Sleep

Snoring, Memory, Attention, and Learning
Would you rather your kindergarten-age child had blood lead levels 3 times the safe limit (like children living next to a lead smelters - double the level of most kids with lead toxicity), or would yo…

Flat Heads and Tummy Time
Having babies sleep on their backs has successfully reduced the rate of SIDS, but has also been accompanied by reports of an increase in the number of babies diagnosed with flattening of the back of t…

Can you leave the light on?
Dr. Greene's take on leaving the light on at night... Is it dangerous for kids to sleep with the light on? Lots of interesting news has been coming out of the 2004 Children with Leukemia conference in…

Baby Waking at Night?
A SIDS Silver Lining Breastfed babies have longer sleep cycles than formula-fed babies, according to a study in the January 2004 Archives of Diseases in Childhood, but the breastfed babies are also mo…

Getting Enough Sleep
Dr. Greene's take on getting enough sleep... One Key to Happiness, Self-Esteem, and Success The less sleep children get, the more likely they are to perform poorly in school, to become depressed, and …

SIDS and Sleeping Arrangements
SIDS rates have fallen dramatically since the 1990's when we learned that putting babies to sleep on their backs could save lives. To understand the SIDS situation today, researchers conducted studies…

Snoring, Asthma, and Nighttime Coughs
There is a link between snoring, asthma, and nighttime coughs in preschool children according to a study from Australia published in the August 2003 issue of Chest. We've known for awhile that nightti…

SIDS Prevention and Flat Heads
The same "Back to Sleep" campaign that has dramatically decreased the rate of SIDS has also resulted in an increasing number of babies with flat skull areas, usually on one side of the back of the hea…

Snoring and Grades
Did you just get your child's report card? Were his grades lower than you'd like? Does your child snore? If so, one of the best things you can do to help him succeed in school or thrive in preschool m…

Sleeping with SIDS
Sudden infant death syndrome has dropped by well over 50 percent since the 1994 initiative to have babies sleep on their backs. Overall, SIDS strikes only 0.62 per 1000 babies in the United States. Th…

ADHD and Snoring
Aren't they angels when they sleep? But sometimes troublesome behavior during the day is caused by what happens each night during sleep. If your child seems to have ADHD and also snores, the two may b…

Sleep. It Does a Body Good!
It was a delight attending the October 2002 meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Boston. A special session there highlighted the partnership between the AAP and the National Center on Slee…

Sleep and Immunity
Evidence continues to mount that your mother was right all along ? not enough sleep leads to more colds and flus. Here's one piece of that puzzle: not having enough sleep measurably blunts how well th…

SIDS, The Family Bed, & The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission
The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission and the JPMA have launched a new national safety campaign urging parents not to ever bring babies to sleep with them, but to always put them to sleep in cr…

Snoring!
Parents are quick to mention some things to their pediatrician: fevers, seizures, bleeding. Snoring is another important symptom that your child's doctor needs to know about, though it often goes unre…

Dry Nights
Several of the nation's leading bedwetting experts gathered earlier this year to candidly discuss the issues surrounding the millions of school-age children who wet the bed. I participated in what pro…

Sleep Well. Do Well.
Garfield the Cat knows about sleep! Kids don't. Garfield is the official spokescat of the Star Sleeper Campaign launched in 2001 by the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (along with the Amer…

When Teens Can’t Sleep
Anxiety (which is often brought on by a stressful event) is probably the most common cause of difficulty falling asleep. This is called "stress-related insomnia." It is a self-limited problem that usu…

Confusional Arousal
A confusional arousal begins with the child moaning and moving about. It progresses quickly to the child crying out and thrashing wildly. The eyes may be open or closed, and perspiration is common. Th…

Kid’s Imagination & Fear
At around age three, most children enter into a magical time where make-believe is the order of the day. Imagination and creativity spring to life. Playtime becomes a setting where wonderful dreams an…