How to Succeed in Getting Your School Aged Child to Go to and Stay in Bed

The older children can be easier or harder, in relation to the application of a strategy for the current and stay in bed. Although it seems easy to use your parents and negotiating skills, it is also difficult to deal with the louder, more mobile, determined, sometimes manipulative child knows how to make your buttons and verbalize their frustrations. This age group requires more time and effort into the sport after school, help with homework and tasks, presentations, reading, Transport for the parties and play dates, etc., which is very wearing on your patience and energy leads to a situation in younger babies "peace at any price."

in planning a new approach for your school aged child, "go and stay in bed" can investigate some similar problems as a baby /child and then a few new age will be.

Diet: is something in their diet to maintain or grow them in the daytime tired? Often children with sleep problems may consume too many foods with color and sugar and, increasingly, many children are showing signs of a food intolerance in healthy choices, such as the type of bread, fruit and vegetables they eat. Some food can be the night watch with the child looking like they sleep 12 hours and bread, some children sleep after lunch at school. An immunologist may be screening for allergies and intolerances.

Exercise: is your child carries to school and after begging you for vegetables and bedding? There are a lot of information in the media at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day for children and adults. But unless this was a regular routine in your childhood or in adulthood, you can not exceed the value of IT for your children. Exercise promotes a healthy weight, cardiovascular health, strong bones, reduces stress, helps reduce anger, stabilize hormones in adolescents, the "happy" hormone adrenaline, talk time, and promotes bonding within families, promotes the child with a Team sports, friends and learning a new skill. Your child will come home hungry and more likely to eat what you have and relaxed and ready for bed soon after dinner and homework.

Television: 30 minutes of kids' television makes their brains as they feel they have 8 hours of "work", tired, and mentally fuzzy. If you watch TV, after school can that prevent them with the motivation to want to exercise their homework and reading time. If your child watches television just before bedtime, they will not be able to wind their brain to sleep, because their thoughts are related to the program.

books: Read more sensible, peace is a beautiful combination of activity just before bedtime. Discuss a convenient time and reading. Mem Fox, Australian author proposes that children read to by the birth. Teachers recommend children from the beginning of the school in order every night with a parent. The children who read the most books per week are usually the smartest in the class. Do what you can and should be for a period , practically for your family. Children appreciate one-on-one opportunities for cuddling with a book, especially if they have siblings in order to provide you with.

Bedtime routine: of the children live routine and predictability. Even if the date expires schedule sometimes help your child that an order in the wind after the time before bedtime. Something like, afternoon tea and homework, exercise /sports, spas, dinner, homework done, teeth , last glass of water, toilet, reading about their expectations for the stay in bed (unless going to the toilet or other reason required), reminds you agreed Good rewarded and remain in a positive way. If your child from the space, they should return to her bed without speech or the right answers to all questions. Your child asks for attention, leaving the room. If they feel that they do not receive sufficient attention, the attention is positive or negative. Our attention is positive with reading time before going to sleep and other activities, we refuse to play a game and reward the negative behavior.

plan a family meeting: Your plan for a better bedtime routine need the cooperation of both parents so that the children do not play against the other and a parent is not responsible for any bedtime.

Check for Worms: Worms prevent your child at bedtime, because they are irritating your child's sensitive skin to increase the frequency of urination and bedwetting. Find the Sleep and Settle? newsletter for an article on the treatment and prevention of worms.

Other Tricks: Rescue remedy is a homeopathic preparation , calms and relaxes the nervous system. It comes in a spray or drops can be offered and as often as necessary. "Music to dream" is a relaxation CD, the bedroom and returning to sleep because of its gentle beat. Sometimes children Activity may lead to their orientation to the spine, so that a chiropractor with a gentle hand techniques, you can ensure that the spine pinching a nerve and not the function of organs and body functions disturb sleep. Learning how to breathe deeply and try to visualize Happy Holidays and places your child may be head of their concerns and think happy thoughts before bed. Consider bullying or other problems at school happens your concerns with your child's teacher, they are in a position to observe your child and look for potential problems. Cranial-Sacral Therapy can also identify areas in which your children are concerned about the release and tension in the body. Here is a homeopathic remedy to relax for sleep, the reduction of the known or unknown, or fear other issues.

Rewards /Consequences: Consider star maps, jobs, charts, positive behavior charts. Ask your child to identify the opportunities for the stay in bed, at bedtime, the cooperation and support around the house. ration weekend watching TV, Time Computers, iPods, faviourite toys, play dates, etc. as the consequences and opportunities.

role modeling: Consider asking an older friend, relative, neighbor on 12-14years to visit your child and make a fuss of their bedroom and comfortable bed and ask you about the rewards they offer to stay in bed and sleep the whole night. You can use the older volunteers with a movie ticket and ask for a Follow-up call to check on your child during the week. Children and young people in general really respect and admire the young people and the possibility to them about you.

 

Natalie Ebrill.

http://www.sleepandsettle.com.au Baby Sleep Consultant 0-5 years, mother of three.

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