‘Sleep deprivation’ can be a common problem in children dealing with sleep anxiety. While falling asleep may come natural to most of us, there may be times when children tend to get restless and find it difficult to sleep. A feeling of nervousness or worry may overpower their innocent minds. Your child’s fear is what triggers sleep anxiety in them. Be it a fear of darkness or worrying about the homework, many factors can lead to their anxiety and an inability to sleep. If you apply a little more patience and discipline to your child handling strategy, you can aid them to get back on track to more peaceful nights and a healthy routine.
In that light, here are 6 nifty tactics to calm them for a good sleep
Try Creative Nightlights
As the room gets darker, it causes fear at night. Every time you switch off the tube lights, your child is more nervous. Creative nightlights can be a solution to this issue. You can definitely try nightlights which are in your child’s favourite colours, shapes and even characters such as Wonder woman, or Iron man or Superman. A child may feel more secure and may look for imaginative reasons to feel protected.
Rearrange The Room
At times, there are some spots in the room that invite shadows of the surrounding objects and prompt fear in your child. Rearrange the room in such a way that it leaves no room for fear-inducing shadows and spots. Make the décor look more calming.
Bedtime Story
Good stories play a vital role in rebuilding your child’s positivity and imaginations. From improving their vocabulary to letting them forget their worries, you can narrate them stories that can act as an active supplement to your child’s mental development.
No Screens Before Bed
Avoid the use of all digital objects before an hour to bed. These devices emit blue light which suppress the production of melatonin hormone or the sleep hormone. Since blue light has a shorter wavelength, it becomes even more sensitive with that causing damage to the eyes including eyesore.
Bedtime Routine
Setup a regular before bed routine consisting of brushing teeth, bathing and having a glass of warm milk. Such a plan will relax them along with making them more vigilant towards self care. This will provide them a sense of security and make it easier to keep up with healthy habits as they grow.
Yoga
Yoga is the best way to release all the stress inside one before plunging into a long night of deep sleep.
Randomly, ask your child to swing up the legs against the wall while placing the hip close to the bed. Their eyes should be closed and help them continue this pose for up to 5 minutes. You can even play some yog nindra audios meanwhile. Try out other different yoga poses suitable before bedtime and make them your child’s routine.
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