Before you start reading the tips on how to calm the child, answer yourself to the question, but do you have to calm him down? Crying is a semblance of speech, because the child does not know how to talk. Thanks to these sounds, testing the nervous system of parents and sometimes neighbors, the baby develops his lungs, increases their volume, enriches the blood with oxygen. A five-ten-minute crying for no reason is quite normal. In addition, the parents do not see the reason, but the baby has it: mother has gone too far, wants to hand, is hungry, it's time to change the diaper, etc. But there are situations when the child literally yells so selflessly that the mother is ready to go for any concessions, just to enjoy the silence. The breast is easy to calm: mother's hands and breasts work wonders. But older children are a little more complicated, but there is still a solution to the problem.
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Most often, parents are puzzled by how to calm a child before going to bed, because most of the hysterics occur precisely at this time. If the child is not more than 5-6 years old, then you can seriously inform him about some important matter, which, because of the crying, he will not have time to do. For example, remind that he was going to listen to a fairy tale. "Let's cry a little later, and now I'll read it to you." Usually children are inferior, and then they forget to "cry". Another way is to ask the child to cry a little quieter so that the dad does not wake up or the dog does not scare. When the baby obeys, the real crying will disappear, and the "vocal exercises" will come to naught. Babies can be disarmed by a request to cry faster to finish early. In general, how to reassure the crying child at a hysterics will prompt imagination. The main thing is not to get screwed up and not to go on about the tiny little tyrant.
Ignoring sometimes is also an effective method, but in this case one must have a firm conviction that caprice is really a whim, and not a request for participation and care.
Often you can hear how parents suggest that a child "give change" to a tree, on whose branch he was hooked, to the floor on which he fell. The method works indisputably - the kid is distracted by beating a tree or floor, but not only can they "offend". In the child's mind, such an attitude can be fixed, from which other children will suffer in the future.
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When words and persuasion do not work, you can try calming tea for children on herbs. Good results are given by chamomile and linden, but the herbs can be given to the baby from four months. Excellent calming of the nervous system of a hyperactive child is helped by soothing baths for children (as an option - with pine extract). If there is no allergy, then in the bath you can add soothing essential oils that are suitable for children aged six months. Promote relaxation and removal
If stressful situations are of a protracted and regular nature, the pediatrician can prescribe sedatives for children, which will help correct the work of the nervous system. Do not listen to the advice of friends about what calming children can and in what dosage. The immature and over-strained nervous system of a child is a complex mechanism, therefore, only a doctor should prescribe medications. Often newborns are recommended dormykids, and children older than a year are recommended notte. Pharmacies also have sedative collections for children, which can be given from two to three months.
Remember, your reaction to crying should be adequate: for your crying in the future the child will react as you calmed him today.