 2 hours of sleep.

Sleep time is too short, the baby is not easy to wake up, and there will be drowsiness and irritability during afternoon activities.

But sleeping too long will affect the sleep time at night and form bad sleep habits.

Anyone who has been a mother knows that putting a baby to sleep is by no means a simple matter, and it often requires a lot of skills.

These 6 tips can help you improve your baby's performance? Take a nap during the day? First, create a good sleeping environment and atmosphere

Not to mention children, even adults have very high requirements for sleeping environment.

For example, arrange eye patches and earplugs, and try health pillows made of various materials.

Paying attention to sleep is not only the right of adults, but also stricter for babies.

Taking a nap is second only to sleeping at night, so parents should pay more attention to it? A sense of ceremony? .

▼ Specific practices:

(1) Take a nap with a sense of ceremony.

After playing all morning, the baby is generally happy, of course, accompanied by a little fatigue.

Parents can use some specific actions to suggest that the baby can calm down and take a comfortable nap. The specific process is as follows:

Arrive at the designated sleeping area? Close the curtains to keep out the noise? Scrub your body and change into diapers? Breastfeeding? fall asleep

If the baby has the habit of going to the toilet after feeding, he can change diapers after feeding.

In children's mind, there is no concept of work and rest time, and they will not go to sleep spontaneously.

Many actions that seem normal to adults are difficult to understand in babies.

This also reflects the plasticity of children, and good habits need the guidance and supervision of adults.

Parents should try their best to create a quiet and comfortable sleeping environment for their children, keep a peaceful and natural mood and fall asleep faster. After all, most children can't sleep in noisy environment and excited mood.

At this time, parents should learn to put themselves in the other's shoes, and don't worry or be impatient when falling asleep. It's only a matter of time before the baby really calms down and falls asleep.

② Atmosphere building

Napping is complicated in many ways. In addition to soft lighting, comfortable bedding and suitable temperature, the following are also essential:

★ Avoid glare and no noise.

For some babies, it is not recommended to draw the curtains completely during a nap.

This will make the whole room closed and dark, and it is likely that the baby will not be able to distinguish between innocent day and night, resulting in the illusion that the night is upside down.

When taking a nap at home, you can draw a gauze curtain to block the light, but still keep the light sufficient, as long as it is not dazzling.

In creating a quiet atmosphere, children don't have to be silent when they sleep, and they dare not do anything or say anything.

In fact, normal walking, talking and doing housework will not affect children's sleep, and parents do not need to let their children develop the habit of waking up as soon as there is movement.

★ Don't wear too much in hot weather.

Especially in hot summer, it is easy for parents to ignore the influence of hot weather on their children.

In some old people's minds, children are sheltered from the wind and first frost, and even on a hot day, they are still wrapped in several layers of clothes.

There is a saying in Chinese medicine called? Do children prefer cold to heat? This fully shows that high temperature is more lethal to children than low temperature.

There is another saying called? If you want your child to be safe, you should be hungry and cold. Therefore, I would rather let the child be cold than too hot, as long as the stomach is warm.

Especially when you hold your child in your arms to feed or take him out to play, you don't give off much heat. If you package layer by layer, it will only be a disaster.

If in this season, the baby is crying and doesn't want to sleep, and even feels a lot of sweat under the neck, it means that the temperature is too high, which has affected the normal work and rest.

If you are really worried that the air conditioner is too cold to blow on your baby, you can install a windshield. It not only controls the cooling, but also does not directly harm the baby.

Newborns and low-month-old babies should be wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Jumping reflex? This is a physiological reflex that every baby will have during sleep. It mainly means that the baby will unconsciously wave and kick after falling asleep.

If this happens during a nap, it will affect the baby's normal sleep.

Many babies suddenly wake up in their sleep, that is, the fright reflex is at work.

If parents want to test whether the baby belongs to this situation, they can carefully observe it several times while the baby is sleeping.

Regardless of the quality of sleep, at least for newborns and low-month-old babies, it is best to wrap them in swaddling clothes when sleeping.

If children resist baby bags, they can also be put in sleeping bags, which can weaken the scare reflex to some extent.

3. Did you find the right one? Sleep alternation? opportunity

Many parents have this experience. After a short sleep, the baby will wake up and need a hug.

Many parents think this is because their children have enough sleep and take them to play immediately.

However, you will find that children often complain and look unwilling when they are playing.

In fact, this is probably when sleep alternates, and it is not really enough sleep.

If parents often hold their children up and coax them, it will lead to shorter and shorter nap time for their babies.

Talking about the island: In the face of the problem of sleep cycle, parents should learn to guide their babies and try not to hug them.

You can put the baby on the bed and pat it gently, so that he can spend this period by himself and gradually develop a relatively stable sleep habit.

4. Accompany? Highly sensitive baby? Take a nap together

Babies are very sensitive to the presence of their mothers. Even after falling asleep, he can detect whether his mother is around.

Many babies cling to their clothes or their mothers' hands tightly in order not to let their mothers leave them when they sleep.

Once the mother leaves, the baby will wake up immediately.

This ability is a happy and cumbersome thing for mother, and I am afraid it is another surprise brought by the baby who is pregnant in October.

Since you can't change this baby? Superpowers? Ma Bao might as well try to accept the reality and take a nap with her baby.

Let him feel that his mother is by his side, and he will feel more secure and sleep soundly.

5. Cultivate the baby's habit of sleeping on his side.

Newborns can also try to cultivate the habit of sleeping on their side, which can effectively reduce the fright reflex.

Keep your baby's upper body upright and legs sideways when sleeping. In this way, the contact area between sleeping and bed surface is larger, more secure and more practical.

Step 6 control the nap time

If the baby takes a long nap, it is likely to cause a short sleep time at night, which will also affect the rest of adults.

The nap time of the baby under one year old should be controlled within three hours, and that of the baby over one year old should be controlled within two hours, so that the baby can sleep longer at night.

Want the baby to start from? Sleeping slag? Arrive? Sleeping god? It is a challenging task for my mother, which requires good methods and great patience.

But in any case, with a heavy maternal love, I believe that mothers can do it.