When can you switch to 1 nap during the day? When does a child switch to one nap during the day and how long should he sleep? Switch to one nap during the day

The very first thing you should do is evaluate your child's daily routine. If your baby sleeps later in the evening for the second time, and goes to bed very late at night, most likely it’s time to change his routine. The concept of “late” is different in every family. However, it is optimal for a child to go to bed around 21-22 pm. You can also focus on the age of your child. Children usually switch to one nap at about one year of age.

We fill the first half of the day with impressions.

If you intend to switch your baby to a single nap during the day, you need to increase the time he is awake in the morning. For these purposes, a walk on the fresh air. Try to get your child to walk (or crawl) more, but not sit in a stroller. It is also better not to travel somewhere in a car or walk far with a stroller - this way the baby will simply fall asleep. Take a walk at the playground closest to your home so that you can quickly return home from it.

Try to actively play with your baby so that he stays awake longer than usual and goes to bed later in the day than he is used to. How much longer depends on the individual baby.

Shift of operating hours earlier than usual.

During the transition period, it is better to move the baby’s lunch earlier. If you feel that not enough time has passed since breakfast, give your child a smaller portion for lunch. Try to make sure your child eats before bedtime: a well-fed baby will sleep longer.

Not only lunch will be moved earlier for a while, but also afternoon tea, dinner, evening swimming and going to bed at night. At first, the baby may begin to be capricious in the evening. It will take him several days to understand and get used to the fact that he will not sleep a second time. And during this transitional period, it is better to put the child to bed very early - at 20 o'clock. You do not need to excite the baby too much in the evening in order to put him to bed at 21 or 22 o'clock. Over time, his regime will establish itself.

The parents are also sleeping.

Often, during the transition to a single nap during the day, the baby may wake up an hour or two after falling asleep. If at this time the parents are actively busy with household chores, the baby may think that the day continues. He will wake up and be ready to play, and then it will be very difficult to put the child to bed. Therefore, by the time the baby wakes up, mom and dad should already be asleep. Then he will see that night has come, everyone is sleeping and will go back to sleep. This does not mean that you should not even open your eyes. Of course, you can get up and help your baby fall asleep again in the way that is familiar to him and you. But you must show him that the day is already over and it’s time for everyone to sleep.

Usually, switching to one nap during the day is not particularly difficult. At first, when the baby is just getting used to the new regime, the young mother even manages to rest: after all, the child goes to bed very early at night. This happens not only because he needs to get used to staying awake longer, but also because a double nap during the day is usually shorter (40 minutes) than a single nap (1.5-2 hours).

During the first year and a half of life, the child gradually reduces the number of daytime dreams.

• By four months - 4 sleeps.
• Between 5 and 8 months - 3 naps.
• From 9 to 15-18 months -2 sleeps.

If giving up the fourth or third nap is usually painless, then switching to one nap during the day can cause a lot of difficulties.

You may have come across the term “sleep reset.” I don’t know where it came from, but I don’t use it in my articles. On the site I use "refusal" or "transition" in the context of daytime dreams.

When does the transition to one nap occur on average?

80% of babies transition to one nap between 15 and 18 months.

20% of children can transition to one nap between 12 and 14 months of age.

How do you know when it's time to switch to one nap?

The following are indicators of readiness to give up two dreams:

1. The baby begins to systematically refuse to sleep during the day. Occasional difficulties with getting to bed do not count. Usually the child begins to resist the second sleep: the first sleep, as a rule, does not cause problems.
2. The duration of daytime naps may change: for example, one nap becomes shorter and shorter.
3. You begin to have difficulty putting your baby to sleep. set time during the day. You can clearly see that the child is not tired enough by the usual bedtime.
4. The child takes a long time to fall asleep in the evening or resists going to bed.

If you see any of the above signs and your baby is around 15-18 months old, it's probably time to switch to one nap.

What if a child refuses a second nap too soon? early age?

