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Insomnia in Children

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

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* Most children start any trouble sleeping. Many use a stuffed toy or some source of light to initiate sleep. So that’s normal.
* The experiences that influence the child has sleep disorders are:
or sleep in parents bed.
or accident or sickness.
or separation or absence of the mother (labor, travel, etc).
or maternal depression.
or ambivalent or contradictory maternal attitude in child rearing.
* Children may feel that bedtime is a time when they are away from the love and care from their parents (separation anxiety)
* Older children may have fear or anxiety in the presence of noise at night, thieves, etc. Not always express it openly, but sometimes use delaying tactics to go when initiating sleep. (more…)

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