What to do? The child does not sleep at night. What should the child do to sleep well at night?
Young and inexperienced parents constantly have to solve new problems for them. Often the child's bad dream becomes a matter of concern. Bringing the baby from the hospital, they notice that their baby does not sleep at night. What to do in this case? Do not take any measures without consulting a district pediatrician or a nurse! 
Problems with sleeping a child are familiar to every parent
Difficulties with sleep are at any age. In infants, they only in exceptional cases are associated with functional disorders of health.
Do not be frightened that a small child does not sleep at night. What to do in this case in the first place? To understand whether he is really awake all the time. Most likely, on closer examination, it turns out that the fears of the parent are exaggerated. After watching the baby during the day, you can understand whether he is resting enough. If he is active, curious, eats well and does not act up, then he gets enough sleep. Despite the fact that each person has a need for sleep, children due to physiological characteristics should sleep more than their parents.
The different length of sleep depends on the age and diet of the
. Up to a year, the needs for sleep change very quickly. If in the first month the child sleeps almost constantly, making only twenty minute breaks for feeding, then gradually the intervals of wakefulness increase. Breastfed babies, who have the opportunity to access the maternal breast at any time, often give the impression of never sleeping. In fact, the baby can always hold his chest and at the same time sleep, waking up only after a new portion of milk has accumulated. He sucks it and falls asleep again, chewing on the nipple. Mother thinks that he does not sleep at all, but he, on the contrary, sleeps almost all the time.
When introducing a lure, the parent teaches the baby to be saturated with larger portions, to receive food not as often as before. Therefore, the intervals of wakefulness gradually increase. Then it becomes clearer how different the behavior of the child at different times of the day - he plays with rattles, catches his legs in funny booties, tries to talk( gulit) or quietly snuffles at my mother's breast. Before you panic and run to the doctor with an anxious question: "A month-old baby does not sleep at night. What should I do? ! ", think - maybe your kid restores his strength when he is applied to his chest? Most often it turns out. 
How do I know what's bothering my child?
In order to understand what to do so that a child sleeps well at night, you need to find out what can bother the baby. If the mother has no experience with the treatment of small children, she will have great difficulties with her first child, because he himself does not know how to say what hinders him. Mom needs help and support. It can have an older relative, a girlfriend who had the same problems, and a district doctor.
When a baby does not sleep, screams, restlessly moves - it means that it is bad for him. We need to do something. Encyclopedic guides of young mothers and Internet resources are often very good assistants, if there is no opportunity to talk with a competent person. From them you can learn the rules of hygiene for children of different ages, find out the possible causes of crying newborns, and find tips on what to do so that a child sleeps at night, eaten well during the day, etc.
The length of a daily sleep depends on the age of the baby. The newborn sleeps eighteen hours a day, waking up only to be soaked. Up to a year every two months the required amount of sleep is reduced by an hour. We must understand that this process is consistent. Only in the first three months of the changes occurring with the child are visible immediately. At this time, it depends little on external factors. He only eats, sleeps, defecates and spends a lot of energy on getting used to the new reality for him outside Mom's belly. 
Fatigue - the cause of restless behavior
Growing up, the child begins to react more actively to the environment. New food, new impressions from toys and people, weather changes( atmospheric pressure jumps) - all this significantly affects the baby's well-being. Unable to say in words that he is upset, he has the opportunity to convey information to parents in only a few ways.
First of all, this is the mood of the baby. If he is capricious, weakly reacts to your attempts to play with him, sharply screams, does not quite adequate movements, some parents believe that it's time to reconsider his diet, sleep and wakefulness. In an unbalanced mode, the child very badly sleeps at night. What should I do first? Before changing the diet and the daily routine, check if there are any between folds of the skin, in the groin, near the anus of diaper rash or from too warm clothing. In most cases this works, because even small rednesses cause the child pain. The baby should be bathed in warm water with a broth of a turn, inflamed places to grease with sea-buckthorn oil or a special children's ointment and to not pack too tightly any more. In a very warm room, you can let him stay in a crib without clothes. In the future, we must very carefully monitor the freshness of the underwear and in time to change diapers and diapers. 
Setting up the child's sleep, we build future relationships in the family
If the problem of diaper rash in your baby is not, but because of the ill-considered regime the child is very poorly awake at night, what to do to accustom him to a comfortable and more adult daily routine?
Very useful before going to bed doing a half-hour walk on the fresh air. The room where the baby sleeps must be ventilated in the morning and in the evening. Bad sleep is often a consequence of oxygen starvation. In the children's bedroom it is recommended to install an air ionizer and an aquarium with fish. In this room, it's better not to play day games. All of its furnishings should create a feeling of peace, relaxation and sleep. Even if the number of rooms in the apartment does not allow to take several of them under separate bedrooms for each member of the family, then when a small child appears, one of the rooms should become an oasis of silence, freshness and peace for him and his parents. Let her mother, father and child sleep in her. As you know, together with parents, children sleep better and stronger. They are not tormented by night fears - they do not feel lonely and abandoned. In addition, the daily ritual performed before going to sleep is of great importance. 
Young parents at all times and in all points of the world in the education of children have always faced the same problems: a newborn, one-year-old, or an older child does not sleep at night. What to do? It is clear that a healthy baby will be happy to sleep or nap at his mother's, father's, grandmother's or grandfather's side, but he can not always be with him. And he sensitively monitors all attempts of unhappy parents to quietly leave the room. Modern moms and dads in this sense are much better than their predecessors. They are greatly assisted by electronic equipment. They have the opportunity to connect headphones to the gadget and watch a movie, play a computer game, read an interesting online magazine or a book while the baby falls asleep. This should be used. In past times, children were given nipples soaked with soothing drugs, in particular poppy decoction, alcohol tinctures, etc. After all, it's too early to fit into an adult at eight or nine, and the baby does not want to be alone.
