3 great benefits when children sleep before 9pm

Working hard all day, coming home to shower, cook, etc., any parent just wants to prolong the evening to have more time to play with their children, understand them better and strengthen their family bond.

However, you can stay up until 11 o'clock, it's okay, but your child shouldn't. Because if he sleeps after 9 o'clock at night, your child will naturally lose many great benefits that sleep brings to him. The following 3 benefits are examples:

1. Sleep easier

Most parents still believe that the longer a child stays awake and plays, the more energy is used up, the easier it will be for the child to fall asleep and sleep more soundly, but in reality, this is not always the case. Many studies have shown that the later a child goes to bed, the longer it takes to fall asleep. Meanwhile, children who sleep before 9pm, once they are used to it, fall asleep easier, have less trouble sleeping, and sleep more deeply.

Sleeping before 9pm helps children receive more growth hormones.

Growth hormone plays an extremely important role in the early stages of a child's development and only appears when the child is asleep. This hormone is said to be secreted the most at 3 times: 10 pm, 12 am and 2 am. Therefore, the later the child sleeps, the time for growth hormone production will decrease significantly, affecting the maturation process.

3. Healthier and more active

According to www.parents.com/, getting enough sleep helps increase children's ability to absorb and learn. In particular, healthy sleeping habits also help children avoid the risk of some seemingly unrelated diseases such as overweight, obesity or Alzheimer's...

So how to get children to go to bed early voluntarily?

To form the habit of sleeping before 9 pm for children, parents themselves need to set an example and create all conditions to induce sleepiness:

- About 1 hour before bedtime, take a walk together and let your child do some light exercise to relax their muscles and make them feel more comfortable!

- Minimize all noise that distracts children by turning off the TV, stopping washing dishes, walking softly and speaking softly, closing the bedroom door, or playing instrumental music to help children fall asleep more easily.

- Create a habit of reading books and telling stories as a prelude to each bedtime.

- Turn on the night light or turn off the lights completely to help your baby fall asleep easier and sleep better.

According to SKDS