Sleep Problems

SLEEP DISORDERS

The experiences that most influence whether the child has sleep disorders are:
Accidents
Sickness.
Separation or absence of the mother (labor, travel, etc).
Maternal Depression.
Sleeping in bed with parents.
Ambivalent or contradictory maternal attitude in child rearing.

Many of these children during the day or annoying irritable temperament. Sleeping problems may occur as an expression of family difficulties or as a product of family anxiety.
Older children may have, temporarily, fear or anxiety about the possible presence of noise at night, thieves, kidnappers. I do not always expressed openly, sometimes employing delaying tactics to go in initiating sleep. They expect parents to be asleep to just go to his room.
Children may feel that bedtime is a time when they are away from the love and care from their parents.
Separation anxiety and fear to initiate sleep often is triggered after the child has been placed in a nursery or a school starting. This situation may be exacerbated if there is marital conflict or separation.
As more children have greater awareness of what is death and fear may appear that at night, if only he could die. This situation is exacerbated if a relative has died recently.
Sleep problems can sometimes show the difficulties of the child in their performance at school.
5% of children older than 5 years has nightmares. This is more common in girls.