When you have a child who just won’t sleep or settle, it can be very distressing and put significant stress on the family. Sleep is essential to a child’s’ health and inadequate sleep can affect child health and development, leading to behavioural problems.

Children’s sleep problems may include:

• Difficulty settling down to sleep: it is very common for babies, toddlers, and young children to have trouble falling asleep. Up to 1 in 3 children show an unwillingness to go to sleep.

• Night awakening: this is when a child wakes up in the middle of the night and cannot settle back to sleep. Often the child will cry or call out for their parents, or get out of bed. This is common. Many parents allow the child to sleep in the parents’ bed for the rest of the night. This may lead to dependency on the parent to resume sleep.

• Nightmares: nightmares are dreams that bring about fear or anxiety. Nightmares are very common in children.

• Night terrors: different from nightmares, they are characterised by the child appearing to waken in horror. The child often screams in panic, usually, the child does not remember what led to the feelings of fear.

• Sleepwalking: occurs in about 15 percent of all children. It occurs most often in children between the ages of 4 to 12 years. Sleepwalking children usually walk around the house aimlessly. They appear uncoordinated, often do not make sense, or start urinating in some place other than the toilet.

Homeopathy’s Role in Managing Sleep Issues

Many of these common sleep problems in children can be remedied using homeopathy. Homeopathic remedies have the ability to modulate melatonin receptors and regulate circadian rhythm abnormalities.

By incorporating homeopathic remedies into your child’s sleep routine, their sleep patterns will improve; they will enjoy greater health and well-being and be more likely to meet their developmental milestones.

To find out how homeopathy can support your child, book your FREE, NO-OBLIGATION DISCOVERY CALL TODAY.