How to Create Ideal Sleeping Conditions for Your Children Bedtime can be rough for both parents and children, requiring elaborate rituals and routines to prepare children for sleep. Even once the children are tucked in and sound asleep, there’s no guarantee that they’ll sleep soundly throughout the night. Like all things we teach our children, …
Is Your Child Suffering from Hypnic Myoclonus? It’s always unnerving to notice something seemingly out of the ordinary happening to your child, especially during their sleep. Normally, when a child sleeps they will remain mostly still, as our bodies prevent movement during sleep to protect us from harming ourselves. If you observe your infant or …
4 Steps to Improving Sleep Quality for the Whole Family In a world where we are constantly on the move, it can be difficult to settle down at night, relax, and get the sleep that you need – especially so with kids. If your family suffers from consistent sleep disturbances and troubles, it might be …
Helping Your Child Conquer Nightmares Nightmares are terrifying for everyone, even adults. Children are often affected even more, calling out for their parents in fear after waking up. Luckily, by about preschool age children are able to differentiate dreams from reality, including nightmares. So, calming them down is doable and it’s possible to reduce your …
Common Child Sleep Disorders Sleep is important to a child’s health. Learning how to sleep soundly is an essential part of development. It is typical – for various reasons – for children to wake up during the night. However, returning to sleep may be difficult at times for children. Sleep deprivation in children can lead …
The Perfect Foods to Help Your Kids Sleep It’s difficult to ensure your kids sleep on a regular schedule, especially when they are younger and want nothing more than to stay up with their parents. Certain foods can ease a child into a sleepy state where they are ready for bed themselves and other types of foods …
Improve Your Child’s Quality of Sleep with White Noise White noise can play a complex role in helping a child maintain healthy sleep hygiene. It’s hard to get a child to sleep and creating a routine can be an important part of getting your kid to bed. Adding a white noise machine or using a …
Restless Legs Syndrome: An Overview If you’re overcome by the painful urge to constantly move your legs, or by unconscious kicking and jerking that’s keeping you awake at night, you’re not alone. Restless legs syndrome (RLS) affects up to 7-10% of adults in the US population, with approximately 2% of RLS patients being children. However, …
Do You Find it Hard to Sleep in New York? Old, sepia photographs of New York City from just a hundred years ago show a landscape of buildings only a few stories tall. It’s a shocking contrast to the monoliths of today; but evidence that we built from the ground up. It seems obvious, but …
Is it Actually Possible to Catch Up on Lost Sleep? While the National Sleep Foundation recommends that adults aged 18 to 64 get between 7 and 9 hours of sleep a day, this may prove challenging for some people. Full-time students, parents of young children, and people with second and third shift jobs are just a …
