Abstract

MONTSERRAT GALA, A. M.  and  FORTES DEL VALLE, M. A.. To learn how to sleep. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.60, pp.e145-e155. ISSN 1139-7632.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1139-76322013000500004.

Introduction: learning how to sleep in the first years, play an important role in the child´s development. As healthcare professionals, we should try to provide parents with an appropriate guidance on child´s healthy sleeping habits. The analysis of each case requires a solution adapted to each family for the night's rest. Nowadays, there are different methods in order to get good sleeping habits in the early years. For instance, Eduard Estivill, through his book Duérmete, niño and Carlos González in Bésame mucho. They have exposed two different styles of how to create correct child sleeping habits. Materials and methods: this work is a qualitative research through the study of these methodologies and two families' evidences. We want to explore the benefits and difficulties of these two methods on the acquisition of sleeping well in children. Results: the knowledge of both methods provides us with the opportunity to solve any situation related to sleeping habits in the early years. Moreover, the two families´ interviews prove that both methods work successfully. To sum up, the most important issue is not the method. Conclusions: the most important thing is being conscious that there are different stages that parents have to go through while teaching their children how to sleep well, and these stages could imply risky situations in parents and children health. Especially when it's their first child, with whom any situation is a challenge for the parents.

Keywords : Sleep; Co-sleeping; Routine; Habits; Rest.

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