Hola mis amigos padres y agentes de educación de Home Edders hoy quiero hablarles de un tema al cual a veces no le prestamos la suficiente atención por no considerarlo grave hasta que sus consecuencias son realmente severas y afectan todo el funcionamiento neuronal y biológico del organismo de nuestros hijos y es los trastornos del sueño.
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In many occasions as parents we think that if our child sleeps a lot he is sick or if he sleeps little it is because he has a lot of energy that he needs to use, however there is a problem that is associated to not having an adequate sleep rhythm. In this sense, depending on the age of our little ones, there is a number of hours that their brain and body needs to complete the process of neuronal recovery and complete the growth cycle, this amount has been estimated by neurologists.
The hours of sleep recommended by neurologists and specialists in the matter are the following:
En muchas ocasiones como padres pensamos que si nuestro hijo duerme mucho está enfermo o si duerme poco es porque tiene mucha energía que necesita utilizar, sin embargo existe una problemática que está asociada a no tener un ritmo adecuado de sueño. En este sentido, según sea la edad de nuestros pequeños hay una cantidad de horas que su cerebro y organismo necesita para completar el proceso de recuperación neuronal y el completar el ciclo del crecimiento, esta cantidad ha sido estimada por los neurólogos.
Las horas de sueño recomendadas por los neurólogos y especialistas en la materia son las siguientes:
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As you can see there is a recommendation of the amount of hours our children should sleep to make the most of not only their growth but also their neuronal recovery. The benefits of sleep are on a large scale ranging from a healthy development and strengthening of brain functions, through optimal growth to a proper psychological balance.
Como se puede observar hay una recomendación de la cantidad de horas que nuestros hijos deben dormir para aprovechar al máximo no sólo su crecimiento sino la recuperación neuronal. Los beneficios del sueño se encuentran en una gran escala que van desde un saludable desarrollo y fortalecimiento de las funciones cerebrales, pasando por un crecimiento óptimo hasta llegar a un equilibrio psicológico adecuado.
But what happens when our children do not sleep the necessary hours, when they have micro naps throughout the day or there is an imbalance in the schedules for rest, for example, how many have not happened to them that in this pandemic their children sleep more during the day and less at night because being without a usual rhythm of typical things they do not care whether it is day or night, but that is where the problems come, because the restorative sleep is at night. Among the serious consequences of a disturbance in the sleep cycle are the following:
Pero ¿qué pasa cuando nuestros hijos no duermen las horas necesarias, cuando tienen micro siestas a lo largo del día u ocurre un desequilibrio en los horarios destinados al descanso?, por ejemplo a cuantos no les ha pasado que en esta pandemia sus hijos duermen más de día y menos de noche porque al estar sin un ritmo habitual de cosas típicas les da igual que sea de día o de noche, pero allí es donde vienen los problemas, pues el sueño reparador es el de la noche. Dentro de las consecuencias graves que trae consigo una alteración en el ciclo del sueño se encuentran:
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Lack of organization, concentration and memory: When our children face altered sleep cycles their organization is affected, they may begin to easily lose their personal belongings because they cannot remember where they put them, they are unable to focus on the execution of an activity or task or they may have difficulty in activities that were previously very easy for them.
Falta de organización, concentración y memoria: Cuando nuestros hijos se enfrentan a ciclos de sueño alterados su organización se ve afectada puede que comiencen a perder fácilmente sus cosas personales por no poder recordar donde las colocaron, no logran centrarse en la ejecución de una actividad o tarea o en se le dificulten actividades que antes eran para ellos muy fáciles.
Continuous tiredness: Children who face altered sleep cycles are constantly tired, they may even begin to have micro dreams or sleep apnea which is a serious disorder where breathing stops for a few seconds and starts again, this usually occurs in obese people (especially in adults, but there are studies in children from 9 to 12 years), in this sense, children are very tired throughout the day to the point of falling asleep even doing an activity such as eating.
Cansancio continuo: Los niños que se enfrentan a los ciclos de sueño alterados se denotan cansados constantemente, puede que incluso comiencen a tener micro sueños o apnea del sueño que es un trastorno grave donde se detiene la respiración por unos segundos y vuelve a comenzar, eso se presenta generalmente en los obesos (especialmente en adultos, pero hay estudios en niños de 9 a 12 años).En este sentido, los niños están muy cansados a lo largo del día a tal punto de quedarse dormidos hasta realizando una actividad como comer.
