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Difficulty Sleeping Alone
To avoid a big chase, we just lie down with him until he falls asleep.
There are degrees of parental involvement in the bedtime process, becomes a problem when it takes too much time or the parent begins to f© burdened or manipulated. It also becomes a problem when a parent involvement, or lack of involvement (for whatever reason), keeps the child from getting to, or back to, sleep. This can be an unexpected culprit in frequent waking—when he needs something from his parent in order to go back to sleep?
Unusual Sleep Cycles
She is just not ready to go to sleep—but we are!
Sleep patterns follow an internal set of rhythms. When they are skewed early, or late, or are extremely irregular, it becomes a problem because the child does not mesh with the family routine. Very often a problem at one end of the day begins to affect the other end or the remainder of the day. When a child apparent sleep needs (much more, or much less) are different from her parents it can also cause a problem.
Nightmares and Sleep Terrors
He wakes up screaming and really seems terrified.
Nightmares and sleep terrors are often confused because the incidents ca look so similar. The child “wakes” with confusion and fear once or several times a night. However, there are definite differences between a nightmare and a sleep terror. Recognizing them is crucial because the best response is very different for each.
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