To help improve children's sleep health, here are some tips from the World Association of Sleep Medicine and others:
- Make sure children get enough sleep by setting an age-appropriate bedtime and waketime: and stick to this at weekends too.
- Establish a consistent bedtime routine.
- Make sure children wear comfortable night-time clothes, and infants have strong absorbing diapers or nappies.
- Limit electronic gadgets in the bedroom and their use before bedtime.
- Ensure children get plenty of outdoor exercise during the day.
- Avoid bright light at bedtime and during the night, and increase light brightness in the morning.
- Encourage your children to fall asleep independently.
- Stick to a consistent mealtime schedule, and don't give them caffeinated drinks.
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