Doctors are reporting a dramatic increase in children with sleep disorders, which affect their physical and mental health. Why? Plus expert tips on a good night’s rest
If Elise Hill is asleep by 10pm, that counts as a success. Her parents have got used to the two-year-old going to bed at 10.30pm, after three and a half hours of trying to get her to sleep. Elise will insist it can’t be bedtime, not yet. She’ll run away, hide, ask to watch TV. She’ll grab the iPad and start playing a game. Some nights, it takes a half-hour battle just to get her pyjamas on.
A bright girl with caramel-coloured hair and an irresistible smile, it’s easy to see how Elise might have taken control of her bedtime. But in the mornings she doesn’t want to get out of bed. Her mother, Jayne, leaves her to sleep as long as she can, before finally getting her up at 8.15am. Elise is then rushed out of the house so Jayne can get her to nursery before she’s late for work.
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