How to help my 1 to 3 year old son to sleep

At these ages the children want to stay with their parents and refuse to go to bed or on the contrary they want to go but with the company of their father or mother. In addition nightmares nightmares are very typical and it is convenient to reassure them so that they fall asleep again. Here are some tips on how to help your child sleep if he is between 1 and 3 years old.

If your son has nightmares and night terrors.

When children have nightmares they wake up quickly with much panic and stress, which can be accompanied by sweating and sometimes tachycardia. When we feel that he has nightmares, we have to go to him and let him tell us what happens to him, explain his unsettling dream to us. Then we have to reassure him until he falls asleep again.

Sometimes it presents night terrors and the child wakes up crying and screaming. On these occasions sometimes the child is not fully awake and as in the case of nightmares, we have to reassure them and wait for them to fall asleep again.

If your child does not want to go to bed and is restless

The main and most important thing is to maintain a fixed schedule for your child to go to bed in addition to creating a quiet environment adapting the home's climate by lowering the lights and avoiding making noise. When it is time to go to sleep, it is necessary to perform a ritual: brush your teeth, put on your pajamas, go to bed and have a story read by a father or mother or a lullaby sing to them; In this way they associate these actions with having to go to sleep.

It is very important to avoid playing with the child because otherwise you will not want to go to bed, because you will not want to interrupt your game.

If your child is sick

If your child is sick and does not want to sleep alone, you can take it to your bed. For in it you will feel more protected and reassured. Because usually when children are sick they feel the need for closeness of their parents.

Tips
  • Create sleep habits, so your child will be associated little by little at the time of going to sleep.