Jan 14, 2020 | Babies, Down Syndrome, Kids and sleep, Sleep Apnea
Sleep problems are very common in children with Down syndrome. In fact, the National Down Syndrome Society reports that there’s a 50 to 100 percent risk of sleep apnea in children with Down syndrome. There are two main causes of sleep problems in children with...
Jan 14, 2020 | Sleep and Sex, Sleep tips
There is no question that not getting enough sleep can leave you a little groggy, snappy, or crabby in the morning. Most of us are aware that when we are overtired, we are less productive and more prone to making mistakes. Some of us can even acknowledge that being...
Dec 2, 2019 | Sleep Questions
By Lauri Leadley The terms “sleep satisfaction” and “sleep quality” sound similar, but they are different measurements of how you sleep at night. According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), sleep quality considers the aspects of sleep that are measured...
Dec 2, 2019 | Kids and sleep
By Lauri Leadley Being a teenager has never been easy, yet in the last couple of decades, it seems to have become an even more difficult feat. Teens today must prepare for adulthood, find their niche in the world, deal with hormones, face the stress of school, and...
Nov 7, 2019 | Kids and sleep, Lifestyle
In March of 2018, the American Journal of Epidemiology published a study showing that when you sleep at night, even the slightest exposure to light can increase the risk of depressive symptoms. This was true even in lighting as low as 5 lux. (Light a candle in the...
Oct 31, 2019 | Kids and sleep
Getting good sleep is important for your child’s development and well-being. Unfortunately for some, sleep can be hard to come by, and for others, it can get down-right scary. If you have children, there has probably been more than one occasion in which your child has...
Oct 7, 2019 | Sleep Articles, Valley Articles
Heathcliff and Claire Huxtable (The Cosby Show) had a scientifically perfect (sometimes annoyingly perfect) bedroom ritual. Each night after sending their children to bed and turning off all the lights in the Huxtable household, Dr. and Mrs. Huxtable went into their...
Oct 3, 2019 | Sleep Facts
By: Lauri Leadley, CCSH, RPSGT – Clinical Sleep Educator|Sleep Coach Have you been told by your partner or friends that you talk in your sleep? Does that worry you? If yes, you are not alone. A lot of my patients have voiced similar concerns about sleep talking....
