The child sleeps only on his hands: how to teach him to fall asleep in the crib

Many parents are familiar with this problem: the child does not want to sleep in the crib. Persistent crying baby asks for pens, exhausted parents do not know what to do. Let's try to figure out what to do when a child sleeps only on his hands?

The method of indifference

There is an opinion that it is necessary to leave the crying child in the crib. He will cry and cease, but he will get used to sleeping independently. The main thing is for the parents to withstand the crying of their child.

Were such parents, we do not know, so the results of such a method do not know anything.

We can say only one thing: in the first year of a child's life, "a basic trust in the world around him" is formed. What impression will the child have after such experiments?

Causes of anxiety

There are many reasons that prevent a child from falling asleep, which he is trying to tell you with his crying.

A child may be hungry, he may be hot or cold, he may be beset by colic.

It will be superfluous to check and clothes of the kid. Maybe he is pressed by an occasional wrinkle on his sweatshirt.

If your child can only sleep on his hands, and you still decide to resort to the method of indifference, then make sure that the child is naughty, rather than crying, because something is bothering him.

Patience and again patience

If your child does not want to fall asleep in the crib, then you have to have patience. If a child falls asleep only on his hands, then to wean him from it is a difficult matter.

Put the child to sleep in the crib, when he has not yet plunged into a deep sleep. You put it - he wakes up, do not let him cry, you will see on the wrinkled face that the child is ready to cry, take again in his arms.

Here you need to know your baby well. If the child kuksytsya and grunts, do not rush to pull it out, maybe he will twist and fall asleep himself. Pull out only if he is ready to cry. So it is necessary to repeat several times. In the end, the dream will take its toll.

When you have fixed this method of packing, go to the next stage: put the child to sleep sleepy, but not sleeping, and again repeat the procedure you already know. When a child gets used to this, you can already teach him to go to bed on time.

For relief, you can wash or bathe your baby before going to bed in a bathroom with lavender, or even dropping a few drops of valerian into the water.

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