{"id":17135,"date":"2016-08-31T17:10:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T21:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boironca.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/?p=523"},"modified":"2023-12-28T21:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T21:35:27","slug":"5-tips-to-help-your-child-sleep-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/all\/5-tips-to-help-your-child-sleep-better\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips to Help Your Child Sleep Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep is as fundamental to our health as food and water. In fact, not getting enough sleep has a big impact on our productivity, behaviour and thus our quality of life.[1]<\/p>\n<p>Research indicates that most school-aged children need approximately 10 hours of sleep every night.[2] But as we all know, this can sometimes be difficult to achieve especially when they need to adjust to a new schedule for back to school.<\/p>\n<h3>Luckily, we\u2019ve got you covered with 5 tips to help your child sleep better this back-to-school season:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Establish a bedtime ritual and sleep habits: pyjamas, reading a story, cuddling, singing, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Create a smooth transition from the bustle of the day to the quiet of the night: dim the lights and lower your voice.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure your child exercises regularly.<\/li>\n<li>Provide balanced and healthy meals.<\/li>\n<li>Find a regular sleep schedule and stick to a fixed bedtime (even on weekends).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-189167\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.boiron.ca\/uploads\/2023\/04\/QUIETUDE_30D_800X800px_ENG-e1661287800258-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.boiron.ca\/uploads\/2023\/04\/QUIETUDE_30D_800X800px_ENG-e1661287800258-1.webp 500w, https:\/\/cdn.boiron.ca\/uploads\/2023\/04\/QUIETUDE_30D_800X800px_ENG-e1661287800258-1-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>What if your child is experiencing occasional mild sleeping disorders?<\/h3>\n<p>Give <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/shop\/symptome\/baby-ailments\/quietudeenfants\/\">Quietude<\/a> a try! This homeopathic medicine relieves mild sleeping disorders (nightmares, night terrors and occasional sleeplessness), irritability and restlessness associated with nervousness. Available in drinkable unit-doses, Quietude does not contain any sugar, dyes or preservatives.<\/p>\n<p>[1] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/pub\/11-008-x\/2008001\/article\/10553-eng.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/pub\/11-008-x\/2008001\/article\/10553-eng.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniprix.com\/en\/tips\/1\/health\/growing-healthy-sleep-habits-in-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.uniprix.com\/en\/tips\/1\/health\/growing-healthy-sleep-habits-in-children<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This homeopathic medicine may not be right for everyone. Always read and follow the label.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep is as fundamental to our health as food and water. In fact, not getting enough sleep has a big impact on our productivity, behaviour and thus our quality of life.[1] Research indicates that most school-aged children need approximately 10 hours of sleep every night.[2] But as we all know, this can sometimes be difficult [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,128,73,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-children","category-seasonal","category-sleep-stress"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17135"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223714,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17135\/revisions\/223714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boiron.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}