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Kids Lack of Sleep

Learning is important for the kids of today. While some claim that they squeeze their brains out to make them learn, taking a look at the other side of the fence may render lack of sleep as a probable cause for kids having difficulties learning today.

Minds function practically the whole day. Even during sleep, it functions accordingly despite our subconscious stature. But the difference between being awake and asleep is that the latter acts more on its own without stress. Actually, it recalls the events that transpired during the day, something like flashbacks.

Kids and teenagers today have abused the area of sleep, choosing to have less shuteye to either go out or play their games until the wee hours of the morning. Kids just undervalue sleep today and it is showing its importance by the grades they get from schools.

(Source) Sleep expert Arthur Teng, head of the Sydney Children’s Hospital’s department of sleep medicine, believes many children are being wrongly diagnosed with learning difficulties or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) when all they really need is more sleep.

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Mother and Child Sleeping

For mom’s bearing the child is one thing that makes them experience sleepless nights. This runs on until the first few months of the newborn and chances are they would become frustrated and entirely weak for the first few months of the child.

Unless of course you get a nanny or someone to help out take care of the child, these are given factors that mothers will have to deal with this sleeping problem. However, after some years when the child becomes a little bit older, these are perhaps the years when mothers can look forward to try and recover lost ground when it comes to trying to regain lost sleep.

Compared to the old ways of trying to sleep, they can look forward to better nights ahead. While there may still be some sleepless nights on case to case basis, the thing is, the gravity of the lack of sleep becomes lighter this time around.

(Source) A study suggests that sleep deprivation after giving birth may limit a new mother’s ability to shed her pregnancy-related pounds. Women who slept five hours a day six months after giving birth were more than three times likelier to keep weight on compared with women who slept seven hours, say researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland.

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Sleep Facts

Insomnia is something that most of us have encountered at some point in our lives. But while some have found ways to battle this serious sleeping problem for most, there are some who will carry this up to the time they grow older. In fact, it can either become a hereditary or traditional practice and it is best to check on the sleep facts surrounding it.

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  • It’s impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it.
  • A new baby typically results in 400-750 hours lost sleep for parents in the first year
  • One of the best predictors of insomnia later in life is the development of bad habits from having sleep disturbed by young children.
  • A night on the grog will help you get to sleep but it will be a light slumber and you won’t dream much.
  • Take a look at these sleep facts. We all know that we will or have already encountered them at one point in our lives. So how does one handle the transition and control Insomnia.

    For the people who have already controlled the habit, then my hats off to you guys. But for the ones suffering Insomnia and may considerably getting worse, any tip will surely be a big help.

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    Asperger Syndrome

    Sleep is something important and this covers all people of any race. While we all know of the growing concern for this issue, some are tied up with actual problems going on around kids. One is that of Asperger Syndrome, a known autism spectral disorder.

    While we see autistic children differently, they are still human and experience the same problems we normally encounter. Just like us, they have their own share of sleep deprivation problems, probably worse if they are not given the same attention that we put for normal people with sleep issues.

    Asperger Syndrome (AS) is one of several autism spectrum disorders characterized by difficulties in social interaction and by restricted interests and activities. With AS, there is no general delay in language or cognitive development. Researchers from Italy looked at sleep and children with AS. It is the first known study of its kind.

    For the study, researchers focused on eight children with AS, 10 children with autism and 12 healthy children. Parents filled out several questionnaires and the children underwent several sleep tests.

    Researchers report 50 percent of children with AS were reluctant to go to bed, 75 percent needed the television or a light on in the bedroom, 87 percent had difficulty getting to sleep and 75 percent fell asleep sweating. Study authors also found half of the children did not feel refreshed in the morning and 87 percent had difficulty waking up in the morning and 87 percent felt sleepy during the day.

    Source: Sleep Problems Prevalent in Children with Asperger Syndrome

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    Sleep-less

    While we are all concerned about how long we can go without sleep, perhaps it would be best to look at it the other way. How long can you go without sleep? No this is not a challenge but it is something to which we can all share the reality that people who forego sleep cannot go very far.

    Our bodies need to rest some time and this is when we have to sleep even for a short period of time. There is no such thing as a sleep-less person. It would be entirely crazy. Also, why would a person not want to sleep?

    Unless you are aiming for a record, then perhaps it would be something for a purpose. But in reality, not sleeping is something we cannot survive for long. With that said, how long do you think you can stay awake?

    Read more: How Long Can a Person Survive Without Sleep?

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