On average, up to 15-18 months, children need two naps during the day. If your child is much younger (and at this age, every month is a very, very long time), then perhaps the problem is the so-called sleep regression, and not the readiness to switch to one nap.

Regression to 1 year occurs at approximately 3-4 and 8-10 months. It usually manifests itself as a sudden deterioration in sleep: the baby may begin to wake up at night, have difficulty falling asleep, and refuse to sleep during the day without obvious reasons. Regression is expressed differently in different children: some parents may not notice it.

My experience suggests that regression is always quite difficult if the child does not have an adequate daily routine and a clear sleep ritual. Usually this deterioration in sleep lasts 1-4 weeks and then everything returns to normal.
My advice to parents of 8-10 month old children: do not make a big mistake and do not come to the conclusion that two sleeps are unnecessary. Your baby is still too young for this. Wait 1-2 weeks and everything will work out for you.

How to switch to one nap?

There are different approaches to transitioning to one nap.

When I work on an individual request, I recommend different options depending on the following factors:

• What kind of sleep does the baby begin to refuse (first and second)?
• What time does he go to bed at night?
• How early are parents willing to put him to bed?
• How long can he stay awake?

A specific transition can occur:

Abruptly (in one day) one dream is established at the right time.
Or smoothly - a daily shift in morning sleep at a certain interval with a simultaneous shift and shortening of the second sleep, as well as with control of bedtime. As the required time of the first sleep is reached, the second sleep is abandoned.

Most important advice when switching to one sleep

Early bedtime is very important for your baby. It is always important, and not just at the moment of transition. My practice shows that usually by the age of one and a half years, parents begin to believe that the child is “already big” and can be held later in the evening. When this coincides with the refusal of one dream, problems begin.

For some time (until one clear sleep is established, and until the baby can no longer stay awake), it is extremely important for him to go to bed earlier in order to prevent overtiredness.

The human body is a truly amazing thing: everything in it is interconnected and nothing in it happens “just like that.” So napping in babies plays many important roles, which mothers should be aware of in order to make the child’s rest a priority when organizing the schedule for a specific day.

During their first morning sleep, children actively learn - they memorize new skills, words, phenomena, and after such sleep they show much better results in reproducing what they were taught before bed. This fact has been described in many studies of children's sleep and this is why it is important to provide children with morning sleep for as long as possible - this is how they literally become smarter! In the first year and a half, children absorb such a flow of information that we simply must give them the opportunity to get the most out of it, and adequate sleep is much more useful than going to a developmental club (or better yet, have both of them: first the circle, then sleep).

Lunchtime naps allow babies to grow and develop physically. During this period (and only during sleep!), growth hormone is released, which not only helps the baby become taller and bigger, but also actively participates in the processes of tissue regeneration. Remember how your baby gets sleepy when he's sick? One of the reasons is the need to increase the production of this particular hormone and, thus, help the baby recover faster.

Organization of daytime sleep

Daytime sleep is a fragile process and very dependent on external factors, especially if you are just starting to work on good sleep skills. To help your baby fall asleep faster and sleep longer, it is very important that you put him to bed in maximum darkness (as close as possible to nighttime). No, the baby will not learn to sleep in the dark during the day - this is a physiological need, remember yourself - where is it more comfortable for you to sleep during the day: in a darkened room or in bright light of day?

The sound background in the sleeping room should be smooth. There is no need to strive for silence - any sudden burst of sound (a telephone call, children on the playground under the window, an ambulance siren on the highway) will sound much brighter in it. Ideally you can use white noise.

Physiology of daytime sleep

Daytime sleep is controlled by a different part of the brain than nighttime sleep, and serves more for the emotional recovery of the baby. Daytime dreams are finally formed and mature much later than nighttime dreams. Therefore, in a baby up to 4 months old (from PDD), you can see a rather chaotic duration of sleep - either 20 minutes or 2 hours. This is normal and in most cases does not require intervention. The main thing is that a certain balance is maintained and, as a result, the baby sleeps approximately equally long and short naps during the day.

