How to Overcome Disturbed Sleep Pattern In Children
Sleep is essential to the child's needs, as important as the nutritional needs. The need to sleep in children will be reduced in accordance with age. Sleep is a major activity throughout the early development of the child's brain. At the age of 2-5 years, children spend the same amount of time between waking and sleep. During childhood and adolescence, sleep accounted for an average of 40 percent in one day.
When the amount of time needed to sleep are not fulfilled, sleep disturbances may occur. Children who have difficulty sleeping or fussy all night will interfere, and it is complained of as a child by a family of sleep disorders. Overall sleep disturbances may occur in 20-30 per cent of children. Children who have problems with sleep and cause sleep disorders in children and will give an adverse impact on children and families. Most parents would bring their children to seek help when parents have felt the impact of sleep disorders in children, we should know the normal sleep patterns in children.
Sleep disorders in children are caused by several factors that contribute to each other which is the basic mechanism, the duration of sleep that does not fit the age of the child (insufficient sleep quality), poor sleep quality and sleep time periods are not suitable in terms of circadian rhythm disorders.
Sleep disorders are grouped into two broad categories, namely dyssomnia and parasomnias. Dyssomnia is a disorder that occurs in children who have difficulty to sleep, in maintaining sleep at night, or experience excessive sleepiness during the day. Meanwhile parasomnias is a state of waking at night which is unusual.
When stratified by age, Disturbed Sleep Pattern that occurs in children will vary based on the age of the child, namely:
1. In the age of the baby; 2-12 months
Often found in the form of sleep disorder waking at night excessive and rhythmic movements during sleep such as headings banging, body rocking and rolling body.
2. In the age of the baby; 1-3 years old
Frequently encountered is the problem of hours of sleep, wake up at night and rhythmic movements during sleep. This can continue until preschool.
3. In the age of the baby; 3-5 years old
Sleep problems are often encountered is the sleep terrors, nightmares, trouble sleeping and waking hours during the night. Some children found instances running during sleep and sleep terrors.
4. In the age of the baby; 6-12 years old
More of a sleep disorder that can be found that is running during sleep, sleep terrors, bruxim, enuresis, less sleep, sleep habits are unhealthy, and restles legs syndrome.
5. In adolescence
In adolescence, sleep disorders which can be found as a less amount of sleep, insomnia, sleep late at night, restless legs syndrome, and narcolepsy.
Sleep disorders in children are caused by several factors that contribute to each other which is the basic mechanism, the duration of sleep that does not fit the age of the child (insufficient sleep quality), poor sleep quality and sleep time periods are not suitable in terms of circadian rhythm disorders.
Sleep disorders are grouped into two broad categories, namely dyssomnia and parasomnias. Dyssomnia is a disorder that occurs in children who have difficulty to sleep, in maintaining sleep at night, or experience excessive sleepiness during the day. Meanwhile parasomnias is a state of waking at night which is unusual.
When stratified by age, Disturbed Sleep Pattern that occurs in children will vary based on the age of the child, namely:
1. In the age of the baby; 2-12 months
Often found in the form of sleep disorder waking at night excessive and rhythmic movements during sleep such as headings banging, body rocking and rolling body.
2. In the age of the baby; 1-3 years old
Frequently encountered is the problem of hours of sleep, wake up at night and rhythmic movements during sleep. This can continue until preschool.
3. In the age of the baby; 3-5 years old
Sleep problems are often encountered is the sleep terrors, nightmares, trouble sleeping and waking hours during the night. Some children found instances running during sleep and sleep terrors.
4. In the age of the baby; 6-12 years old
More of a sleep disorder that can be found that is running during sleep, sleep terrors, bruxim, enuresis, less sleep, sleep habits are unhealthy, and restles legs syndrome.
5. In adolescence
In adolescence, sleep disorders which can be found as a less amount of sleep, insomnia, sleep late at night, restless legs syndrome, and narcolepsy.
