Why would you sleep train if you know kids will fall sick and it disrupts sleep? Yes, infant care, school, seasons changing will often mean that sickness may inadvertently disrupt sleep however that doesn’t mean we don’t provide our children the opportunity to have a great, deep and restorative sleep.
Sleep is good medicine to help your child recover quickly, but being sick can cause sleep disruptions.
Sleep disturbance is a common complaint in children with eczema. To comfort our little ones as they itch and scratch, we parents use every single means available to assist them to rest, be it rocking, patting or even letting them lie on us to sleep.
As parents, our greatest wish is for our child to be healthy. However, falling sick is part and parcel of growing up. This doesn’t stop us from worrying when our child is unwell and we never fail to fret as we watch our baby or toddler suffering from the discomfort of a flu. This anxiety is even greater during the current pandemic, with more strains of Covid being discovered, each one seeming more contagious.
Quite often my clients would ask me, what do I do when my child is sick? Do I still sleep train her? Should I start my sleep plan when my child is unwell?
Learn the simple and proven sleep tips that has helped many families get back their precious sleep!
