Question

parents of a preschooler tell the nurse that their child often refuses to go to sleep at night. Which suggestion by the nurse would be helpful? Select all that apply.

Answer 1

Measures that can be implemented by the parents to make the child to have good sleep are;

• calm and quiet environment
• along with the child set a bedtime.
• give a class of milk to the child which helps to induce sleep
• switch of the lights by a fixed time so that the child goes to bed at that time
• parents can tell stories to the children by making them to listen by lying on the bed
• turn of the tv and can put some soothing music which induces sleep.
• keep children nap short suring day time.
• make the child feel secure.
• provide a favourite stuffed object for them to sleep.
• can leave the door of the bedrrom of the child open so that the child feel better.
• can have a two or three book read at bedtime.

All these activities can make the preschooler to go to bed early.