The birth of a child is always a great joy and happiness in every family. The first question for the mother is: is the baby healthy? And when everything is fine with the baby, the mother is happy and begins to breastfeed the child. And already in the first days the first problems arise: the child’s digestive system starts up, he masters this world, so unusual and so unusual. After all, the space that surrounded him for all 9 months was completely different: quiet, damp, calm and constant. Everything is different in this new world. And the baby begins to show his disagreement with the changes - screaming, being capricious and sleeping poorly. Prayer for a child to sleep will help with this problem.
Reading rules
First, you need to read the prayer to the child for a restful sleep, “Our Father,” and then turn to the holy saints. The child must be baptized at night. You can also pray in your own words, but from the heart and with faith. The appeal to the Lord sounds like this:
Jesus, Son of God, bless, sanctify, preserve the child (name) with the power of the Honest and Life-giving Cross.
After this, you need to cross yourself and baptize the child.
Important! Prayerful appeal becomes more effective if the baby has already been baptized. He has a Guardian Angel, to whom prayers are also read at night before the child sleeps.
Texts of prayers for a child for a restful sleep
Prayer to the Guardian Angel
You can submit a petition to the guardian angel, who is given to a person at his birth and accompanies him until his last days. An adult usually comes to him independently with his requests. Parents ask their child to sleep soundly at night. The mother's words for the sake of the child are especially effective, since she has the strongest connection with the child.
Holy Angel to the Guardian of my hada (name), cover him with your cover from the arrows of the demon, from the eyes of the deceiver and keep his heart in angelic purity. Amen.
Such a little mother’s prayer to the guardian angel will become a strong amulet and will bring sound sleep and peace.
Prayer to Saint Matrona
Women who have found the happiness of motherhood often turn to Matrona of Moscow, but they are worried about the condition of the baby, especially his intermittent sleep. To ensure a quick fall asleep and rest on time, to protect the baby from whims and fears, it is useful to say the words of the prayer for the baby’s sleep in front of the icon of St. Matrona.
O blessed mother Matrona, with your soul in heaven before the Throne of God, you remain in the body, rest on earth, and by the grace given from above, various miracles are released. Now think about your merciful look at us, sinners, in pain, illness and sinful temptations on which your days depend, comfort us in despair, heal our cruel ailments, God tolerates our sins, saves us from many problems and situations, pray O our Lord Jesus Christ will forgive us all our sins, iniquities and falls, we have sinned from our youth to the present day, and now through your prayers we have received grace and great mercy, we will glorify in the Trinity the one God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit , now, always and always. Amen.
Prayer to the Holy Youths of Ephesus
Prayer to the young Ephesian saints, who were walled up alive in a cave for the Christian faith and sentenced to a slow death, can be effective. But instead, by the will of God, they fell into a deep sleep and slept like that for about 200 years. Their miraculous awakening helped strengthen the Christian faith.
Oh, the wonderful holiness of the children of the seven numbers, Ephesus, the city of glory, and all the hope of the universe! Look from the heights of celestial glory at us, who honor your memory with love, especially at the Christian children to whom your parents entrusted your intercession: may the blessing of Christ God descend upon her, saying: let the children come to Me: heal the sick in them, comfort the mourning; Keep their hearts pure, I will fill them with meekness, and in the land of their hearts I will plant and strengthen the seed of the confession of God, that it may grow even stronger; and all of us, the holy icon of your coming, your relics, kissing you and fervently praying to you, grant the Kingdom of Heaven to hear and the silent voices of joy to glorify the majestic name of the Holy Trinity, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever. Amen.
Prayer to Jesus Christ
The Lord always takes care of us and does not leave those in need without support, no matter what pain they experience. Reading an Orthodox prayer for children before going to bed with an appeal to the Lord will be the best way to tame a child’s anxiety and give him the opportunity to plunge into a sweet and deep sleep, devoid of negative visions.
Sweetest Jesus, God of my heart! You gave me children according to the flesh, they are yours, just as I want; You redeemed my soul and theirs with your priceless blood; for the sake of your divine blood, please, my sweetest Savior: with your grace, touch the hearts of my children (names) and my godchildren (names), protect them with your divine fear, save them from evil inclinations and habits, guide them to a bright path in life, truth and kindness , decorate their lives with all the good and saving things, organize their destiny according to your desire and save their souls with the image of their destiny. O Lord God of our fathers! Give my children (names) and my godchildren (names) a righteous heart so that they will keep your commandments, your testimony and your statutes and do all of this.
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary
In addition, the prayer of the Most Holy Theotokos will be effective, which will help the child if he does not sleep well at night.
O Most Holy Virgin Mary, save and keep under Your protection my children (names), all young men, virgins and babies, baptized and nameless and born in their mother’s womb. Cover them with the garment of your motherhood, keep them in the fear of God and in obedience to your parents, pray to my Lord and your Son to grant them what is useful for their salvation. I entrust them to Your maternal gaze, because You are the Divine Cover for Your servants.
Mother of God, lead me to the image of your heavenly motherhood. Heal the mental and physical wounds of my children (names) caused by my sins. I completely trust my son to my Lord Jesus Christ and Your Most Pure heavenly protection. Amen.
How to read
During the petition, you need to concentrate, calm down and be in a relaxed state. When turning to Heavenly powers, you need to believe in their help. If there is no faith, then you will have to wait a long time.
Prayers for children:
- Prayers to the Lord for children
- Orthodox mother's prayer for her children
- Prayer of the Mother of God for children
It is very important for a parent to repent of his own sins before praying for the child to go to bed. Ask the Lord to let go of all the evil and bad things that you have done. God, seeing sincere repentance, will have mercy on the child and deliver him from evil spirits.
