The sleep problems are very common during the early years of children. Some sleep problems are more common in some stages of development and may be the result of new developments and changes in daily routine.

Unless the problems persist or disrupt sleep with daytime activities of the child, parental comfort and warmth may be all that necessary.

Child Insomnia is a disorder

Child Insomnia is a disorder that is characterized by:
- Difficulty falling asleep alone
- The frequent nighttime awakenings and the inability to fall asleep without the help of parents
- Very shallow dreams
- Sleep less sleep than necessary for their age

Major causes of sleep deprivation for children

- Poor sleep habits. The 70 percent infants begin to sleep more than 4 hours straight after the third month of life and 83 percent sleep 8 hours to meet 5 or 6 months. Only, 10 percent of children with one year of age may not sleep the whole night. In such cases, children must be re-educated and encouraged to sleep.

- Alteration of baby’s routine. It can be caused by a moving houseThe birth of a sibling or travel. In babies are very active, any new situation learning to walk or to crawl excitement and cause you will not get to sleep. Babies are sensitive and perceptual and lack of sleep is the first sign that something different is happening.

Consequences of childhood insomnia

A child who wakes up frequently during the night and also has the presence of his mother to make him sleep again, already accustomed to bad sleep habits. And considering that this situation is repeated night after night, week after week, month after month, year after year, you can not ignore that may disrupt the harmony of marriage and, therefore, familiar.

When that happens, parents resort to logic techniques. Allow the child to sleep only with parents means that as the child grows, will demand new demands. Since that time, parents can arise in a sense of frustration, guilt, irritation, and even rejection towards the child for having established its sleep routine in a way inappropriate. As for children, with this attitude are more irritable, anxious, insecure and with great dependence on the caregiver.