Crying helps children sleep better

Let your baby cry for a certain period of time as this does not harm children but also helps them sleep better, according to researchers from the University of Melbourne (Australia).

Many instinctive parents often come to their children to comfort them when they hear the baby cry, but scientists at the University of Melbourne recommend letting children cry a little. Because this does not harm their behavior or psychology and can actually help children and parents sleep better at night.

Scientists conducted research with 326 children from the age of 7 months and watched children for the next 5 years to see the "controlled crying" technique - to let them cry for some time to run to coax - has a negative or positive effect on a child's sleep for a long time.

First, parents who use this method can let their children cry for about 5 minutes before coaxing them. After that, they may cry for 10 minutes, followed by 20 minutes or more. Another technique is 'camping outside' meaning parents wait in the bedroom until they fall asleep on their own.

When children get a good sleep and longer, the risk of stress after birth in the mother also decreases because not often wake up in the middle of the night to coax the baby to sleep again.

'Parents and doctors can confidently use these techniques to reduce children's sleep problems and maternal pressure in the short and medium term after birth,' the team said. on the Telegraph.