Not exact matches
Jill, a mother of two children, went on to
develop a sub-specialty in pediatric
sleep disorders while working in New York City at a parenting center after experiencing
sleep problems with her first child.
I have taken mindful action to provide her
with a diet I felt would help
develop her palette a particular way (the food thing was mentioned by Candace) and
sleep in a particular way (I used the eat, play,
sleep method which helps prevent food from becoming a source of comfort, which is a huge
problem in our society).
Breastfed babies
develop a larger nasal space, which can lessen
problems with snoring and
sleep apnea later in life.
Another study found that
with its data, co-
sleeping children were no more likely to
develop a
sleeping problem than children that don't co-sleep.
Sometimes a baby will
develop a subtle medical
problem that manifests itself
with sleep problems.
BCSC was
developed to diagnose and treat infants
with crying,
sleeping, feeding and associated early behavior
problems by helping parents understand and adjust to the disruption caused by having an infant that is difficult to manage in the first few months or years of life.
Children that
develop healthy
sleep cycles at a young age are less likely to struggle
with sleeping problems as they get older.
He notes the importance of understanding that children who co-sleep
with their parents routinely from birth may take longer to transition into solitary
sleeping; however the trade off is that in the long term, research has shown that these children tend to
develop higher levels of resilience and self - sufficiency, be comfortable being alone when necessary, be effective
problem solvers, and make friends easily.
Instead, research and studies have found that co-
sleeping and bed - sharing give children the capacity to fully engage
with others,
develop problem solving skills that children who
sleep alone may not possess, and that human development is too complex to link
with one particular idea or notion, whether it's bed - sharing or
sleeping alone.
In fact, many of today's
sleep «
problems»
with young babies and children predominantly occur in the
developed world.
The study found that infants at high risk for
developing ASD have elevated levels of «noise» and increased randomness in their spontaneous head movements during
sleep, a pattern possibly suggestive of
problems with sleep.
In boarding school she
developed a technique she calls subliminal learning: She would think about a
problem before going to
sleep, tracing important aspects of it out
with her fingers, and the answer would be «written» on a wall or the ceiling in the morning.
Alzheimer's has long been associated
with body clock
problems, but for the first time, a study looked at the relationship of
sleep - wake cycles as an indicator of
developing this neurological condition at an older age.
If you are constantly faced
with stress, these systems may get affected; you may
develop heart
problems, stomach ulcers, fall ill more often and
sleep less.
If
sleep deficits across the school term are found to be a predictor of mental health status in adolescents and, further, if cumulative
sleep deficits are found to be related to increases in mental health
problems, then results from this study could be used to
develop targeted
sleep intervention programs (trials of which are currently underway
with members of this research team) and / or clinic - based intervention programs that aim to improve adolescents»
sleep and mental health or even avoid them in the first place.
For example, a study of 297 Finnish families
with children aged 5 - 6 years, researchers found that kids who
slept less than 9 hours each day had 3 - 5 times the odds of
developing attention
problems, behavior
problems, and other psychiatric symptoms (Paavonen et al 2009).
Other warning signs of depression or psychological
problems include radical changes in behavior such as fighting at school, cheating, stealing, lying, or intense arguments
with others (teachers, friends; or you or their other parent), declining school performance for over a period of a few weeks,
developing physical ailments or chronic complaints (such as stomach or headaches),
sleep problems, eating disorders (or gaining or losing more than ten pounds when not trying to), changes in peer relationships such as losing friends or isolating themselves from social activities, and sadness that lasts more than a few days.