It's important not to overdo it with electronic helpers. Live communication with the child is of great importance both for its development and for the relations within the family in the future. In addition, it is necessary for the instilling of communication skills, without which it is very difficult in adult life. If a one-year-old does not sleep well at night, what should I do, so that this does not cause a chronic lack of sleep of his parents? Feeding, planting on a pot, playing and communicating with a toddler every waking up for working parents is very difficult. Baby sooner or later will still have to accustom to the fact that people sleep at night, and are awake, play and communicate during the day. So it's in our world. 
How to prepare for bed
Help to do this quiet relaxing games, for example, stowing dolls and teddy bears. Evening classes should not strain attention. Intensive developmental activities should be left for the daytime. Plasma or liquid crystal screens should also be excluded. I must say that the contemplation of pictures( films, anime, etc.) from electronic media negatively affects the psychosomatic development of children. Better read him a book or tell a story. It will calm the nervous system and set it up for rest.
Plants will help to relax
Phytotherapy is an indispensable helper for difficulties with falling asleep. Very relaxing baths with extracts of chamomile, motherwort, mint or balm, broths of oak bark, pine needles, cedar, fir, etc. Evening tea with chamomile, linden, raspberry, motherwort or collecting these herbs is useful to drink half an hour before bedtime, after bathing. A pillow with unblown cones of dry hop will give a strong and healthy sleep to the child and his parents. 
Beneficial effect of pets
Children have a calming effect with their pets. If it's an aquarium with fish, then they can be fed, see how they swim, talk about it, listen to the murmur of the water. Lay the child on the bed, ask him to observe the inhabitants of the water world. The aquarium, illuminated by weak light, is a wonderful soothing remedy that affects the psyche non-verbally, only through visual contact.
Before going to bed very pacifyingly overexcited with mobile games the child will also have an occupation with hamsters, a rabbit, a dog or a cat. These furry animals can be petted, fed, see how they are carried. Rumbling cat will sleep even the most nimble baby. The presence of an animal in the house, even a reptile, like a water turtle or a slow iguana, exotic insect or bird, always soothes. Does your child not want to sleep at night? What to do? Start a pet. Just try to follow the rules of hygiene very carefully.
Calm down and pull yourself together before trying to puzzle, how to put a child to sleep and again ask the question: "What should I do?" A child does not sleep at night if he is hungry, overexcited or has something to hurt. Children's fears of secret monsters are fiction. Kids do not know anything about them until they see on TV or another gadget. You do not entertain your baby with horror movies, do you?
Teething - a common cause of insomnia
You fed your baby, patted him on the head, back or tummy and yet your baby does not sleep well at night. What to do in this situation? Measure the temperature. Perhaps he was sick. With children who are breastfeeding and isolated from external infections, this happens very rarely. Most often, an increase in temperature indicates a teething. In this situation, the baby increases salivation, he tries to take something in his mouth, sharply screams. The maternal breast for him is the best soothing and anesthetic. In some cases, an anesthetic gel can be used to lubricate the gums, but it can only be given after consultation with the pediatrician. When a month-old child does not sleep at night, what to do, the same doctor will tell you. 
If the tummy hurts, the baby can not sleep
In infancy, children often suffer from colic or gas. To facilitate the condition and release the intestine will help a thin tube inserted into the anus. It should be hollow and have smooth edges. The easiest way is to use a plastic tip from a small baby syringe.
A colickic newborn baby does not sleep at night. What should parents do if they are afraid to take their own gases with a pipe? Put the baby on the back, put a soft diaper on your tummy and stroke the stomach with the palm clockwise. Start with a small circle around the navel and gradually increase the diameter in a spiral.
Bending and extension of the legs in the knees may help. This exercise is known as the "bicycle".Lay the child on the back and make a few movements with his legs. Should help.
What to do - the child does not sleep at night after feeding? In this case, he needs to regurgitate. Often newborn babies, unable to properly suck, swallow a lot of air. This causes them a feeling of discomfort. Take the child in his arms, keep it upright, slightly pressing to him. Stroke on the back. As soon as he buries, he will feel better and he can fall asleep. 
Vaccinations create short-term problems, but
can not be avoided What to do - the child does not sleep at night after vaccination? This is a common situation. There is nothing to be afraid of. You just have to wait. Most children have fever after this procedure, they become restless, they shout a lot. More time wearing a baby on his hands, protect from sudden temperature changes, a couple of days do not go with him to walk outside. Vaccination is a difficult test for a tiny person, but it is necessary. Some parents make the mistake of refusing to vaccinate their child from poliomyelitis, mumps, rubella and other diseases. A good doctor will not send him to an inoculation if he is too weak or there is a threat to his health. 
Medications
Self-medication is unacceptable! There are quite safe means that can be given if the question arises: "What should a child do - not sleep at night?", But they should be taken only with the permission of a pediatrician.
Many are known to often help parents glycine. He has a mildly expressed sedative and tranquilizing action. Removing psychoemotional stress, glycine facilitates sleep and normalizes sleep. One tablet half an hour before sleep is enough.
"Sanason" and "Persen" are also harmless sedatives. They are made on the basis of medicinal herbs, but without the consent of the doctor they can not be given to a healthy child. They contain an extract of valerian roots, and this plant is capable of provoking an allergic reaction.
During teething the baby's body is in dire need of additional calcium. Its deficiency manifests itself in increased nervous and psycho-emotional excitability. Ask your pediatrician to prescribe the appropriate medication for you.
Another safe tool is a solution of sodium bromide. Currently, it is rarely prescribed, because it is made to order on an individual prescription.