Sadly, sleep disorders can plague children as well as adults. There are many types of child sleep disorders, however a physician is often the only person who can properly diagnose them.
Babies have irregular sleep patterns because of their need to eat frequently. There are some sleep disorders that are learned behavior instead of a legitimate disease. These types of sleep disorders can be overcome without medication by changing the child's environment and gently teaching them to improve their sleep habits.
Most children will start having nightmares when they get older. Sleep terrors or night terrors are other forms of sleep disorders. The child usually outgrows these forms of sleep disorders.
Infant sleep apnea is defined as an infant who stops breathing for short periods of time in their sleep. Premature babies are normally diagnosed the most with this type of sleeping disorder. In fact, it is a proven fact that a premature baby is more likely to have sleep apnea than a baby that is born at full term.
Usually, all that is needed is to rub the baby's back or nudge them and they will start breathing on their own again. In rare cases, infant CPR is needed to revive the baby. When a parent brings back an infant with sleep apnea, it is usually very scary. They'll always have the fear that their child might stop breathing in the middle of the night. This usually cause the parents to sit up all night beside the crib.
Before any hospital releases a baby who has been diagnosed with sleep apnea, the parent or parents are required to go through an infant CPR course.
The parents usually get an apnea monitor when the hospital releases the baby. The baby's breathing is monitored with electrodes attached to the baby's chest. The monitor is adjusted to each baby and will only sound if it detects abnormal breathing patterns.
The monitor will sound a loud high-pitched alarm when the baby's breathing is too shallow or stops altogether. Any parent who has experienced this sound, especially in the middle of the night, will tell you it's heart stopping. The baby needs to be attached to the monitor all of the time he or she is sleeping. During waking hours, it is not necessary to use the monitor.
Medical personnel will go to your home and take readings from the monitor to make sure that it is working properly and also that it is being used properly. The will give all readings to the child's pediatrician so that they can monitor your baby. It's up to the pediatrician to determine if the monitor is still needed or not. Your baby's progress will be discussed before any decisions are made.
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