How to Help Your Toddler's Sleeping Problems

As your child grows, he or she experiences and learns many new things. As parents, we all feel a sense of achievement every time our children hit a new milestone. With all that growth and accomplishments, sleep plays a very important role. Toddlers roughly need around 10 to 14 hours of sleep every day, and more parents are increasingly finding it hard to get their child to stay in bed for that amount of time.

Typical children's sleep problems include sleep resistance, sleep terrors, night awakenings, and difficulty in getting back to sleep after.

What are some of the causes of these bedtime issues?

1. Uncomfortableness. Are your toddler’s pillow and bed comfortable? Do they provide good support? Is your child too hot or too cold? Is the room too stuffy?

2. Sugar rush. Food, snacks, or drinks with high sugar or caffeine content may make it hard for your toddler to get to sleep at night.

3. Change in the schedule. A sudden change in your toddler’s life may affect their sleep. Be it just back from a holiday or guests visiting, these changes can disturb the routine of your child and cause him or her to face sleep difficulties as well.

4. Nightmares. Not uncommon in toddlers, as their imagination is growing, and they are learning how to express themselves more. Sometimes, stressful things that happened during the day can also cause your child to have nightmares at night.

How to help your toddler sleep better?

First and foremost, having a good pillow is essential. A good pillow can provide your toddler with a sense of security and warmth, and that aids in getting your toddler getting back to sleep if he or she wakes in the middle of the night. A good pillow can also provide suitable support for your child’s head and neck, which in turn helps him or her to fall asleep faster.

Some tips on choosing the right pillow for your child

1. Softness / Ergonomically designed. Comfortable and stable, an ergonomically designed pillow supports your little one’s head and neck, letting your child relax into a deep sleep. Being beneficial to your toddler’s spinal health, there is less likelihood of your toddler tossing and turning throughout the night.

2. Material. You want your child’s pillow or at least pillowcase to be made of 100% natural materials without harmful dyes and harmful toxins lest your child has an allergic reaction to some unknown material or chemical.

3. Design. Choosing a cute design or letting your child choose a design that he or she likes is crucial. Be it animals, alphabets, numbers, or vehicles, there is sure to be something your little one loves. And by having it on their pillowcase makes it easier for them to love going to bed, hugging and cuddling their favorite pillow to sleep.

Secondly, try to limit your toddler’s intake on snacks and caffeine-filled drinks to prevent him or her from being overly hyperactive.

Lastly, adhere to a fixed routine every night as much as possible leading up to bedtime. Children thrive on routine, as they know what to expect and what is expected of them. Any deviation from their routine may cause a disruption in their sleep schedule.

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