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Before six months, the child does not sleep patterns similar to yours. Be listening to her and let him sleep. It is useless to try to teach him to sleep: it should keep gradually adopt good sleep cycles. But what kind of bed should I choose?

Beforehand, note that it is advisable to make your baby sleep on their backs. In this position, the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, hyperthermia and suffocation are less frequent. Read the rest of this entry »

Doudou, nin-nin … it may have many names. But what is certain is that your child will not let go, this teddy bear or the cloth. Psychologists for its name is far less poetic: it is called “transitional object”. A U.S. study may explain why some children can not part with it, while others do not feel the need.

About half of children has one. The blanket appeared at eight months and 6 years before disappearing. Its role is to reassure the child when it will separate from his parents to go to the nursery or to the nurse for example. Read the rest of this entry »

The sleep of the newborn

The  a lot: 16 hours per day on average with sleep cycles of 3 or 4 h alternating two types of sleep:
> The sleep: the equivalent of slow-wave sleep in adults. It takes about 20 minutes.
> The restless sleep: the equivalent of REM sleep. It lasts about 25 minutes. The baby stirs and heart accelerates.
The baby falls asleep in the process of restless sleep. His internal clock is 25 hours and has no day / night rhythm. Read the rest of this entry »

Prepare the baby’s room is exciting for parents, this piece embodies the presence of the baby before birth. But beyond aesthetics, it is important to take into account several parameters. The baby’s room is contributing to its development limit the risks and attacks that may affect their well-being, and finally be functional. Close to the parents’ room, away from the noisy parts of the house, sunny (facing southeast to southwest), as is its location. Read the rest of this entry »

A child well-rested child is happier and well rested some parents say no! Sleep is an issue that seriously concerned parents, and many specialists who have addressed the issue being its most disparate opinions.

On the one hand, there are methods that consider the children have to learn to sleep alone. The standard of this stream is the book ‘Child Sleep’ by Eduard Estivill.  Recommends establishing a routine for bedtime, and then the child should remain only in your room, even cry. In this case, to enter the console, the book provides a table of waiting times. Read the rest of this entry »

Tips for clothing your baby Consider these tips: • For clothing you can make easily, you should choose clothing that is completely open in front or behind. • Use large pieces so that small can be easily moved. • At first you may find it difficult to change your baby. Before starting hand makes all the clothes you’ll need, and while I do not let him change it only for a moment. If you are going to put a body open your neck of the shirt, as much as possible, so that between good mind. After entering his head pulled the garment down to the neck. With one hand take a baby’s fist and put it in a sleeve with the other slide the body down very slowly. When you have two hands and just tucked it is pulled down, move the garment over the diaper and fasten the machines. • You can also avoid loose garments that have hair or ornaments. • Better use of natural fiber clothes, choose clothes of cotton, wool or silk for the skin well may perspire, absorb moisture and do not cause irritation or allergy. • For summer choose light colors that do not absorb sunlight. • Another risk are the links to clothing. They can become involved in the baby’s body. • The washing is also very important. Use specific detergent for delicates and clarifies her clothes carefully. What are the books that appeal to you: Keep in mind that the enemy of reading in children, not computers, but not love of reading. A child learns to read since childhood, despite the reader will be other games. Books that caught his attention are those who are reflected as they like to see their problems and concerns are food for thought by the authors. Want to identify with characters who suffer the same problems. But also like books of magic and fantasy that apparently help to escape from reality, and often this kind serves to give a broader view of reality that is probably what most restless. It is essential to tell stories to spark your imagination and expand their world view. However, things are changing and stories are coming from other sources: movies, video games … While it is true that the voice of parents is irreplaceable and is also suitable for children to see early age that their parents read stories awakening the desire to read. Is it bad to use a pacifier to sleep: The baby suckles for the pleasure of sucking, without that you report supplemental feeding. The company invented the pacifier as a response to this demand, it was impossible that the baby was always on the nipple of his mother. Over time, their use has become more widespread and often becomes an element of comfort to the boy to the little frustrations or fears. With respect to sleep is a good reassuring and as such can or should be used. Another question is whether we should let the boy sleep with a pacifier in his mouth, as we run the risk that during the night, every time you fall, cry and claim that we’re going to put on. Our advice is to use it solely as a sedative or sleep aid and remove it (including the nipple or bottle) before the little one to sleep.

Many parents suffer because your newborn baby is not allowed to rest. Feel they can not enjoy your child because of accumulated fatigue.

The one-month baby wakes up because he needs food. Soon learn to sleep through the night, although there is no fixed pattern and stable for all babies.

Some babies start sleeping 4-5 hours straight at night a few weeks of life, increasing duration of nighttime sleep gradually. Read the rest of this entry »

Many parents suffer from sleep that their babies do not want. They come up with the impossible to bring their children to dream – they put the child on the washing machine, it take the car through the area or turn to calm the hair dryer. None of this is necessary!
Every child can learn to sleep Morgenroth said the pediatrician Hartmut in his book. And: Have the children from around the 6th Month of life still maintaining sleep problems is that most adverse of certain sleep habits. And most of which were trained by the parents. Read the rest of this entry »

When your baby is sleeping a room temperature between 16 and 20 degrees Celsius most comfortable. But when it is hot outside, maybe the temperature in your baby’s room.

Here are 10 simple tips to make it your baby is sleeping comfortably cool and has the:

Remove all unnecessary blankets. The Joint Initiative Cot death parents(GEPS)Germany recommends summer or at high temperature in the baby diaper underwear or just sleep in the let.  Read the rest of this entry »

In isolation experiments researchers have found that the human body around, even without natural light or other indication of the true time in the 24-hour cycle remains. Exceptions: early risers and late sleepers. For them the biological clock ticks faster or slower than most people.

Scientists estimate that about one quarter of all Germans pronounced either early or late types. They call these types larks and owls. Larks in the first dawn full of energy on, but usually early in the morning slow. Owls are only found difficult to get out of bed and into the aisles, but leave at the end of the day, dance all the more eager the dolls. Read the rest of this entry »