If parents make any of the 4 mistakes below while sleeping with their baby, it can have an impact on the health of the baby.
Currently, many parents still maintain the habit of sleeping with their children, because this can help children have a safer mind while sleeping, children will sleep soundly, and parents also quickly overcome unexpected problems.
However, this habit is not necessarily a good thing, 4 things to avoid when a child sleeps with their parents so as not to affect the child’s development.
Child sleeping between parents
This is an action many parents take, but it is considered a completely wrong choice, especially for children aged 0-2.
Because when sleeping, parents can often change positions, if parents have a habit of swinging their limbs, it will be easy to hit the baby. Especially when the parents are tired, sleep well or the father drinks alcohol, smokes, … all of which greatly affect the child’s sleep and health.
In addition, children lying between their parents are at high risk of suffocation. The reason is, parents use pillows that are so big and thick that they exceed the baby’s face. Newborns who are too small, lying in the middle will suffocate, lack of oxygen and excess CO2 due to the respiratory system of adults and are stronger than newborns, making the child unable to breathe in time.
Sleep is very important for child development.
Not only that, if the middle of the night is cold, parents subconsciously pull the blanket to cover, not paying attention to the child lying in the middle, which can cover the child’s face with the blanket, causing the child to suffocate.
Another reason that parents need to pay attention to next is that a child’s body temperature is often higher than an adult’s, so it’s actually very easy to heat up. At the same time, the elderly are on one side, and their body temperature is also quite high. The children lying in the middle were both starved of oxygen and suffocating and hot.
If in winter, parents still wear a lot of clothes for their babies for fear of cold while sleeping, it is more dangerous. This may have the opposite effect, too much sweat will soak into the clothes for a long time, making it easy for your child to catch a cold.
Hug baby to sleep, or give baby a parent’s hand
Many mothers choose to hug their children to sleep in order to foster closeness and closeness with their children. However, the child’s skeletal system is still weak, if letting the child sleep in that position is not beneficial for the child’s health and development.
The fact that the mother hugs the baby while sleeping leads to the situation that the child is “sharpened” by the mother. Surely many mothers know of cases where the child refuses to leave his mother half a step, insists on holding it and cannot send it to others. This happened, making the mother very tired because she could do nothing but take care of the baby.
In addition, some parents find it very warm to give their baby a pillow while sleeping, which is actually not recommended.
When adults are sleeping and can’t maintain the same position, the bracelet will be sore for a long time, if it feels numb, then take it off, this will wake the child, affect the child’s sleep and spinal development.
It is best for parents to let their children sleep in a suitable position, lying flat to ensure the child’s skeleton and cranial system develop properly and are not affected by outside influences.
Many parents choose to put their children to sleep in order to foster closeness and closeness with their children.
Parents rush to comfort as soon as baby cries
Many children during sleep often experience a startling phenomenon, or cry at night, according to inertia, parents often wake up and can immediately hold or calm the baby.
However, these parents’ actions have inadvertently created bad habits for their children, making them less independent, and must be coaxed by adults into falling asleep.
Children who are surrounded by parents too much, especially in the first years of life, will develop dependent personalities, without the necessary assertiveness and strength.
So if the baby wakes up at night, parents should wait about 2-3 minutes for the baby to calm down and go back to sleep.
Sleep with the lights on
Some parents still have the habit of turning on the light at bedtime for their baby for fear of being startled or frightened by the dark.
However, this approach is somewhat counter-scientific because night light as well as light emitted during a baby’s sleep has an adverse effect on sleep and child development.
Turning on the night light regularly can make it difficult for children to sleep well and interfere with the secretion of growth hormone during sleep. Decreased levels of growth hormone will slow down growth, affecting normal metabolism.
Scientists have discovered that any artificial light creates pressure. Long-term exposure to mild stress can cause infants and young children to become irritable, restless, and have trouble sleeping.
Parents who rush to calm the baby as soon as the baby cries accidentally have created bad habits in children that make children less independent.
According to Ha May Translation from: Sohu (thoidaiplus.suckhoedoisong.vn)
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