A parenting influencer shares a simple trick to help children sleep better: opening their bedroom windows 15 minutes before bed to allow fresh air to circulate. The 'Scandinavian sleep method' has reportedly helped regulate her children's sleep schedule, with them sleeping until 7:45am for the first time in weeks. Experts say that cooling the bedroom before sleep can support better rest, as a drop in body temperature mimics our natural sleep process.
Struggling to get your child to sleep? It can be a struggle for many parents. If they're not trying out every tactic in the book in a bid to put off bedtime, they're constantly waking up and coming back downstairs, asking for yet another glass of water or milk – and the cycle begins again.Which leaves us parents totally exhausted the next day.
But parenting and sleep expert Daisy Ferns told HuffPost UK that opening windows before bedtime can equally aid sleep.'There’s certainly some truth to this technique – cooling the bedroom before sleep can support better rest. Not a 'magic fix' But the 15-minute trick may not work in all cases, says Daisy, and is 'not a magic fix'.
What to do if your child won't go to sleep Meanwhile, the NHS states that lots of young children will struggle to get to sleep at night, and offered a few simple tricks to help exhausted parents.'Every child is different, so only do what you feel comfortable with and what you think will suit your child.'
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