The duration of one sleep cycle in children is shorter than in adults. Our cycle lasts from 90 to 120 minutes, and for babies it lasts from 30 to 50. When the cycle ends, any person wakes up - and, if he knows how to fall asleep on his own, he immediately falls asleep again (and by the morning there is not even a memory of this left) . Babies who cannot fall asleep after 40 minutes are always dependent on your help to fall asleep initially, which means that after waking up between sleep cycles, they will not be able to fall asleep on their own.

How to fix this? Start teaching your baby to fall asleep on his own - without breastfeeding, rocking on a ball or in a stroller, without a pacifier, a swing, or any actions that the baby cannot reproduce for himself without your help.

When to wake up your baby

Sometimes you really need to wake up the baby, although your hand doesn’t rise to do it. And therefore you must be sure that the child really needs to be woken up for his own good:

• if the baby is less than 8 weeks old (from PDD) and sleeps more during the day than at night. Wake up every 2 hours and be sure to take it out into the sun - this will help adjust the internal clock and restore the longest sleep at night;
• if a baby aged 4-8 months sleeps for more than an hour in the third nap after 15-30. Such sleep will provide very little recovery, but will almost certainly mix up the hormonal rhythm of nighttime sleep;
• If a child sleeps for more than 3 hours on one nap, then it is worth waking up the baby so that the baby’s nighttime sleep does not start too late and comes easier.

How much, when, how?

Every mother at some point wonders whether her baby sleeps enough during the day? How many times does he need to sleep, and how long should at least the minimum period of sleep last to give the baby at least a little rest.

• After 4 months, the minimum sleep should last at least 75 minutes;
• By 5 months, most babies develop a 3-nap schedule;
• By 8 months, the third nap disappears in 95% of children. This happens literally in 2 days: the baby simply violently protests against being put to sleep and refuses to fall asleep. If by 8 months the baby still has three sound sleeps, then it is worth carefully assessing whether the previous two were of sufficient duration;
• Between 15 and 18 months, children give up the second nap and switch to one;
• Between 3 and 6 years of age, daytime naps go away completely (and around 25 they return again, but now we can’t afford them).

Switch to one nap during the day

This is one of the most difficult and protracted moments in children's sleep, so the mother must make all decisions regarding the reorganization of the regime very carefully.

When?

Many children show their first attempts to give up daytime sleep, starting at 10-12 months, but the body’s actual readiness almost never occurs before 15 months, and ideally it should be delayed until 1.5 years.

The child must refuse one nap at least 14 times in a row to decide to switch to one nap

How?

If it becomes difficult for your baby to fall asleep during one of his dreams, it is important to start separating the dreams from each other. This is perhaps the only stage in which I agree with leaving dreams at 9 and 13.

Limit your morning nap to an hour if you see that it is difficult for you to take a second nap later. Protect the lunchtime nap first of all - if the baby sleeps only in the morning, then until the evening he will accumulate excess fatigue and then the night will be difficult.

Offer alternating days with one and two naps.

Don't forget about going to bed early in the evening. Switching to one nap is a huge adjustment and the baby will need time to adapt.

How much?

For another 2-3 months after switching to one nap, babies sleep “as before” for only 75-90 minutes. And only after a few months sleep itself lengthens to 2-3 hours. Only after this can you return to bed later in the evening

It takes 4-6 months from the first signs of the transition to the final lengthening of sleep, do not rush this process, and remember, the later you make this transition, the easier it will be for the baby.

