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Posted on 21st Jul 2010 @ 2:16 AM

Hot summer, as day time is long and night is short, some children sleep anxiety or sleep late. It will feel dizzy while wake up the next day then will affect appetite and learning, over time will affect the normal growth and development, thinking becomes dull. Summer adequate sleep can ensure a child full of energy, appetite, and physical fitness. How can we let children sleep good in the hot summer?

 
What should be a good cover when baby sleep in summer?
Towel is the preferred choice. Remember Do not heat the body to strip the child to sleep, "naked" is easier for children abdomen cold. It turned out the child's gastrointestinal smooth muscle is more sensitive to temperature change, lower than the temperature of cold stimulation to contraction, leading to smooth muscle spasm, especially in the abdominal wall around the umbilicus is the Achilles heel of the whole abdomen, easier cold and implicated the small intestine, mainly caused by the stomach around the navel paroxysmal pain, and diarrhea. Therefore, the hot weather again, but also to the children cover a thin layer of clothing, with particular attention to the abdomen warm.
How can parents control the sleep time of baby?
Children of different ages in addition to sleep at night on average 9 to 10 hours, the 3 to 6 years old children should take a nap every day 2 to 3 hours, 3 years of age to sleep in the afternoon every day from 1 to 2 hours.
Do not open the air conditioning all night
Children get the best room towards better natural conditions, in order to facilitate ventilation and lighting. Beds should not cross in the window, the best place on the low light, so that beds can not only maintain good ventilation, not directly into the outlet. Best to use natural cooling indoor air. Air conditioning should not be adjusted too low, controlled 27 to 28 degrees lower than the 5 to 6 degrees Celsius outdoor suitable. Continuous use of air conditioners should not be too long, especially to avoid night driving. Can be used instead of air conditioning fans should be placed far enough away from the kids more, blowing against the wall, children must not direct blow.
Avoid mosquito infestation
Baby to sleep, in order to let him enjoy the Hearty sleep, summer can give his little bed accompanied by a good ventilation nets; or plug in electric mosquito coils, mosquito coils do not pay attention away from the baby too close; also be coated in baby body appropriate mosquito repellent; sleep before the baby shower can be a large basin in the amount of toilet water dripping on to the skin after bathing the baby left the taste of toilet water on to disperse mosquitoes also have some effect.
Bath before bedtime to help sleep
Baby's skin is very soft, sweat and urine and other waste has many good wash before going to bed if a bath, let cool-cool baby to sleep can greatly improve baby's sleep. So, in the hot season it baby how to take a bath?
• water temperature of 33 degrees -34 degrees, generally without bath liquid, because the best day of summer baby bath wash 2-3 times, not always with the bath solution to prevent the skin to stimulate the baby.
• Give your baby a bath in the order are: head - body - limbs - and other parts of the anus
• Note that cleaning the neck, armpit, abdomen and other skin folds Department ditch
• bath to gentle movements, agility, bath time is not more than 10 minutes
• Do not breast-feeding for half an hour before a bath
Can the baby sleep mat? 
High summer temperatures, sleep mat there is a comfort. But there are drawbacks, infants and young children with a summer sleeping mat easily because of poor immunity caused by colds, abdominal pain or diarrhea. In addition, poor quality of some summer sleeping mat, a snail pest, parasite eggs, etc., can make direct contact with children and child skin irritation or a skin recover from illness, or suffering from skin diseases, severe asthma and other diseases can.