An End to Sleepless Nights

03 May 2017

An End to Sleepless Nights

03 May 2017

Our Sleep Service gives support to families when their child is having sleep difficulties. Sleep Practitioner Catherine Stone recently helped a family experiencing sleepless nights and mum told us  how Catherine’s support had helped them.

“Thanks for helping us to get our 5 year old son back into a good sleeping pattern.

M has Tuberous Sclerosis with Epilepsy and Autism. He was always a great sleeper until his epilepsy medication stopped him sleeping. He began waking several times at night and wouldn’t go to bed. Catherine gave us advice and support and kept in touch until we had him sleeping peacefully again. Then we moved house and M began having the same problems again!

Catherine came to see us again with more advice and support and M is now thankfully sleeping well again from 8pm to 7am. What was helpful along with the advice and support was Catherine’s belief that our child could sleep well, that we didn’t have to accept the sleepless nights. Many parents think it is hopeless and accept it. But I can handle the challenging behaviour so much better if I’ve slept well and M needs to sleep too, his behaviour is better if he is well rested”.

Catherine explains “M’s difficulty settling and night waking was having a big impact on mum and dad and on family life. M’s problems re-occurred when the family moved house so we looked at trying to get M’s bedroom similar to his old one. We also developed a routine to gradually remove mum and dad out of the bedroom.”

If you would like some help from our Sleep Service you can find out more here.

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