BABY spent dozens of hours per day for sleep. Even newborn babies can spend approximately 16-18 hours per day for sleep. With increasing age, his sleep was reduced. A year old baby spent between 14-16 hours. Baby sleep quality not only affects the physical development, but also his attitude the next day.

Light sleep or REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is a condition with characteristics, such as irregular breathing, the body tends to tense, and moving the eyeball under the eyelid. Most normal infants in a state of REM sleep. Conversely, sleep soundly or non-REM sleep characterized by a state is very casual, relaxed, lying quietly with the heartbeat and breath regularly, and almost no dreaming. Difficult to wake the baby in this phase of sleep. Here are some tips for baby's slumber.

1.Provide adequate food and beverages.
Many babies have trouble falling asleep or frequent waking from sleep because it was not yet full. Therefore, meet the needs of baby food and drink before bed. If their physical needs met, no longer little often woke in the middle of the night. To note, in terms of dental health, feeding habits at night should be stopped after a baby tooth appears (at about age 6 months after the period of exclusive breastfeeding). Instead, provide water, if he is thirsty or soothe a baby to sleep again.

2.Wear appropriate clothing.

Choose comfortable clothes to sleep. Customize the size by your baby's body. Do not be too large, but also not too small so it does not make it crowded. Select a fabric soft nightgown. Comfortable nightgown help babies sleep through the night.

3.Clean bodies.

Body sticky with sweat and dirt after meals and play easy to make baby's skin itch. Therefore, wipe the baby's body with a wet cloth before sleeping. If necessary, brush the powder into the folds of skin and dab oil telon in the abdomen and back. These ways that can make baby comfortable and fast asleep.

4.Arrange rooms and bedrooms.

Set a comfortable atmosphere so that the room for sleeping. Room settings include settings for lighting, ventilation, color, temperature, and also state his crib. You can put a crib in the bedroom, the bedside or in the parents' own rooms. Each of these options has advantages and disadvantages. When a baby is often restless and awakened from sleep, padding his side with a small pillow, or bundles of blankets (you can also soft towel) so that the baby felt there was a guard. Avoid loud noises that make it too easy to wake up. Do not use air freshener and anti-mosquitoes that could make it crowded. Mosquitoes are often make a baby sleep not soundly. Use mosquito nets to protect babies from the onslaught of mosquitoes.

5.Paint walls.
Select paint the walls with soft colors. Paint a dark color can make a child afraid. If you want to put a picture, select the picture or beautiful scenery or fun as your child's favorite cartoon. No need to set an image that make children fantasize that scary.

6.Pee before bed.

Pants were wet and dirty baby can disrupt sleep. Therefore, keep the baby's bowel movements) or pee (urinate) before bed. Indeed this is not necessarily a guarantee that the baby does not bowel and bladder at night because it is often whether or not the baby's bowel movement was also influenced by the intake of beverages and foods, as well as various other factors. But at least the baby is accustomed to Manage the biological clock, including bowel and bladder. Well, so the baby can stay "dry", do not give him milk when he wakes up at night. Nutritional needs of infants 6 months should be filled in the morning until 1-2 hours before bedtime.

7.Storytelling.

Fables can make baby sleep fast. Choose the fairy tale books are funny, interesting, and brief. Read it gently and repeatedly. But you must remember well that not all babies can enjoy the story. The effectiveness of this method is also very dependent on parents' ability to tell stories. If the baby does not seem interested in the stories you read, do not forced. Ganti Replace with a more appealing picture book, not too much detail, or search for other more effective ways.
8.Sing and whisper words of tenderness.

Complete the fairy tale with sleep baby singing , or other songs like that can soothe your baby. Say the words softly and faint in his ears. All of these can make a baby quiet. Repeat these words each time put the baby in bed. Calmness is the key to baby sleep soundly.

9.Bedtime music.

Beautiful music will be cradled a baby quickly. Moreover, if the mother was used to play music since the baby was still inside the womb. Some babies successfully soothed by these ways. Therefore, there is nothing wrong you try this way. Keep in your mind, the music also provides therapeutic effects which can stimulate brain development in infants.

10.Regular pattern of life and avoid stress.

Routines performed since the baby woke up before bed back (bathing, eating, playing, waste water, cleaning teeth, etc.) to help him find the rhythm of life. Regular rhythm to make a baby is able to do so with the anticipation of the situation thus he can get emotional stability. This stability is greatly affect the quality of infant sleep.

Baby grow by learning from the parents and the neighborhood. The home is the best place for babies to grow and flourish under his parents care.

Parents are best "nanny" for the baby. This was ever proven in a study conducted in Singapore. Study involving 2000 children aged 6? 12 years concluded that children who are entrusted in the care of children and was raised by foster parents or attendants have twice as large as possible experiencing mental health problems compared to children who are cared for solely by parents.

In that study, a team of researchers from the Institute of Mental Health of Singapore and National University of Singapore found a direct relationship between the absence of parents with emotional and deviant behaviors in children such as depression, anxiety, aggressive and disturbing behavior (ignorant).

Representatives of the researchers, Dr Bernardine Woo, said, babies who live with single parents (his mother) since divorced, widowed, or a widow, three times greater likelihood experiencing mental health problems than other children.

"A number of postulates, suggested the reason lies in the lack of support from parents and the quality of attention that may differ between children with one another, which in turn will affect the children psychologically," said Woo.

In Asia, are common when parents are busy at work leaving their children in the care of servants, friends, relatives, or child care center.

The study also found that generally, the possibility of boys to experience behavioral and emotional problems are two times higher than girls. In addition, boys with a low IQ (intelligence quotient) risk three times higher have the same problems as those who have a higher IQ.

Fact is really unfortunate if you as parents to spend the golden period to educate the baby, particularly in the first three years of life. Recent brain research indicates that the age of the first three years are the foundation phase of brain development.

Here the children will be permanently brain structure is formed, thus permanently influential as well. Furthermore, before the age of 7 years, children's brain development can be said almost perfectly formed (about 90 per cent). All childhood experiences, both positive and negative, will affect the long term in a child's life.

Similarly, a person's ability to manage emotions throughout his life depends on biological systems shaped by experience emotional bond (emotional bonding) as a kid. So, if you do not want your child to grow up with mental or behavioral disorders, tighten compassion and avoid violent behavior against children.

Children with problems are not far away, certainly from his parents! Maybe his parents' home just like scolding or hitting, so the impact on behavior outside of the troubled. Have been so many studies have reported that children who often experience domestic violence are usually troubled by his behavior.

So is the children who often witness violence or arguments at home parents, have a higher propensity to bullying other children. In addition, they are also at risk of depression and anxiety.

So parents who exhibit violence at home and have small children, should consider the effect of such violence on children. Remember that children are "great imitator" and the child's brain like a sponge which absorbs everything that is so strong that it receives.

They can channel what it sees with a variety of ways, even it is not impossible they will do physical violence against other children.
The Mothers Most Contribute

The Best Teacher in the World Is Mommy. Nurturing early childhood (under 5 years) will be very good if done by his own mother. Mother has a caring nature that is not replaceable by anyone. Child must feel comfortable when with his mother.

When he was comfortable, the child will be easier to process information and learn many things. This can be observed by the mother well. Mother also has ties (bonding) is strong with the kids. She is able to know and understand the progress and difficulties experienced by the child. Children with proper maternal care will grow into children who are confident and capable of directing him to learn continuously.

For mothers who are aware of the importance of assisting in the growth of the child, the decision not to work too often becomes a choice.