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Have you ever thought about the most tragic thing God has done to us? It may sound crazy, but the answer is the game of sleeping. Adults who love sleep barely have any time for it, but kids don’t like to sleep as they have enough time for it. Yeah, I know the joke is good, but those situations are not good at all. Almost 9 out of 10 kids don’t sleep through the night. This is probably the hardest thing for mothers because nights aren’t peaceful or relaxing for them. They can’t sleep because the child is not sleeping. They don’t even get the needful quantity the sleep. We understand your suffering, so here, in this article, a mother will tell you what are the 7 things that help her when her kid doesn’t sleep through the night.
Sleeping Lullaby with rhythm
Lullabies are old tricks to make the kid fall asleep. Here we are talking about lullabies with strong rhythms. I used to sing the Lullaby with strong rhythms to make my kid asleep at the very beginning of the night and mark the beat, after which I found the kid asleep. Later during the long hours of the night, if I had seen any sign of my kid waking up (such as turning the head, moving hands or legs), I would sing the same rhythm from the beat I left. That did prevent the kid from waking up and sending it back to deep slumber.
Checking the diaper every hour
Generally, people check the diaper after the child has woken up. Unfortunately, this is one of the main reasons kids don’t sleep through the night. They feel irritated if the nappy is wet and they can’t sleep anymore. And once they are awake, it’s not easy to put them to sleep. Therefore to avoid this kind of disruption, I check my kid’s nappy every hour during the night even if I hear no crying.
Making sure my kid doesn’t sleep in the evenings
If your child takes a nap in the evening, he/she obviously won’t sleep at night. Because their energy will be renewed. To avoid that, I make it sure that my kid doesn’t sleep in the evening and goes to bed at the proper time.
Giving them a body pillow
Kids sleep while holding something, mostly, hand of their mothers. Sometimes when they turn their body during sleep, they can’t find any object to hold. One of my friends gifted me a mini body pillow and it couldn’t proven to be more helpful. I place that pillow beside the baby and my kid holds the pillow and sleeps well. Do not do this with really small babies. I am talking about my 3 year old here.
Making bedtime a routine
For older kids, this works very well. If they go to bed every night at the same time, they will probably develop a habit. I made a fixed routine for my kid’s sleep schedule, and when he learnt the timing, it worked well.
Relaxing music
Since my kid was an infant, I played relaxing music while falling asleep. The result is pretty impressive. The music eases my kid off, and I also feel kind of soothing
Dressing my kid in cotton sleepwear
Unless it’s freezing winter, cotton is most useful as night wears. Soft, one layer cotton garments indeed help my kid to have trouble-free comfortable sleep all night long. Just the cotton has to be chosen wisely because some are thick and very suffocating.
Those things helped my child to have an uninterrupted sleep all night. But the most important thing that has been proven to be useful is patience. You can’t feel vexed or annoyed if your little one is not sleeping. I usually take a little time and make my kid feel safe enough so that she sleeps well.
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