One of the best ways to help the child fall asleep is to read children’s fairy tales for the night. Tales have a beneficial effect on the child, help to calm down and fall asleep. Many children, as a rule, have a few or one favorite fairy tale that helps him fall asleep.
To accustom the child to fall asleep quickly, it is also necessary to create a sleep ritual. Such a ritual should be carried out daily, and include actions that are performed only before bedtime. For example, buy two toothpastes, one will be for use in the morning, and the second is only before bedtime. A glass of warm milk with honey or mint tea can also be included in the sleep ritual. And compulsory reading of a fairy tale. If you observe these actions, then after a while the body will get used to it that you need to fall asleep precisely at this time and a clear sleep regimen will be established.
You can also choose a long fairy tale and read it in parts, a new part every night. This will also become a kind of sleep ritual and will help the child relax and fall asleep.
Children do not sleep for various reasons. It can be hyperactivity, night fear or sleep disorder.
Hyperactive children need to be occupied with active and outdoor games all day, and two hours before bedtime it is advisable to play something calm. Thus, the child will get tired and quickly asleep. If the baby is afraid of something, then you need to find out the cause of fear and begin to eliminate it. Sometimes a nightlight or an ajar door to the bedroom helps. This calms the child and he feels safe. Also get the toy with which the child will fall asleep, it should be something soft and cozy. But if the problem does not disappear, under any pretext, then it is necessary to turn to a specialist, the baby may have sleep disorder, and this problem needs to be eliminated as quickly as possible.