Travel Will Melelati, Doctor Suggests Parents To Maintain Children's Sleep Patterns During Homecoming

Illustration - A child is on the bus (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Pediatrician who graduated from Padjadjaran University, dr. Ackni Hartati, Sp.A, M.Kes advises parents to maintain a sufficient sleep patterns for their children so that their mood or feelings are good during the homecoming trip.

"Indeed, the child had enough sleep, at least 8 to 10 hours during the trip. So that's our job as parents to make the child's mood good during the trip," said doctor Ackni in a webinar monitored from Jakarta, on Saturday (29/3).

In maintaining the child's mood to be good during homecoming trips, he also suggests reducing eating sweet foods and junk foods.

Then, parents can also bring toys and reading books that they like so that their children don't get bored during the trip.

"So when he has played, for example, or he reads a book, he is tired, he will definitely rest (sleep) like that," he said.

However, if during the journey of going home, the child does not sleep or lack sleep, causing a mood such as being easily angry or crying, parents can give a kind of anti-gygic child medicine that triggers sleepiness.

In using anti-dick children's drugs, parents need to consult a doctor first and use them according to the recommended dose in the listed packaging, and it is not recommended for the baby.

"During the trip he didn't sleep, sometimes if he started shipping maybe the fathers can add something like drunk medicine, like he's a little sleepy so his son will also rest. Because he's afraid that if he's tired, his son will get fussy at his destination," he explained.

"This anti-drunk drug is actually sold freely, yes, to be given, this is usually the minimum dose. If the dose is appropriate, usually with instructions in the medicine wrapper, God willing, there will be no side effects, unless for example the giving is excessive, so it is not appropriate. Parents must look at the brochures in their medicine," he continued.

Furthermore, the doctor who practices at Permata Bekasi Hospital added that before going home, parents should be able to tell their children that they will have a long journey.

"So just prepare a comfortable environment. If possible, parents tell their children that during the trip it will be long, if for example it is jammed or tired, you can't get angry. Then you have to rest, especially if it's already night like that," he said.