Child's Sleep Difficulties and Theirs Solutions
My writing is called an essay about sleep problems that can appear in children and here I will share how they can be solved with a help of practitioners. If a child is having difficulties sleeping, then this can have an impact on both the child themselves but also their parents/main carers and anyone else who is disturbed during the night. This can mean that everyone is not getting enough sleep, and this can cause problems for everyone as a lack of sleep can influence your general health.
It can be very upsetting when struggling with a child that may not be getting the sleep they need. There are a lot of good ideas around for good sleep routines etc and sleeping environments but sometimes if these are not working and the family are still struggling then the parents/main carers may need to seek extra help. The main carers/parents will still be in contact with their health visitors if the child is between the ages of 0-5 and will have contact details for them so a good place to start would be to contact them. The health visitor may be able to give extra advice or ideas on how to help the child such as different routines or they may be able to put you in contact with a children’s sleep clinic if there is one local to you. If they feel there may be more to it, then they may therefore recommend seeing the child’s GP. The GP will be able to assess the child and may have further ideas of what can be tried, he/she may be able to refer to a specialist or, in extreme cases, there may be a need for medication.
A struggling parent/carer does not need to feel they are alone when it comes to sleep issues as there is plenty of help that can be given or offered as per above with the health visitor of GP, but also there are other areas such as on the NHS website they offer a link to some services that can offer support for the parents such as Family lives which have a free of charge number that parents can ring and they offer support on any issues parents or a family may be facing. Another one they suggest is contacting home start, which can offer support to parents with young children, volunteers will be on hand to offer any guidance and support needed. They will come to the house and assist in helping to come up with plans and manage any issues that are felt by the family and this can give the parents the feeling they are not alone and giving them the tools that may be able to help.
To sum up, if a parent shows concern to a practitioner or the key worker in an early years setting of the child’s sleeping these are good ideas that a practitioner could use to help point the parents in the right direction of extra help if they feel they need it.
