Does Your Child have a Sleep Disorder?

Struggling to get your child to fall asleep or stay asleep? Difficulty getting your teen out of bed in the morning? Frequent nightmares? Sleepwalking? Snoring? A good night's sleep is as important to your child's growth and development as food and water. However, it is estimated that at least 40% of our children do not get enough sleep (recommended 9–10 hours per night). Your child may have a pediatric sleep disorder.

Does your child:

Snore or have breathing pauses in sleep?
Wake up gasping for air or choking?
Have problems falling or staying asleep night after night?
Wake up too early most mornings before getting sufficient sleep?
Experience unusual sensation in the legs regularly at night, such as a pins-and-needles feeling?
Have growing pains more than twice a week?
Have restless sleep – your child constantly tosses, turns, flails and never seems to settle down?
Sweat excessively in sleep?
Wake up unrefreshed after sufficient sleep?
Awaken with morning headaches?
Experience daytime difficulties in focus, attention, memory or concentration?
Sleep excessively during day and night, or falls asleep at inappropriate times?
Have ADD-ADHD like symptoms?
Have difficulty getting up in the morning most days?

If you answer yes to one or more of these questions, your child may be suffering from a treatable sleep disorder. Discuss your concerns with your pediatrician or family healthcare provider.

Sleep Disorder Institute of Riverside Medical Center
400 Riverside Drive, Suite 1500 (MAP)
Bourbonnais, IL 60914
Phone: 815-933-2784
Fax: 815-939-9413
Accredited Member Center of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine