Sleep Struggles: Your Child with Trisomy 21
Many children with special needs have difficult sleeping well through the night. For a child with Trisomy 21, it is not uncommon for them to deal with a number of issues nightly: Difficulty falling asleep (takes a long time) Restlessness, lots of tossing and turning Wakes up frequently at night Needs help falling asleep Light […]
The 3 Things for Increased Brain Power!
Each day, I receive Google Alerts about all the new and exciting things that are happening in the sleep research field. This study really stuck out to me not only as a sleep specialist, but also as a child brain developmentalist. A recent study was done by Lancet Child and Adolescent Health tracking the cognitive […]
Physical Activity – The Key to a Good Night’s Sleep
Humans have several different body rhythms working simultaneously. For sleep, we have a circadian rhythm where our energy dips down and goes up throughout the day. We also have something called a homeostatic rhythm – what we do to burn energy and create the need for sleep. If these two rhythms are working together, sleep […]
Get Moving to Get Sleeping
Did you know that nearly 50% of Americans suffer from poor/insufficient sleep? That’s a whole lot of people. If everyone followed a consistent routine and got to bed at the right time, it would be a great step in the right direction with regards to sleep health and hygiene. But, what else can you do? […]
Getting Back to Nature
Why Camping Has Shown to Improve Sleep In a recent article by Civilized, it was shown through studies that a weekend under the stars had excellent effects on resetting the body’s natural circadian rhythm and helped to improve the sleep of the campers that were part of the experiment. Their findings? Natural light source helped […]
