| Many children have sleep disorders that | | | | Can Interrupt the Necessary Amount of Sleep |
| interrupt their lives, and those of their | | | | Children need much more sleep than their |
| parents and siblings as well. A child sleep | | | | parents although sometimes they want to stay |
| disorder can make life very difficult and | | | | up as long as their parents stay awake. A |
| interfere with the necessities of life. | | | | child in school needs between nine and twelve |
| Parents who worry about the child sleep | | | | hours of sleep every night. They need at |
| disorders in their family might rest assured | | | | least nine hours to be ready to participate |
| that they are not alone. Many parents face | | | | properly in school activities. There are many |
| similar problems. One of the main child sleep | | | | children who do not get this amount of sleep, |
| disorders that parents face is a child cannot | | | | and many of these do not do as well in school |
| sleep through the night. Most parents do not | | | | because of this. Children who are getting |
| want their child to be awake in the middle of | | | | enough sleep will wake up easily. All parents |
| the night by themselves so this problem can | | | | who have trouble getting their children to |
| affect their sleep as well. The problems with | | | | wake up should know that their children need |
| some children are just part of their makeup | | | | more sleep. Children should also be able to |
| because they do not sleep well through the | | | | fall asleep quickly. If they toss and turn |
| night. Adults and children have sleep cycles | | | | for more than thirty minutes before they fall |
| that go between deep sleep and light sleep. | | | | asleep, there is some kind of a problem. |
| The deep sleep cycle is when a person dreams. | | | | Children should be able to stay awake |
| During the light sleep cycle, the child is | | | | throughout the day if they are getting |
| more likely to wake up. Since each person | | | | enough, proper sleep at night. There is |
| goes through several of these cycles during | | | | information that a substantial number of |
| the night, there are several times during the | | | | children are not alert at school and that |
| night when the child sleep disorder might | | | | their drowsiness interferes with their |
| occur. Infants do not usually sleep through | | | | education to some extent. |
| the night for some time. These small babies | | | | |
| have a light sleep cycle every fifty minutes. | | | | Simon Peters is the owner of On Sleep |
| Parents of infants all know that this is the | | | | Disorders, it is THE best source for advice |
| case, and they work to get their child on the | | | | on the subject of insomnia and sleep |
| proper sleep cycle. A Child Sleep Disorder | | | | disorders . . . |