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Iishedyuli zokulala kwabantwana kunye neengxaki

Ngaba umntwana wakho ulele njengomntwana?

Ukuba kunjalo, loo nto ingaba yinto entle okanye into embi, kuxhomekeke kwingcamango yakho yenkqubo yokulala yobuntana kufuneka ifane.

Ukulindela Ngokulala Kwabantwana

Xa ucinga malunga nomntwana olele, ucinga ukuba umntwana ulala ebusuku, okanye umntwana olele ngeeyure ezine okanye ezintlanu kwaye ekhulile kwaye efuna ukutya?

Ishedyuli sokulala komntwana kuxhomekeke kwiminyaka yabo, ngoko-ke ishedyuli yokulala iqhelekileyo. Umntu oyedwa okanye oneminyaka emibili ubudala uya kuvuka phakathi kobusuku ukuba adle, ngelixa uneminyaka emihlanu okanye ezintandathu ubudala unokukwazi ukulala ubusuku bonke. Ukuvuka akukhange kuthathelwe ingxaki ngaphandle kokuba umntwana wakho omdala avuke amaxesha amaninzi ebusuku.

Lo mzekelo ugxininisa ukubaluleka kokuqonda ukuba iishedyuli zokulala zentsana zitshintsha njani njengoko iintsana zikhula. Abazali, ngokukodwa abazali bexesha lokuqala, baya kuba nzima xa bekwazi ukuba bangalindela ntoni kumntwana wabo kwaye xa abantwana babo belele ukubonakalisa ingxaki.

Iishedyuli zokulala zabantwana

Ukubuza xa umntwana wakho eqala ukulala ubusuku kukukhathazeka okuqhelekileyo.

Umntwana osandul 'ukuzalwa usenokulala kwiiyure ezingama-19 ngosuku, nangona i-National Sleep Foundation icebisa iiyure ezi-14 ukuya kwezi-17. Oku kudla ngokuqhekeka ukuya kwiiyure ezimbini okanye ezintathu, emva kokuvuka ukuze udle ngokufutshane, uze uphinde ulale.

Ngenyanga enye, iintsana ziqala ukulala iiyure eziyi-14 ngosuku kwaye mhlawumbi ziza kwandula ixesha elide kwixesha lokuqala lobusuku okungenani ezine okanye iiyure ezintlanu, zilandelwe ngokuvuswa nokutya nganye iiyure ezimbini okanye ezintathu.

Unyaka wokuqala wonyana wakho unokujonga into enje:

Gcina ukhumbule ukuba xa sithetha iiyure ezisibhozo okanye ezisibhozo ebusuku, oko kuthetha ukuba iiyure ezisibhozo okanye ezisi-9 ngaphandle kokuvuka. Ngelixa abantwana abathile bengalali ixesha elide, ngexesha elinesithathu okanye ezine ezindala ubudala, unokulindela ukuba umntwana wakho alale ubuncinci omnye ubuncinane obude ubuncinane kwiiyure ezintlanu ukuya kweyesithandathu, kwaye lide lide.

Ukuba umntwana wakho engalali ixesha elide, khuluma nomntwana wakho.

Iingxaki zokulala zabantwana

Nangona abatsha abancinci kunye nabantwana besikolo sokuqala banokungafuni ukulala kwaye banokuvuka phakathi nobusuku, iingxaki zokulala ezinganeni zihlala zivusa kaninzi ebusuku.

Njengesihlandlo sokuhlala kunye nokugqithisa, ukulala ubusuku buyingcipheko ephambili ekufuneka ihlangane nomntwana wakho. Ngoko inyaniso yokuba inyanga eneminyaka emine ivuke kanye ukuba idle ingaqhelekanga. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuba umntwana wakho usevuka kabini okanye kathathu ngobusuku kwiinyanga ezintandathu, kunokubakho ingxaki yokulala ongayisebenzela ukuphucula.

Indlela efanelekileyo yokulungisa iingxaki zokulala kwezingane zakho ngokuqhelekileyo ukusebenza ngexesha lokulala ixesha elide kwaye ufundise umntwana wakho ukuba alale yena. Oku kudla ukuthetha ukulala ngaphandle kokugubungela, ukunesi, okanye ukusela ibhotile. Unokwenza zonke ezo zinto, ziqhubekele phambili kwixesha lakho lokulala kwaye ubeke umntwana wakho kwisibhedlele ngelixa ulele, kodwa uvuke.

Emva koko, qhelana kwaye uzame ukwenza zonke izinto ezifanayo, ngendlela efanayo, ngexesha elifanayo ngalunye kusihlwa.

Ukuba umntwana wakho engahlali phantsi emva kwemizuzu embalwa, mnike intuthuzelo ngokukhawuleza kwaye umbuyisele phantsi ngaphambi kokulala.

Iintsana kufuneka zifunde ukulala zodwa kwaye zithuthuze ukuba zilale xa zivuka ebusuku.

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Ukufumana uncedo olongezelelweyo ukuba umntwana wakho alale ubusuku, cinga ukufunda enye okanye ngaphezulu kwezi ncwadi zokulala zabazali:

Ukutyelela kwinqanaba lonyango lakho lingaba luvo oluhle ukuba umntwana wakho unenkathazo yokulala, zombini ukunika iingcebiso kwimikhwa yokulala kwaye uqinisekise ukuba umntwana wakho akanalo ingxaki yezokwelapha, ezifana ne-reflux okanye intsholongwane yeendlebe.

Imithombo:

URichard Ferber, MD. Sombulula Iingxaki Zokulala Zomntanakho.

St James-Roberts. Ukukhala Kwabantwana nokulala: Ukunceda Abazali Ukukhusela nokuLawula iingxaki. I-Clinic ye-Medicine yokulala-Septemba 2007; 2 (3), 363-375