YINTONI i-MELATONIN?
Ngokutsho kweSibhedlele Sabantwana saseBoston, imelatonin yincindi yencindi ephuma ngokwemvelo emzimbeni esinceda sikwazi ukulawula “iiwotshi ezijikelezayo ezilawula kungekuphela nje umjikelo wethu wokulala/ukuvuka kodwa phantse yonke imisebenzi yemizimba yethu.”Imizimba yethu, kuquka nabantwana abasacathulayo, ikhupha imelatonin yendalo ngokuhlwa, ibangelwa kukuba mnyama ngaphandle.Asiyonto okanye imizimba ekhutshwayo emini.
INGABA I-MELATONIN INCEDA ABANTWANA ABASANAYO BALELE?
Olunye uphononongo lubonise ukuba ukunika isongezelelo nge-melatonin yokwenziwa okanye abantwana abasacathulayo ngaphambi kokuba balale kunokubanceda ukuba balale ngokukhawuleza.Akuncedi ukuba bahlale belele.Nangona kunjalo, inokusetyenziswa njengenxalenye yendlela yokulala enempilo, emva kokuthetha nogqirha wabantwana kuqala.
Kukho ikhonkco elinamandla le-melatonin labantwana abasacathulayo abanceda abo bafunyaniswa benezigulo zemithambo-luvo, njenge-autism spectrum disorder kunye nokusilela kwengqwalasela, zombini ezichaphazela ukukwazi kwabantwana ukulala.
I-MELATONIN KUFUNEKA ISETYENZISWE NGOKUBAMBISANA NEZINYE IINDLELA ZOKULALA NGOKUGQIBILEYO.
Ukunika umntwana osakhasayo imelatonin kwaye unethemba lokuba iya kwenza iqhinga kwaye eso sisisombululo kwimiba yokulala yomntwana wakho ayiyonyani.I-Melatonin inokuba nefuthe ukuba isetyenziswe kunye nezinye iindlela zokulala ezingcono zabantwana.Oku kuquka ukuba nesiqhelo, ixesha lokulala elingaguqukiyo kunye nenkqubo umntwana ohambahambayo ehamba kuyo ukuze aqalise ukubonisa ukuba lixesha lokuba alale.
Akukho ubungakanani obulingana-bonke besiqhelo esilungileyo sokulala.Ngokunikezelwa koku, ungadlala ngayo nayiphi na into esebenza ngcono kumntwana wakho nakwikhaya lakho.Kwabanye, inkqubo ibandakanya ukuhlamba ngaphambi kokulala, ukulala ebhedini kunye nokufunda incwadi, ngaphambi kokucima isibane kunye nokulala.Ingcinga emva koku kukunika umzimba womntwana wakho yonke imiqondiso eyidingayo ukuze uqalise imveliso yendalo ye-melatonin.Isongezo se-melatonin ngaphezulu kwayo sinokuba sisandla esongezelelweyo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ezinye izinto kufuneka zithintelwe ngaphambi kokulala, kuba zicinezela amandla endalo omzimba ukuqala inkqubo yokuvelisa i-melatonin.Omnye umqobo omkhulu kuxa abantwana bethu besebenzisa izixhobo “ezikhupha ukukhanya” - ke ii-smartphones, iitafile kunye nomabonwakude - ngaphambi nje kokulala.Iingcali zicebisa ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwezi zinto ngaphambi kokulala ukuze abantwana, kwaye ngokwenza njalo, kunokunceda ukunciphisa ixesha elithathayo ukuba abantwana abancinci balale.
INGABA KUKHO Idosi Eyamkelweyo YE-MELATONIN YABANTU ABASASASAYO?
Ngenxa yokuba i-melatonin ayilawulwa okanye ayivunywanga yi-FDA njengoncedo lokulala kubantwana abancinci, kubalulekile ukuxoxa ngokhetho lokunika i-melatonin emntwaneni wakho kunye nogqirha wabo wabantwana.Banokukunceda ukukukhokela kwezinye izinto ezinokuthi zibe negalelo kubunzima bokulala kunye nokusombulula iingxaki ezinokuphikisana nokusetyenziswa kwe-melatonin yokwenziwa.
Wakuba ufumene ithuba lokuya phambili kugqirha womntwana wakho ukuba asebenzise izongezelelo ze-melatonin, kungcono uqale ngedosi ephantsi kwaye unyuke njengoko kufuneka.Ugqirha wakho kufuneka akwazi ukwalathisa owona luhlu lungcono lwedosi kumntwana wakho oselula.Abantwana abaninzi basabela ku-0.5 – 1 milligram, ngoko ke kulungile ukuqala apho kwaye unyuke, ngokulunga kukagqirha womntwana wakho, qho ngeentsuku ezimbalwa nge-0.5 milligrams.
Oogqirha abaninzi baya kucebisa idosi ye-melatonin kubantwana abasacathulayo ukuba banikwe malunga neyure ngaphambi kokuba balale, ngaphambi nje kokuba udlule kuyo yonke inkqubo yokulala oyibekele umntwana wakho oselula.
NANSI UMGCA WOKUSETYENZISWA KWEMELATONIN KUBANTWANA.
Xa umntwana wethu omncinci elala ngcono, silala ngcono, kwaye yonke into ingcono kusapho lonke.Nangona i-melatonin ibonakaliswe ukunceda abancinci abasokola ukulala, kwaye inokuba luncedo ngakumbi kubantwana abane-autism okanye i-ADHD, kusoloko kubalulekile ukuthetha nogqirha wabantwana bethu.
U-Mommyish uthatha inxaxheba kwintsebenziswano-ngoko sinokufumana isabelo sengeniso ukuba uthenga nantoni na kwesi sithuba.Ukwenza njalo akuyi kuchaphazela ixabiso olihlawulayo kwaye le nkqubo isinceda ukuba sinikeze iingcebiso ezilungileyo zemveliso.Into nganye kunye nexabiso lihlaziyiwe ngexesha lokupapashwa.
Ixesha lokuposa: Dec-06-2022
