Hi,
İ have 8 years old daughter. She goes to bed 9 at night and she sleeps easily, doesnt need to me to stay with her. But after 2-3 hours she wakes up, opens her roomlight, comes downstairs. She is not exactly sleepwalking i guess. Her mind is confused. She talks about school, some schoolwork, something that she has to take with her to school. And in the morning she doesnt remember anything. Yesterday, she woke up, came downstair and when she saw me she said "bye mom" and continued to walk through stairs. Then she turned back and went to her bed and slept. İf your children have some problems please tell me what i could do for her? Her teacher is nervous a bit i think but she loved my daughter, and also my daughter is good at school.
Hi Eli, i am concerned for you but if i were you i would schedule an appt with a nerologist or a sleep disorder doctor right away, Things like this can be a short tell sign of something bigger, good luck
Perfectly normal. My daughter has been doing that for as long as I can remember. Started as just sleepwalking as a toddler and then progressed to walking and talking (typically about what she or I need to do for school or other activities). She's now 10 and still sporadically gets up, walks down the stairs and share with us. We usually walk her back to her room for safety reasons but interestingly enough she has never bumped into anything ever coming to us. I've spoken to a few child educators and many have commented that for some kids this is their need to express their subconscious anxieties. Typically we do it in our dreams but for them, they actually follow through like it's a day activity.
What works for us with our daughter is to review all her needs for upcoming activities prior to bedtime. The more they've "worked" through their anxieties, the less they do it in their sleep. Your daughter is probably like my daughter, a bit of a perfectionist and worries about everything and everybody else's feelings but they don't express those anxieties often. Good luck.
Not sure how the teacher is relevant, but your daughter is sleepwalking. It isn't uncommon, but can be dangerous.
My husband used to sleepwalk, as did my younger sister and I would suggest the following:
- Always bolt lock the external doors... makes it more difficult to get out of the house
- If you have stairs, use a baby gate
- Install a bell outside of her bedroom door (like they use in stores to alert the cashier that someone has come in). This will allow you to know if/when your daughter is out of bed
- Use an alarm at night.
- If she's old enough, let her keep a journal to get her thoughts out at the end of the day. Most sleepwalkers and trying to "finish" what's on their mind!
- She won't remember what happened while she was sleeping, so don't engage her in conversations. Just put your hands on her shoulders and walk her back to bed.
Maybe she needs to tell you all about school before she goes to bed. Try to put some time for you and her to talk about the day before bed and see if that could help. Maybe shes so excited and wants to talk but is so busy when she gets home its all built up and when she finally relaxes she wants to talk LOL typical girl LOL I guess it cant hurt to try
2 of my children sleep (slept?? sleeped?) walked. We liked to take driving vacations and it was scary in the motel. We would put chairs in front of the door like barricades and a few times one or the other would wake us up trying to move the barricade. Eventually they both out grew it, but some people never do.
my daughter started around 2.. sleep walking..she would come in our room.. talk to us.. her eyes were open.. or just stare at us.. we thought it was funny... until i got a call at midnight that my daughter was walking down the street... in a night gown - nothing on her feet.. and knocked on my neighbors door.. thank god for that... she has something on her mind.. she was selling girl scout cookies that day.. the neighbor bought them.. and told her to come back the next day for the money.. it was on her mind.. it was the scariest thing that every happened.. now i have an alarm on her door.. it wakes us up.. i usually just tell her to go back to bed.. and she does.. but it was really scarey that time. the dr. told me to let her take a bath at night.. to soothe her..maybe play a game.. or watch a quite kind of tv show... to make her mind shut down. talk to her about anything that's on her mind 1 hour before bed.. play soft music in her room.. and the best advice was to let her sleep on the floor.. sleeping on the bed.. it's easy to get out of bed.. its more work to get up off the floor.. so her mattress is on the floor.. and she only slept walk probably 3 times in the last year.. she used to do it about 2 times a week... so all of this has helped.. good luck.... allie
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This sounds like sleepwalking. Does it run in your family? There is a genetic disposition for it. In many cases, sleepwalking is harmless BUT -- any person who sleepwalks is placing him/herself in danger or self-harm or harming someone else, since they are totally unaware of what they are doing. It can be treated to minimize symptoms. Therefore, your child should be evaluated for it by at least a sleep disorder specialist and possibly also a neurologist. It is very hard to find a person who specializes in sleep disorders for children, so be prepared to travel and/or wait a few months for an appt with one. Your pediatrician should know about this also, although honestly, since sleepwalking is rare, he/she may not be able to help you with a good referral, so you may have to do some work yourself. I would start with checking out Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to see if they have a good person.