It would seem that we put so much effort into prolonging a child’s sleep, what could be contrary to good sleep? However, here are a few points to consider:

• Prolonging sleep by breast/pumping/pacifier will not give a lasting effect and will only solve today’s problems, leaving tomorrow’s dreams in the same form as today;
• Sleeping while on the move greatly reduces the restorative effect of such a period of rest. Even if your baby slept for 2 hours in a rolling stroller/fitball, you can safely divide this time by 3 to get an idea of ​​the actual effect of this sleep. Remember how well you slept the last time you fell asleep in a car/plane/bus?
• The baby will not sleep with maximum effect at any time. Numerous studies of children's circadian rhythms (internal clocks) have shown that the highest quality of sleep is achieved when the baby falls asleep between 8-10 am and 12-14 pm local time;
• Even a short nap during the day is better than no sleep at all;
• Getting quality sleep during the day will ensure a more restful night's sleep and a more restful night's sleep.

The child’s nervous system is not able to withstand being awake all day; if the child’s emotional and physiological strength is not restored during daytime sleep, then not only his mood, but also his well-being worsens.

The transition to one nap during the day is an important event in the second year of a child’s life. It is associated with the objective maturation of the baby, which entails another change of regime at about one year. In addition, when a child switches to 1 nap during the day, this is a turning point in his life and the life of his parents, since after the transition a uniform regime will be established for the entire preschool childhood. Also here, an equally important question is: when should a child be switched to one nap during the day? In this article we will look at the cases for one child and for twins, as they are slightly different.

First of all, let's find out how the transition to one daytime sleep is made, and what difficulties may arise here. Let us again take the case of twins as the most difficult, but let’s start with 1 child.

When a child switches to 1 nap during the day, the child's routine changes at 1 year old

The closer the baby gets to one year, the more often the question arises in the minds of parents - when does the child switch to 1 nap during the day?
? The answer is simple – about one year of a child’s life. Maybe a little later, or maybe earlier. It happens that children stop sleeping twice during the day at an earlier age, but this is often associated with psychological problems, or the lack of a clear routine.

The transition to 1 nap during the day is another change in the child’s routine, which in the first year of life changed every three months. Only, unlike the entire first year of life, a child’s routine changes for the last time at 1 year of age. If it is established, it will last throughout preschool childhood, and will gradually disappear when the children stop sleeping during the day. This can happen between 5 and 7 years. Therefore, if the transition to one nap during the day took place in the “normal” mode, then you can “sleep” peacefully before school. And then the school will take away sleep even from those children who hold on tightly to it.

We hope that we have answered the question of when a child switches to 1 nap during the day, and why this moment is important.

When to switch a child to one nap during the day - signs and how to understand that it’s time

If with twins or one child you adhered to a certain schedule throughout the entire first year, then by the beginning of the second year your babies sleep twice during the day. You understand that there is a transition ahead of one sleep. Then the questions become relevant: when should a child be switched to one nap during the day, and what are the signs that it’s time?

If there is a routine, most often the first nap occurs around 10 – 10.30 am, sometimes 11. And the second around 4 – 4.30 pm. The time here is quite arbitrary, we have already written in the article the schedule for a newborn baby by the hour, how to treat the schedule scheduled by the hour. Therefore, options are possible. And most often towards a later time. Since few one-year-old children, having gotten up at 6–7 am, will want to sleep already at 9 am.

A sure sign when to switch a child to one nap during the day is the following. One day you will begin to notice that at the usual bedtime, the baby does not want to go to bed and is clearly inclined to take a walk. Therefore, it will be easier to lay it a little later than the previously scheduled date. Here again, it’s worth carefully observing what happens when you move the first dream. If a child takes a walk for half an hour longer, and then falls asleep without any whims, it means that he is ready to walk more in the morning than before. This may well be the case, since children grow and after a year they quickly develop physically.

When a child switches to 1 nap, you should also carefully monitor the second nap. If the baby refuses to sleep at the time when he slept before, but wants to go to bed later, it is also worth re-tightening. You can take him for a walk in the stroller at this time: if he falls asleep, it’s good, if not, it’s okay, he’ll go off into the night earlier. And again, if possible, for a normal transition to one daytime nap, you can shorten the second nap: sleep for half an hour, 40 minutes, and that’s enough. Time to wake up.

