Sleeping pills for children

It happens that the child shows increased activity during the day and can not calm down in the evening. Parents have difficulty putting the sleeping baby to bed. Restless sleep and the difficulties of going to sleep take a lot of energy not only from the child, but also from the parents. And sometimes they jump to the idea of ​​giving the child sleeping pills so that the child quickly falls asleep. However, it is worth remembering the possible consequences after applying such radical measures.

Can children give sleeping pills?

As a sedative, mild sleeping pills for newborns and for children under one year are not recommended for use due to various consequences:

• it is possible to disturb the phases of sleep, their alternation;
• the next day the child may experience lethargy, apathy, reluctance to play;
• hypnotic drugs for children are able to cause the child's drug dependence, which is more difficult to fight with than to put the baby to bed.

It should be remembered that, first of all, it is necessary to look for the root cause of sleep disturbance, why the child does not sleep. And the reasons can be different:

• the child did not manage to throw out the accumulated energy for a day and tries to do it in the evening before going to bed;
• the baby experiences discomfort during sleep (for example, the room is stuffy);
• the child is overexcited and has excessive emotional tension;
• change of place of residence, environment;
• the transferred diseases, often - being in hospital for treatment causes sleep disturbances at home;
• stressful situations (for example, adaptation to a kindergarten, the first trip to school);
• conflicts between parents.

But the most common reason for the difficulty of retiring to bed is the child's attempt to attract attention to his person. After all, when he takes a long time to sleep, then all the attention is paid to his parents only, which was so lacking for the child during the day. Thus, he tries to compensate for the lack of parental attention.

What drugs can I use to put the baby to bed?

As a hypnotic, children can be given a tincture of motherwort or hawthorn, valerian (only in tablets, since in liquid form, valerian for alcohol), dramina, valium, relanium. There are also special children's products: Bayu-Bai, Zaychonok. It is important to understand that there are no sleeping pills for children, you can only use soothing. It is clear that sometimes parents would like to use such drugs to quickly calm the baby and put him to sleep. However, do not forget that sleeping pills is a potent medicine that has an adverse effect on the nervous system of a baby who is not yet strong. Therefore, you should look for other ways to put the baby to bed:

• to cradle on the handles, when it comes to an infant;
• tell a tale for the night;
• chat in the dark.

Only attention from the parents, their support and love can help the baby fall asleep in a calm environment.