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How to deal with sleepwalking children 6 Articles

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    by bjw williams

    sleepwalking is a sleeping disorder when a person walks or does other activitie while sleeping. the correct medical term sor sleepwalking is somnambulism. sleep walking usually occurs in the third or forth stage of REM sle...read more

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    by Linda L Kinyon

    About 18 percent of children sleepwalk at some point in their lives. Having 3 children that have had this condition our family has learned a great deal about this phenomenon. Sleepwalking rarely has a medical reaso...read more

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    by Suzanna Jordan

    Sleep walking in children usually starts about 4 years of age, although it can vary at any age. My 5 year old started much earlier than this. Sleepwalking is caused by many different factors. To many to list and i am no...read more

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    by Samantha Rouse

    My brother began sleep walking while he was a teen. My mother and I woke up to find my brother gone in the middle of the night! We called the cops, and went out looking for him. We lived in the country and he did not h...read more

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    by Elizabeth Mollina

    When dealing with a sleepwalking child, you need to remember first not to wake them up. They are in a state of sleep that there overactive mind is causing them some sort of distress. To wake them up may cause damage, ...read more

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    by Mariann H

    My son who is sleep walking started about 2 years ago. THANKFULLY he has never left the house, but he does venture the stairs. He will always come to me and my husbands bedroom door, knock, and when we answer hes unab...read more

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