My second child was seven years old. Why is he still restless during sleep? What we need to do so he can sleep at night? Does that mean he does not sleep well? "(Letter from Diamond, Bintaro)
Sleep is a vital need for the development of the child. According to Dr. Fransisca Handy, SpA, a pediatrician and a lactation consultant, even though the body a chance to rest, some vital organs like the brain have increased activity. Several important hormones are also produced at the moment.
Because children are still experiencing growth process, the number of hours of sleep in children even more than adults. In general, there are two phases of sleep: REM (rapid eye movement) and non-REM. Marked REM rapid eye movements, irregular breathing and heart rate, muscle movement is still there, as well as a dream. While non-REM phase marked a quieter body condition and usually there are no dreams, or also known as the sleep phase.
REM in infants reached nearly 80 percent of all hours sleep. With age, the percentage of REM will be minor and non-REM phase increases. Restless sleep like you mean generally occurs by age 6 months to 2 years, which will disappear with age and usually are no longer found at school age. But before determining whether the child slept in the category of sleep disorders or not, we must assess how the quality of sleep in general.
This assessment can be viewed from 1) Is there any difficulty in initiating sleep? 2) Is there excessive sleepiness during the day? 3) Does your child wake up at night to sleep? 4) How does the regularity and duration of sleep? 5) Is often heard snoring?
Do not forget, sleep quality also depends on the quality of life, including a variety of stress, physical or spiritual.
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