proper growth electronic and games after development, dinner, they while teenagers have all been need a found to make minimum of sleep more nine hours. difficult. One of the 6. Get the kids single most out exercising powerful in the day to strategies to help them improve kids’ sleep at night. abilities to cope with stressful or 7. Avoid changing caffeine and situations is to sugar saturated ensure they get foods. enough sleep. 8. Consider Here’s 10 tips dropping for helping daytime naps children as your child from Sherene gets older. Alfreds, developer of 9. Talk to your Dinosnores doctor to rule Sleepy Stories: out medical causes of sleep 1. Have a difficulties. regular bedtime. 10. During the holidays, 2. Make the anticipate some bedroom disruption at comfortable bedtime if you dark place to are changing sleep, with no your family television or routine.And other electronic give yourselves devices and your children 3. Have a permission to regular calming find bedtime bedtime routine challenging. An - bath, teeth, enormous and books. of young 4. Avoid the "I and can't sleep" children argument. Ask have sleeping children to "lie difficulties. It down and rest takes time to their bodies" develop a instead of bedtime routine telling them to - so be kind to "go to sleep". yourself and your kids. 5. Avoid TV, computer or
proper growth and development, while teenagers need a minimum of nine hours. One of the single most powerful strategies to improve kids’ abilities to cope with stressful or changing situations is to ensure they get enough sleep. Here’s 10 tips for helping children from Sherene Alfreds, developer of Dinosnores Sleepy Stories: 1. Have a regular bedtime. 2. Make the bedroom comfortable dark place to sleep, with no television or other electronic devices 3. Have a regular calming bedtime routine - bath, teeth, and books. 4. Avoid the "I can't sleep" argument. Ask children to "lie down and rest their bodies" instead of telling them to "go to sleep". 5. Avoid TV, computer or electronic games after dinner, they have all been found to make sleep more difficult. 6. Get the kids out exercising in the day to help them sleep at night. 7. Avoid caffeine and sugar saturated foods. 8. Consider dropping daytime naps as your child gets older. 9. Talk to your doctor to rule out medical causes of sleep difficulties. 10. During the holidays, anticipate some disruption at bedtime if you are changing your family routine.And give yourselves and your children permission to find bedtime challenging. An enormous of young and children have sleeping difficulties. It takes time to develop a bedtime routine - so be kind to yourself and your kids.
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