Now let's watch the video. Where mom tells the same thing about switching to one nap during the day. It gives advice and shares its experience of when to switch a child to one nap during the day and tells what the signs are for this.

Switching to one nap during the day - setting a routine

When you understand that your child is ready to switch to one nap during the day, you will need new mode. If the child begins to fall asleep later in the morning and does not want to sleep a second time, then you need to build a new regime after 1 year so that sleep begins around 12 - 12.30. Up to one and a half years is the best option.

The baby now sleeps at home, in a crib, since he actively walks outside: as soon as the child starts walking, there is a reason to start exploring playgrounds, combining them with walks in a stroller. This transition to 1 nap during the day will result in a sleep duration of about 2 – 3 hours. However, its amount depends on many reasons, including the child’s temperament. We do not take cases when teething, illness, etc. It’s not even worth talking about, just to make sure everything falls into place as soon as possible.

After sleep, it is better to feed the child and go for a walk with him. The so-called evening promenade. You will have this walk in the early evening. At 16.00 – 16.30. Or maybe earlier. You can, of course, build it this way: wake up, feed, play at home, and then go for a walk. This option of switching to one nap during the day is good when you are just giving up a second nap. In this case, vigorous activity will be combined with a walk in a stroller, where you can sleep if necessary. When you realize that that’s it, evening sleep is no longer needed, then it’s better to go for a walk immediately after sleep. And in the evening, gradually move on to quiet games at home. The baby will go to bed around 20 - 20.30.

When a child switches to 1 nap during the day - preparation for kindergarten

When a child switches to 1 nap during the day, he can already be prepared for kindergarten and normal preschool life. And it is better to do this in accordance with the realities of our lives. Therefore, closer to one and a half years, when the child gets stronger, it is advisable to shift daytime sleep to 13 hours. This is the so-called mode kindergarten, where quiet time occurs from 13 to 15. If the child gets used to it, then it will be easier for him to adapt in kindergarten.

At the same time, to make it easier for your baby to fall asleep, it would be good to take an active walk before going to bed to release your energy. It turns out that you will have a walk twice a day. This is important for a normal transition to 1 nap during the day, since the more a child is outside, the stronger he develops physically. Of course, there will be big adjustments with the weather: people walk less in winter, no one has canceled natural disasters, etc.

Switching to one nap during the day - the case of twins/twins

So, let's touch on the touchy topic with twins. As a matter of fact,
The transition to one nap during the day with twins is the same as with one child. And everything would be fine if not for one big BUT...

Twins often develop differently. And here is a banal situation that is familiar to most mothers of twins: one is ready to switch to 1 nap during the day, and is actively ready. But the second one is not - it is not yet ripe, or it is just a natural “sleepyhead”. And what to do in this situation? Let's figure out how to transfer a child to one nap during the day.

Of course, different regimes for two children are a great difficulty for parents. Especially when, after six months, with the introduction of complementary foods, it was finally possible to do things with two children at the same time. So is it worth creating it for yourself? Or is it better to get by with a little bloodshed, but keep the regime the same?

Very often, parents of twins make a big mistake: they start to push away from the one who is weaker. That is, when a child switches to 1 daytime nap, they are guided by it. They begin to proceed from the needs of Sony. And to harass the first one, who is already “ripe” for one dream. In the end, what do we get? “Sonya” fell asleep, and the second one is perfectly awake. If he is ready, then he can spend another extra hour. And so he fell asleep an hour later, and the one who fell asleep just woke up.

If a child has two sleeps, then at this age he sleeps, as a rule, from an hour to an hour and a half. It turns out to be two short sleeps, and after each dream - that’s it, he woke up. The child is full of strength and energy, does not mind eating and playing. And his games may also wake up the other person who fell asleep later. Then the second one, the one who has long been ready to switch to one nap during the day, will be sleep-deprived and moody. Everyone's day will definitely be ruined.