Advice! You can also pray in a whisper, in the child’s ear. This will calm him down and help him fall asleep soundly.
You can pray in front of the image of the saint or without it. It is better to light a candle if possible. Each text needs to be read several times. They mentally thank the Saint for listening and, having crossed themselves, go to bed.
Useful tips for insomnia
Insomnia is extremely harmful for young children. If they do not get enough sleep, they quickly become weak and suffer from various nervous diseases. Therefore, we share small beliefs and magical tricks that should also help:
- the head of a sleeping child should be turned to the south;
- place a small mirror under the bed;
- do not leave dirty dishes overnight;
- You should not leave cutlery in the kitchen at night (put everything in its place);
- fold indoor slippers with the soles facing up;
- ask the brownie to calm the evil forces so that they do not break into the house and interfere;
Experts also believe that golden topaz is considered the most powerful amulet for sound sleep. You can read any spell or prayer and hide a stone under your child’s pillow. Use magical methods, but do not ignore going to the doctor first. It is important to conduct an examination, because childhood insomnia can signal a more serious problem.
Features of reading a prayer for a baby
It is better to pray from memory and say the address that you know. You need to ask the Lord, the Most Holy Theotokos, the Guardian Angel, the saints. If mom or dad don’t remember the children’s prayer by heart, then before going to bed they take a prayer book and find the necessary texts.
In the Orthodox prayer book you can find the necessary prayer for a restful sleep
There is an unbreakable bond between mother and baby. All the sins of the parent can negatively affect the child - his health and morale. The Lord allows suffering for purification.
Advice! Living a pious, godly life, there will be less sorrow.
Driving away bad dreams from a baby
Babies are able to confuse day with night, experience painful sensations, and become anxious due to the absence of their mother. Modern medicine cannot always help him sleep peacefully and fall asleep. To see good dreams, you need to read the plot.
A conspiracy for a baby is positive energy. It does not harm, these readings are the purest and most powerful.
Holy water
In order for the child to sleep soundly, the mother or grandmother must speak. Positive thoughts and faith in success should prevail in your soul and head. The plot is read at sunset, at home. The baby's hands, feet and face are washed with holy water. You need to take him in your arms, go to the window and, looking at the sunset, chant:
Repeat the ritual 3 times, several days in a row.
Before the ceremony, the child should be washed with holy water
The spell gives you a good night's sleep. His mother or grandmother reads it. Before this, you need to wash the baby with holy water. You should recite:
Repeat 5 times.
With a candle
The ritual is performed before the child’s evening or afternoon bathing. You need to fill the container where the child will swim, light a church or white candle, bend over the water with it and chant:
Wash the child well in the charmed water and put him to bed. Pour the water outside.
Prayer for children before bed
Every believing woman understands: the health and happiness of her family and children depends not only on her... Nowadays, every person knows how fragile health is, how difficult it is to trust even the closest people, how difficult it is at work. But we can ask for peace, stability and happiness from the One who will never deceive us - from God. The Orthodox family remembers the Lord and relies on His protection. From the very first days of its creation, at the stage of conceiving a child and childbirth, prayers, faith and hope accompany people in raising a child.
The most powerful treatment for bad dreams
If a child sleeps poorly, is capricious, often screams at night and does not rest in the morning, turn to the help of the Seven Youths of Ephesus. A prayer for a sleepless baby is dedicated to them, which is read only in the dark.
The holy martyrs were young men who sincerely believed in Christ in the 3rd century. AD, were imprisoned alive in a cave, but two centuries later they returned to the world and told about a wonderful dream that granted them immortality from God.
Reading a children's prayer to the seven youths of Ephesus, they turn to Maximilian, Jamblichus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodian, Antoninus:
In cases of prolonged restless sleep and crying, the prayer for the child to sleep well is read three times. Before this, they set up the address “Our Father”, which can be said together with the child. After the child falls asleep, they bless him for rest by crossing his forehead.
Prayer to God the Father
Holy Father, Eternal God! I pray to You for my child (name), whose goodness I have given you. You gave him existence, revived him with an immortal soul, protected him with holy baptism, so that he could live in accordance with Your will and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Keep him in Thy grace until the end of his life.
Help me with Your grace, so that I may raise him for the glory of Your name and for the benefit of my neighbors, give me the necessary means, patience and strength for this. Lord, enlighten him with the light of Your wisdom, so that he may love You with all his soul and with all his thoughts. Plant in his heart fear and disgust from all lawlessness, so that he will be blameless in his ways. Lord, adorn his soul with chastity, long-suffering and all honesty, so that all slander, lies and flattery will be disgusting to him.
Sprinkle him with the dew of Your grace, so that he may prosper in virtue and holiness, and may he grow in Your love and the love of pious people. May the Guardian Angel always be with him and protect his youth from vain thoughts, from the charms and temptations of this world and from all evil slander. Even if he sins before You, do not turn Your face away from him, but be merciful to him, arouse contrition in his heart and, according to the multitude of Your generosity, cleanse his sins.
Do not deprive him of Your earthly blessings, but send him everything he needs in time for the acquisition of a blessed eternity. Save him from every misfortune, misfortune and illness and cover him all the days of his life. Good God, I still pray to You: grant me joy and gladness for my child and grant me the ability to appear at Your Last Judgment and say with shameless boldness: Behold, I am my child, whom You have given to me, O Lord. Yes, together with him glorifying Your ineffable mercy, I extol Your most holy name, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
