Children and Sleep

Follow the links below to find information about common sleeping behaviour and sleep problems in children.

Reviewed November 2007

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Title:   Sleep difficulties
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about the reasons why children with physical disability often have difficulty with sleeping and practical suggestions are ouitlined to help reduce this problem.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Sleep in early childhood
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Managing sleep for babies and children is one of the most common concerns for parents. Many worry about whether they are doing the right thing if their child doesn't sleep soundly all through the night. There is no right way for parents to put babies and children to sleep.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   School-age sleep: in a nutshell
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   This in-a-nutshell guide to explains how much sleep school-age children need and good bedtime routines along with information on bedwetting.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Preschooler sleep: in a nutshell
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   This in-a-nutshell guide explains how much sleep preschoolers need and what to do about nightmares, night terrors and calling out in the night.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Nightmares and children
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Most children experience nightmares from time to time. Frightening dreams can start when the child is about two years old, and reach a peak between the ages of three and six years.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Teenagers and sleep
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Sleep research suggests that a teenager needs between nine and 10 hours of sleep every night. Regularly not getting enough sleep (chronic sleep deprivation) can have dramatic effects on a teenager's life, including reduced academic performance at school.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Night terrors and other sleep disturbances
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Many children have times when their sleep is disturbed because of nightmares, sleep terrors or sleepwalking. Night terrors may be called sleep terrors, because they can happen during any sleep, such as a daytime nap.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Sleep - 3 years to 5 years
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   There is a wide range of 'normal' sleep patterns between 3 and 5 years. Many children of this age need about 10 to 12 hours of sleep at night. They may still need a daytime nap, but by kindergarten age only a few still need a sleep during the day.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Attachment
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Attachment is the pattern of relationship between an infant and a caregiver which enables the infant to feel safe and free to learn and explore.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Baby sleep: 2-12 months
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to what to expect in your baby's sleeping patterns in the first 2-12 months.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Getting help with settling babies
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Parents can learn how to teach their baby how to get to sleep independently; tips on how to find a parenting centre that suits your needs.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Night terrors
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Children who experience night terrors usually have no particular emotional or psychological problem.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Night terrors
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Night terrors are not harmful, and unless they persist for weeks, are best handled by tucking the child in and trying not to worry.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   What works with persistent sleep problems?
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to what researchers know about the reasons babies have problems with sleep, and the best ways to treat sleep problems.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   When is settling or sleep a problem?
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to knowing whether your child has a sleep problem.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Nightmares
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Nightmares are frightening dreams which wake children up, and leave them feeling upset and scared that something awful has happened or is going to happen.
Date:   Oct 2005
Title:   Childhood disorders
Publisher:   Mental Health Association NSW
Description:   Factsheet discussing statistics, depression, anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, conduct disorders, autism, learning disabilities, and sleep problems.
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Assessment of sleep disordered breathing in childhood
Publisher:   New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:   This guideline addresses the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children and young people with sleep disordered breathing.
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Babies and Sleeping
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information on changes in babies' sleeping patterns and sleeping habits from birth.
Date:   Feb 2003
Title:   Adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnoea in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sleep apnoea is the reduction of airflow at the nose and mouth during sleep. The current treatment of choice is adenotonsillectomy (the removal of the adenoids and tonsils), due to its perceived efficacy, cost effectiveness and the relative size of aden...
Date:   May 2001
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