Sleeping problems

It is just a simple fact that all children are different, some may be great at sleeping others not and others can suffer from a myriad of sleep problems, some are listed below

Night terrors - the child wakes up screaming, it appears terrorized with its eyes open or closed and it does not seem to respond to you

Waking during the night - This is the most common complaint, the baby wakes up many times during the night this may be for short or extended periods.

Problems getting to sleep - The baby requires long and often highly demanding rituals before it will fall asleep.

Nightmares - the child wakes up frightened but responds quickly to the parents and calm down with their help.

Rocking backwards and forwards and or head banging movements - the child uses body rocking and or head banging as they are trying to fall asleep or during the night.

If you have tried to get your child into a routine and have failed or if you are in any way worried about your child’s sleep problems it is best to raise the issue with a medical professional just to rule out any possible medical causes for the problems. If there are no medical causes there are many ways to help with these problems its just a matter of persevering till you find the right one for you so don't despair you will sleep again.