Children, electronic devices and sleep

When we Adults are busy and need time; then suddenly we remember those wonderful inventions: the iPad, the tablet, the phone, the television, the video games, and we believe that we could not survive these days without them. But I invite you to think about our parents a generation that grew up very well without these electronic devices. The human being is adaptable, and it is extremely easy to adapt to comfort, but we are also tricky, and we get used to the comfort and ease that we have at our fingertips.

Nowadays due to this "pandemic" children are spending more time in front of this technology since we find that they can learn from dance classes to academic classes even being isolated we can also feel accompanied and perhaps not lose that study so valuable but in addition to studying we are also taking the "breaks" in front of an electronic device, apparently we believe that nothing will happen because it is like "if they are going to school" or to their "dance class" but unfortunately it is not so, all electronic devices emit blue light that increases macular degeneration related to vision, this light penetrates the retina, which also has a connection with the brain and prevents the production of the sleep hormone from starting.

It is usually recommended that any technology be used limited by children under the age of five, preferably not to use it. But children are not the problem is the adults who are already enslaved to use them as a tool of our daily lives.

Liliana Amaro recommends to any family that wants to start sleeping better and with an ideal routine eliminate the use of electronic devices during the afternoons if it is not possible at least one hour before going to sleep. We know that many families put movies before bed even Liliana Amaro remembers that her best friend had to sleep with the television on because the screen end of programming if that of colored stripes and the gray sound was what made her friend sleep better (this noise is similar to the one that the white noise machines make). It sounds unbelievable but these habits exist in many families and of course create unhealthy habits. That friend was always late to school because she always woke up too late, also she never concludes her studies and even now she sleeps late at night and her day begins around 11-12 pm.

Health is in these times is particularly important and good habits at bedtime influence a lot in behavior and physical regeneration as adults we should try to spend more time with our children than make them to look at screens.

When a child has trouble going to bed, wakes up at night, has nightmares and spends a lot of time in front of an electronic device it is easy to diagnose.

6 BEHAVIOURS THAT DISCARD A NIGHT TERROR

Hello! Surely it has crossed your mind "Is my child  having night terrors?" This when your child suddenly wakes up and screams, when he wakes up crying desperately and especially when they still do not speak it is very difficult to decipher it. People who have never experienced or heard the term can not even know what a Night Terror is about.

This is the definition: Night terror, also known as sleep terror, is a sleep disorder, causing feelings of terror or dread, and typically occurs during the first hours of stage 3–4 non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep.[1] Sleep terrors begin in children between the ages of 3 and 12, and usually, stop during adolescence.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_terror

Here 6 normal behaviours that discard the night terrors.

1. When your baby wakes up, stand up and calls you, crying or screaming for you.

2. When your child gets out of bed and comes to your bed during the night, saying he is afraid.

3. When your child calls you from his room because he has a nightmare or is afraid of the monster that is "over there"

4. When your child/baby does not want to lie down in bed alone and wants your company.

5. When your child /baby screams loudly once and goes back to sleep.

6. When your baby wakes up during the night and does not go back to sleep fast. 

As you see this list of behaviours are "normal in infants and young children" what you have to do in this case is to introduce good habits at bedtime. Contact me for your initial advice WhatsApp +61409622424 (Put your name and city in your message).

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