Ukungalali kahle kuyinkinga engathi sína kubazali , ikakhulukazi phakathi nonyaka wokuqala wokuphila kwengane yabo. Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva, abazali abasha bathola amahora amane kuphela nemizuzu engu-44 yokulala ngokwesilinganiso ubusuku ngabunye, okungaphansi kakhulu kwamahora ayisishiyagalombili anconyiwe. Lokhu kungaba nemiphumela emifushane neyesikhathi eside enhlalakahleni engokomzimba nengokomzwelo.
Ngonyaka wokuqala wokuphila kwengane, abazali balahlekelwa okulingana nokulala kobusuku obungu-50 futhi bachitha isilinganiso semizuzu engu-54 ngosuku bezama ukulalisa ingane yabo, okuhlanganisa cishe izinsuku ezingu-14 onyakeni wabo wokuqala. Akumangalisi ukuthi abazali abasha bangazizwa bekhathele futhi begijima.
Ukungalali ngokwanele kungaba nomthelela omkhulu empilweni yomuntu. Ukungalali kahle kungandisa ingozi yokuba nezifo zenhliziyo nemithambo yegazi, ukukhuluphala ngokweqile nesifo sikashukela, uma sibala ezimbalwa nje. Eqinisweni, ngokweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, okungenani umuntu omdala oyedwa kwabathathu e-United States akalali ngokwanele.
Akukona nje inani lokulala elibalulekile, kodwa futhi nekhwalithi. Ukuzijwayeza ukuhlanzeka kokulala okuhle, njengokunamathela esimisweni sokulala esingashintshi kanye nokugoba ngaphambi kwesikhathi sokulala, kungakhuthaza ikhwalithi engcono yokulala. Ukugwema i-caffeine kusihlwa nokudala indawo yokulala enethezekile nakho kungaba usizo.
Nakuba izinsana zidinga ukulala kakhulu kunabantu abadala, kusabalulekile ukuthi abazali babeke okwabo kuqala ubuthongo. Ukuphumula ngokwanele kungenza umehluko omkhulu ngokwesimo semizwa, amazinga wamandla, kanye nempilo enhle iyonke. Ngakho-ke uma ungumzali omusha, ungesabi ukucela usizo futhi ubeke phambili ukuzinakekela kwakho. Umzali ophumule kahle ungumzali ojabule, phela!
