European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 modern living sleepless Lor parents by Elizabeth Pennisi United press International a Childs sleep can be a parents night As if possessed by evil some sleep ing youngsters bang their shake their walk into wet their but cannot be Many children fuss because they dont want to go to their exhausted parents try Many often without sleep disorders in children Are very and there Are a lot of myths about said Richard director of the Center for paediatric sleep Dis orders at childrens Hospital in friends and relatives May Tell parents their sleepless child is being that infants should be allowed to cry no matter what or that the Childs behaviour is some thing that must be endured until it is said you just dont have to sit and let it you can do things to get the children to go to sleep he there Are two kinds of sleep disorders those caused by disturbances during such As night night and head and those resulting from a disturbed sleep perhaps the most serious sleep problem is sometime during breathing possibly because the Tongue flops Back and obstructs the wind those children who dont automatically move to reopen airways might snore loudly and Wake up partially As much As a Hundred times a night to Start breathing said Charles head of the sleep Wake disorders Center at new York Hospital Cornell medi Cal such breathing difficulties result from enlarged ton Sils or or inherited abnormal Anatomy such As a Cleft palate or jaw placed too far backward that cuts off air flow when a child lies implicated in sudden infant Apnoea can affect a Childs alertness and blood pressure and can result in an enlarged heart and lung Pollak during the children with sleep Apnoea Are often if the obstruction is big some have to breathe through their since the tonsils and adenoids shrink As the child grows surgery to remove the obstructing tissue is not always Pollak terrors differ from nightmares in that they occur during the deepest within two hours of going to the child sits up with eyes screaming and thrashing for 10 to 40 later the child remembers Pollak said night terrors Are significant in that they Are frightening to the they dont indicate any major difficulties in the Childs according to children with night terrors sleep so deeply that they have trouble shifting into less deep through age these disturbances usually reflect the immaturity of a Childs sleep a regular sleep schedule and getting enough sleep sometimes in older children and such experiences would More Likely have emotional by about age children should be Able to make the transition from deep sleep two problems that involve mobility during sleep sleepwalking and thrashing May be a response to troubles during ones waking the More frequent and the More intense the episodes the More Likely it is that a child is under some emotional wrote Ferber in his solve your Childs sleep bedwetting represents another sleep prob Lem that has different implications depending on the Childs it is More common in boys than tends to run in families like sleep occurs during transition from deep while cause for bedwetting usually disappears by age said by then most childrens bladders have enough control to make it through the if an alarm that detects the flow of urine can be used to Wake the child up in time to go to the that alarm conditions the child to response to the so that in a few weeks most begin to Wake up on their More bizarre than but also very is headbanging or one in five infants rocks or develops some form of rhythmical usually at about 6 months Twenty percent of them Are Active enough to warrant their parents said Michael director of the sleep Wake disorders Center at Monte Fiore medical Center in new rocking occurs in Light sleep or Wake most children find it said and we dont know to what extent its a child who is encouraged to Rock during the Day seems to Rock less at said parents also try putting the child in a creating a snug nest of but children do need help outgrowing a disdain for said too great a dependency on the irregular sleeping schedules or bedtime routines and familial tension contribute to a Childs resistance to going to Pollak said insomnia is rare in those who dont sleep at night arc Likely napping Dur ing the All children have the ability to sleep Well and nor Thorpy the problem May be getting that sleep at the proper time and making sure it is not perhaps even have the same 24to 25hour pacemaker in the brain As but it takes about a year for a child to get in synchronization with explained As infants get they tend to consolidate sleeping time in the night and waking time during the unless something their sleep cycles get longer and their deep sleeps Are not As Ferber said Many things May undermine a Childs sleep schedule or routine and bedtime struggles Only make those disruptions More tired Chil Dren Are Cranky and if that happens its said but if its its difficult to sort out because you never see the other with More children Are have a better self image and perform better in he some situations Are straightforward and remedied with setting limits and establishing a Good bedtime Rou Tine and regular sleeping some involve Chang ing family since emotional turmoil Between parents or fighting after the child goes to bed May reinforce a Childs desire to stay awake or demand at although More and More sleep centers Are now treat ing once the solution often rests with the the family members Are the ones who Are the cause of the problem or Are the ones instrumental in treating the said its important to he that once the Childs sleep schedule is it takes time to re adjust but it can be Richard who checks sleep monitors sleeping new York times photo Erma Bombeck i read a depressing Story the other Day that said after age 40 the number of brain cells lost each Day added up to thousands or maybe it was i probably would 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