The Benefits of Take a Nap for Babies

Babies need at least 3 hours to take a nap.

Children Health – Babies are able to sleep through the night, but they can not (or will not) take a nap. Or, if you tried to get them to take a nap, your children will be awake for longer during the night.

So, many parents choose to let their children do not take nap, so that children can sleep well that night.

In fact, sleep or take a nap has a quite important function for brain development. Even the average age infants 6-9 months need to take a nap as much as 2 times a day, or a total time is 3 hours to take a nap.

Take a nap has many benefits for babies, such as:

1. During take a nap, the child usually enjoy REM sleep

This type of sleep can stimulate the brain to relax. That is why take a nap is the best solution so that your child is not easy to whine.

2. Take a nap also can reduces the level of stress hormones, namely cortisol

Stress is one of the sources of dangerous diseases such as neurological disorders. The brain will become strained after running activities throughout the day. Including the baby, even though the baby is passive, in fact he was learning to receive the stimulus from the environment. Thus, setting aside time for your child to take a nap, can reduce the levels of stress for your child.

3. Take a nap can improve the health of your babies

Babies usually still susceptible to disease. Babies who are sick, need more time to rest. So, take a nap can be an alternative to increase the time to take a rest of your baby.

Thus, make your baby to take a nap at least 3 hours a day.