When to transfer a child to one nap during the day - the case of twins

To avoid unpleasant moments with the transition to one nap during the day with twins, it is worth considering the following: after 1 year, almost all children are ready to switch to one nap. And most often, we, the parents, slow them down. For fear of harm. In the end, “We wanted the best, but it turned out as always.”

Therefore, in the case of twins, they are also twins, when transferring a child to one nap during the day, you need to start from the needs of the one who is already ready for this transition! And shift the mode of both, first half an hour later, and then an hour. At the same time, the “dormouse” will most likely, although more sluggishly, play together with her brother (sister). And after an extra half hour he will quickly fall asleep. The first one, since the dream has moved on, also tosses and turns and falls asleep. There is no need to wake them up. Let them sleep until they wake up.

With evening sleep it will work out as described above: get up, eat, play, go for a walk. The active part was replaced by a stroller. And here the “sleepyhead” can sleep just fine if he needs it. Optimally 40 minutes, reducing them to 30. This will happen until the children get used to the new regime. This takes about a week. And then, in the process of switching to one daytime nap, after another couple of weeks, you can shift the morning nap another half hour. It's already 12 o'clock. At the same time, the “sleepyhead” can sleep a second time for quite a long time, and at one point she simply refuses to sit in the stroller for a long time and will rush around with her brother (sister).

Switching to one nap during the day - the result

So, we have considered a rather important point in the final regime change -
switching to one daytime nap for the case of 1 child and for twins. Normal daytime sleep will be established by 1.5 – 2 years. And from a year to a year and a half there will be transitional moments. To say that they happen smoothly - no, not smoothly. There may be whims and even hysterics from fatigue. But during this period, parents should show some firmness, let the kids get used to the new schedule for them, and calmly move forward.

And most importantly, for a normal and quick transition to 1 nap during the day, you need to walk with your children as much as possible, let them release their energetic energy, correctly alternate between active and calm games and adhere to a clear daily routine. Then many problems will be solved quite simply. This applies to one child, and even more so to twins.

The stronger and healthier a child’s sleep, the healthier his entire family is overall. It’s no secret that a twitchy, nervous, screaming baby and the same, but also sleep-deprived mother are a wonderful powerful tandem to ruin the lives of each other and all household members, young and old. That is why it is important to organize normal sleep for the baby from the very first days of his life. Everyone understands this. In theory. But how to do it in practice is only known to a very small percentage of moms and dads. Dr. Evgeny Komarovsky tells what needs to be done for this.

About sleep in general

Children need naps during the day. The baby explores the world, sometimes very actively, and the abundance of impressions greatly exhausts him.

Sleeping during the day allows you to restore strength, give rest to the nervous system and the entire body as a whole. It is important for a growing person in the same way as nutrition and treatment if the baby is sick. During sleep, the composition of the blood is renewed, the muscles and musculoskeletal system rest, the most important enzymes and many vital hormones are produced.

Sleep norm is a rather vague concept, but it nevertheless exists. A baby sleeps longer than a baby after one year. It is considered normal for a newborn to snore sweetly in the crib after each feeding, for a total of 19-22 hours a day. From 1 to 3 months, the child takes 3-4 daytime naps; taking into account the night time, they sleep up to 17 hours a day. From 4 months, the child can lie down during the day 2-3 times for 3 hours, and together with the night sleeps in total up to 15-16 hours a day.

At the age of 1 to 2 years, a child can sleep once during the day, or can be latched twice for 2-3 hours. Pediatricians recommend switching a child to one nap during the day from the age of 2. Kindergarten starts around this time, so it’s usually an easy transition to make. The duration of quiet time for such a child is from 1 to 3 hours.

