Does the child need a nap?
A still poorly developed children's nervous system may experience some stress, and the necessary rest is mainly received only during sleep. For children aged 3-4 years, 1.5-2 hours sleep is recommended, and children aged 5-6 years old need about 1 hour of sleep. But with sleep during the lunchtime, problems happen, because children refuse to go to bed during the day. Often, kids organize protests, because they are torn away from exciting games or an interesting cartoon. And in some cases, children do not want to sleep for the reason that they woke up late in the morning, and they do not have the desire to close their eyes again. Gradually, by the age of 7, children will not be able to sleep during the day.
Parents do not need fundamental accuracy. If your child is very tired, you can put him to bed earlier than you usually do. Remember that if your child has had a busy day, you can wake him up later. Do not disturb your sound sleep, because he will have headaches . It is best to look not at the clock, but at the condition of your child. Doctors note that children should fall asleep without hysterics and wake up vigorous, in a good mood. It is best not to force your child to go to bed, you need to accustom him to this. If he's not tired, let him play a little more.
Children's doctors also urge fathers and mothers not to turn lunchtime sleep into punishment, because as a result of this, he may have problems with sleeping at night. Parents are often mistaken when they think that if their baby does not sleep during the day, then he will have a good and healthy sleep at night. This is a bad belief, as well as the fact that a child, being energetic all day, will fall asleep quickly at night. On the contrary, if many events happened in the baby's day, then his head will be overloaded with many impressions, and it will be much more difficult for him to fall asleep.
Doctors note that children begin to be capricious and resist sleep, starting from the age of three. But at the age of 3, sleep is still very necessary for the baby, so it is necessary to accustom him to the correct regimen.
If under no circumstances your child does not want to go to bed or does not feel the need for daytime sleep, create the necessary atmosphere in the room for him so that he can just lie down and rest for about an hour. Such rest will strengthen his nervous system and calm him down.