The quality of your baby’s sleep is crucial to his growth and development. Studies have found that babies who have good sleep quality not only perform well in terms of height and physical fitness, but also in terms of intellectual development. How to let your baby have a good sleep? What are the inappropriate things to do during sleep? It is not advisable to sleep with a nipple or pacifier Some children have to sleep with their mother’s nipple or pacifier to fall asleep. In this way, the child will subconsciously suck on the nipple or pacifier to eat milk every time he or she wakes up. This overly frequent feeding habit can easily disrupt the child’s gastrointestinal function. Secondly, the child’s mouth is still “blocked” by the nipple after sleeping, which also makes it easy for him/her to breathe poorly, leading to a decrease in sleep quality and possibly even suffocation. In addition, this bad habit may also affect the normal development of the child’s dental bed and oral hygiene. The environment should not be excessively quiet Children generally begin to consciously develop the ability to regulate “anti-disturbance” when they are 3 to 4 months old. However, studies have shown that about 30% of infants do not learn to “resist disturbance” – they often have trouble falling asleep or are awakened in the middle of a deep sleep when the wind blows. In fact, babies will fall asleep in the natural background of “family noise”, parents do not have to deliberately tiptoe around the room, afraid to make any little noise. Otherwise, the child is likely to develop such bad sleep habits: only in the artificial, deliberately created “extremely” quiet environment to fall asleep, and this environment in reality is difficult to find. The quilt should not be too thick Some parents in the cold days in order to let the child sleep warm, deliberately covered with a thick quilt for the child, not knowing that too thick quilt is often too heavy, and may even cause respiratory distress. And the high temperature in the quilt will make the child irritable and even crying, also affecting its sleep quality. Let the child sleep in an excessively warm environment from an early age may also reduce the body’s resistance to cold, causing the child to grow up “weak”. It is not advisable to fall asleep to the sound of humming. It is naturally nice and sweet for children to fall asleep to the humming of their mother’s lullabies, but it is not advisable for children to get used to the sound of humming before they can sleep peacefully. A good sleep habit that a child must develop is to fall asleep on his own in a “natural” way and to fall back to sleep “naturally” when he wakes up, rather than relying on “artificial” methods such as rocking, humming or feeding. “The baby should not sleep too long during the day. You should not sleep too long during the day. Most children who sleep too long during the day do not sleep well at night, and even cry and fuss when they are not happy, making parents sleepless at night. Studies have confirmed that children who do not get enough sleep at night and are sleepy during the day not only have slower growth and development, but also have relatively poor attention, memory, creativity and motor skills. In addition, lack of nighttime sleep disrupts the normal secretion of growth hormones, making the immune system impaired, endocrine disorders, metabolic problems, and a tendency to gain weight. If an infant sleeps too much during the day, parents can overcome the “black and white” by consciously waking the child or teasing him to play more. It is not advisable to change caregivers often Some families are busy with adults, and often have to change the adults who take care of their children to sleep, sometimes the father, sometimes the mother, sometimes the grandmother, and sometimes replaced by nannies …… unknown, for children less than half a year old, often see the person who takes care of them to sleep as “The most important thing is that the person who takes care of you is the person who is the closest to you, so it is difficult to adjust quickly to the frequent changes. It is not advisable to sleep too late A significant percentage of infants and toddlers sleep too late, in large part because their parents sleep late. According to statistics, our infants and toddlers aged 0 to 2 years sleep an average of one hour less than children of the same age in the U.S. One of the primary reasons is that the parents of the children are fond of the “night life” and generally sleep late, the children also shorten the sleep time at night accordingly, all kinds of “behavioral insomnia “This can be manifested by reluctance to go to bed at night, delayed bedtime, or difficulty falling asleep for long periods of time. Research has also shown that children who sleep late at night tend to be aggressive when it comes to behavioral problems and may also have symptoms such as hyperactivity, poor self-control, lack of mental focus, and emotional instability. It is not advisable to overly “watch over” the child at bedtime. After a “bedtime ritual” that makes the child feel comfortable (e.g., patting or massaging the child’s back, playing soft, soothing music, etc.), parents can leave while the child is still awake. Otherwise, the child will become accustomed to associating his or her sleep with the parent’s “presence” and will become irritated and cry whenever the parent is not present. It is not advisable to rely on “rocking to sleep” Whenever a child cries, some young mothers will use their “family skills”: hold the child in their arms or put in the cradle and shake it constantly, and even the more the child cries, the more vigorous the mother shakes. This is a very harmful practice for children, because the overly violent shaking action will make the baby’s brain in the cranial cavity is constantly subject to vibration, the lighter the impact on the growth of the brain, the heavier it makes the immature brain and harder skull collision, eventually causing intracranial hemorrhage, which is particularly dangerous for children within 10 months. It is not advisable to sleep with your child in your arms Some young mothers love their children and like to sleep with their children close to them. But then, the child will not be able to breathe enough fresh air, and inhale more of the mother’s exhaust fumes, which is bad for the child’s growth and health, and may also be infected with the mother’s illnesses. In addition, holding the child to sleep will also make its free space is restricted, and even difficult to stretch limbs, so that the child’s blood circulation and growth and development are negatively affected. Some parents like to keep their bedrooms lit up all night for the convenience of their children. But infants are far less adaptable to the environment than adults, if the night sleep environment as daytime, the child’s biological clock will be disrupted, not only the sleep time is shortened, growth hormone secretion may also be disturbed, and finally lead to the child’s growth is not high, or below normal weight. It is not advisable to let the child sleep on top Some young mothers like to let their children sleep on top, but also mistakenly believe that this sleeping position can make the child sleep peacefully, less crying, but in fact this sleeping position is the most unsafe, because the child’s mouth and nose and other breathing organs are most vulnerable to obstruction, and even lead to sudden death. At the same time, this sleeping position may also make the gastrointestinal and other digestive organs by the weight of the pressure and cause indigestion.