However, it is impossible to measure all children by existing standards, because children have different temperaments, impressionability levels, and the ability to switch from activity to rest. Maybe that’s why the norms remain norms on paper, but in reality the statistics vary greatly. But this does not lose the value of daytime sleep.

Doctor Komarovsky's opinion

The only thing that does not depend on parents in organizing children's sleep is a diaper, says Evgeny Komarovsky. If mom and dad spared no expense and bought a good, high-quality and comfortable diaper, then this is already half the success, since discomfort and dampness are the most common reasons children's sleep disorders. There is no need to invent anything here, says the doctor, everything has already been created and should benefit both children and adults.

Parents have to do the rest themselves. Usually, the baby sleeps better at night if he has had a good rest during the day. However, you shouldn’t think that a good night’s sleep means too much sleep. After all, it is clear that a baby who has slept all day long will be awake at night. Therefore, proper planning of daytime sleep will help solve some disturbances in this process at night.

The need for daytime sleep

Official medicine believes that daytime sleep is necessary for a child until he reaches the age of seven. Evgeny Komarovsky is sure that after five years a child no longer needs daytime dreams. However, if the baby stopped sleeping during the day at 2 years old, then this is a reason to understand the reasons, make adjustments to the daily routine and return daytime rest back as soon as possible. The child is still too young to lead a normal life from night to night without rest.

Evgeny Komarovsky calls on parents to carefully analyze the baby’s lifestyle. Is he eating well, is he not being overfed, is he getting enough fresh air, is the temperature and humidity in the children's room normal. All these factors, according to the doctor, have a direct impact on the quality (and quantity!) of sleep.

The baby's bed should be comfortable, and underwear and pajamas are made from natural fabrics, which are pleasant to the baby and do not interfere with his sleep. The room should have fresh air, the temperature of which does not exceed 20 degrees, and the humidity - 50-70%.

Dr. Komarovsky will tell you more about this in the video below.

Mode correction

A big mistake parents make is to adapt to their child. The baby was brought from the maternity hospital, and mom and dad began to sleep when a small family member allows them to do so. Komarovsky advises immediately transferring the child to the regime that is acceptable for all household members, and not vice versa.

Once you decide on nighttime sleep, you can plan daytime sleep, knowing the average norms for the total amount of time that babies at a given age should devote to sleep. This will require discipline, first of all, from the parents themselves, because the regime they created will have to be observed first of all by themselves, then the child will be able to quickly accept the daily routine as something completely natural.

Evgeniy Olegovich advises, without any doubt or remorse, to wake up a baby who is sleepy during the day so that he does not have problems falling asleep at night, and the daily routine built with such difficulty does not collapse overnight.

In order for your child to go to bed more willingly during the day, the doctor recommends thinking about his leisure time in the first half of the day, in the morning. It's good if they are active games, physical activity, according to age, massage or gymnastics, and definitely a walk in the fresh air. After the child eats for lunch, he will not have to be persuaded to sleep, he will really want it himself.

The less healthy activity, the worse the child’s daytime sleep. Therefore, if parents complain that the child “usually sleeps well during the day, but recently he has stopped going to bed,” Evgeniy Olegovich advises simply to reconsider his lifestyle, add walks, sports, and come up with new entertainment.

Special attention Pay attention to the mattress on which the child sleeps. It should be smooth and not press through. It is best to choose an orthopedic mattress.

Until 2 years old, a child should sleep without a pillow. This is the recommendation of Evgeny Komarovsky. After two years, parents can give their baby a pillow if they wish, but its size should not be adult size. The optimal thickness of the pillow is equal to the size of the child's shoulder.

If no home measures to improve daytime sleep help, Komarovsky recommends contacting a pediatrician, psychologist and child neurologist; they will help identify the hidden causes of sleep disturbances and help eliminate them. It is important to do this without leaving the problem to chance, if only for the reason that sometimes the pain prevents the baby from sleeping peacefully during quiet hours. Finding and neutralizing is the common task of parents and doctors in this situation.