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Why Is My Infant Not Able To Sleep?

my 1 year old wont sleep through the night...i try to give him milk when he is a wake but he don t like to drink milk at night time...he just move around in bad and it s hard for me...i don t get good sleep..Can i feed him a nutmeg at night time? is that gona work?
Fri, 1 Feb 2019
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Hi,

It is a common problem that every parent's face. Infants don't have a circadian rhythm, which means they don't know the differences of day and night. Sometimes it takes one and half to two years to adapt to day and night variations.

If your child sleeps more in the morning or in the noon, then he will not be sleeping properly in the night. So we can keep him occupied in the morning with little time for sleep in the noon (may be an hour or two). I don't think giving nutmeg would help him much. It's more of behavioral adaptation which settles over the time.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Nirubhan Bharathy, Pediatrician

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Why Is My Infant Not Able To Sleep?

Hi, It is a common problem that every parent s face. Infants don t have a circadian rhythm, which means they don t know the differences of day and night. Sometimes it takes one and half to two years to adapt to day and night variations. If your child sleeps more in the morning or in the noon, then he will not be sleeping properly in the night. So we can keep him occupied in the morning with little time for sleep in the noon (may be an hour or two). I don t think giving nutmeg would help him much. It s more of behavioral adaptation which settles over the time. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Nirubhan Bharathy, Pediatrician