Improve your Child’s Sleep for Optimal Health and Brain Power
Explore the causes of poor sleep in children – why they may not fall asleep easily, wake in the night, or get up way too early in the morning.
Some of the factors you may not connect with poor sleep include:
Yeast overgrowth in the gut (for example, after antibiotics or from eating too much sugar), which causes kids to wake between 1 and 3 am and stay up for hours;
Not enough sunlight during the day and too much artificial bright light in the evening stops your child from producing melatonin, the hormone that makes us sleepy;
Iron deficiency can cause restless legs and frequent night waking, and magnesium deficiency can cause sore legs that wake the child up and nightmares.
Dr. Leila will review these and many other causes to help you determine the specific cause of your child’s sleep problems. Once you know the cause, you can address it. She will help you by giving you clear guidelines on how to address the underlying causes in the most effective and natural way possible.