Many parents, whether or not they've had other children, can be baffled when they realize something is wrong with their child. There are feelings of frustration and despair, as well as deep concern and indecisiveness with how to handle your child's sleep problems.

Whether your child's sleep problem is nightmares or wetting the bed, your child is at the forefront of your mind. When your baby wakes up with a blood-curdling scream in the middle of the night, it's frightening. More frightening is a baby who will not be calmed with a touch, a bottle, or a new diaper. You'll wonder what is hurting your child or if he has mild (or severe) discomfort of some kind.

Some children wake in the middle of the night and bang their heads against the rails of the crib. Your child's sleep problems are not at always apparent, and it is not your fault that you can't figure out what is wrong. Some children sleep all night, others cry all night. A big myth is that a child will cry if left unattended but will eventually fall asleep.

This is, however, not true of a child whose body cycle does not cause him to become sleepy. If your child is crying at the same intensity all night, he's not looking for attention--he is indicating that something is wrong; it's time to ask your doctor about your child's sleep problem. Look for signs of sleepwalking or head banging. Think back--does the child eat on a regular schedule, or do you have to feed to create a schedule?

	Random Sleeping Tip
The sleep that comes on the natural way is the best, but the sleep that is being aided with the help of medicines is something that just makes one dependent on them physiologically and psychologically. It is very important for you realize that you need to be able to initiate sleep the natural way rather than using the medication to aid in sleep if you can. The medicines that we take for any clinical problem have a lot of side effects and that they can cause problems to other organ systems as well, therefore it is wise to really work out as to how you can taper down the medicine to not using at all.

Migraines

Children who do not eat or become hungry on a regular schedule may be indicating their lack of a cyclic metabolism. These infants and children are prone to migraines, which can occur when a child is hungry. This is not to imply that the child is neglected or unfed. It is more indicative of a situation where the child does not complain of being hungry, so a bottle or feeding isn't given. If the child goes to bed without eating on a regular schedule, he might sleep himself right into a migraine that will appear if his body decides he's hungry, or if his blood sugars are low.

Don't assume that a migraine headache is impossible in an infant, or that a child would obviously wake up and cry if hungry. If you've worked for years to determine what is wrong with your child, one night he may come to you holding his head--and only then that you as an unsuspecting parent might think to investigate headaches as potential source of your child's sleep problem.

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