Irritability and misbehavior: A child who does not sleep is a child who begins to have a bad mood because his neurons do not rest and see an exhausting workload. In this sense, studies by the academy of pediatrics have shown that children with hyperactivity and behavioral disorders are related to daytime hypersomnia, that is, they show daytime sleepiness and, not being able to express their discomfort, they begin to get stressed, irritable, upset about everything and have bad behavior because they do not know how to deal with the problem, if we as adults are affected by wanting to sleep and not being able to do it, imagine them.
Irritabilidad y mal comportamiento: Un niño que no duerme es un niño que comienza a tener mal humor porque sus neuronas no descansan y se ven una carga de trabajo agotador. En este sentido, los estudios de la academia de pediatría han demostrado que los niños con hiperactividad y trastornos conductuales se relacionan con la hipersomnia diurna es decir muestran somnolencia durante el día y al no poder expresar su incomodidad comienzan a estresarse, irritarse, molestarse por todo y tener mal comportamiento pues no saben cómo lidiar con el problema, si a nosotros como adultos nos afecta el querer dormir y no poder hacerlo imagínense a ellos.
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Decreases their cognitive ability: A child who does not have an adequate sleep rhythm over demands to his brain a performance that it is not willing to give this results in some of its capabilities especially cognitive or related to learning diminish by attending to others in which usually with proper rest would not have to worry about.
Disminuye su capacidad cognitiva: Un niño que no tiene un adecuado ritmo de sueño le sobre exige a su cerebro un funcionamiento que este no está dispuesto a dar esto trae como consecuencia que algunas de sus capacidades especialmente las cognitivas o relacionadas con el aprendizaje disminuyan por atender a otras en las que habitualmente con el descanso correcto no tuviera de que preocuparse.
Isolation and frequent crying: Children with sleep disorders tend to isolate themselves from people trying to find their center or place of peace, in many occasions depending on their age they will seek the support of the person to whom they are more attached either dad or mom to try to make their brain generate the correct impulses for rest, the smallest ones will cry constantly for not being able to express themselves in any other way.
Aislamiento y llanto frecuente: Los niños con trastornos del sueño suelen aislarse de las personas por tratar de encontrar su centro o lugar de paz, en muchas ocasiones dependiendo de la edad buscaran el apoyo de la persona en quien estén más apegados ya sea papá o mamá para tratar de que su cerebro genere los impulsos correctos para el descanso, los más pequeños lloraran constantemente por no poder expresarse de otra manera.
My dear friends our children at any time of their lives can go through these problems caused by the alteration of the sleep cycle, what we must be alert that if any of these manifestations is present in our little ones or young people we make a review of their sleep cycle to find the root of the problem and its solution.
Mis estimados amigos nuestros hijos en cualquier momento de su vida pueden pasar por estos problemas ocasionados por la alteración del ciclo del sueño, lo que debemos es estar alerta de que si alguno de estas manifestaciones se hace presente en nuestros pequeños o jóvenes hagamos una revisión de su ciclo de sueño para buscar la raíz del problema y su solución.
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I once have a friend that once said "I am easily get irritated when I am sleep deprived because I have sleep disorders". And I agree with you on what you said about sleep disorders. I also picked important piece of information that I can apply with my toddler, thank you.
I think that one of the important things is to realize that something is happening to our children when they begin to have changes in their mood and behavior, something that is not usual in them because in many occasions sleep disorders go unnoticed. Thank you for reading and sharing your experience
You're welcome. Thank you also. I learned valuable lesson from your post.
How timely. Just the other day, I out my son to bed half an hour early because he had been showing irritability and a short temper for the past three days. It finally clicked that he had been crawling into bed with me and laying there awake until I was ready to start the day. I explained that he wasn't I troubled that I just recognized he needed more rest. He went to bed agreeably (shockingly), fell asleep with ease, and was much more even tempered the next day. Even I am irritable without proper rest so it only makes sense for our kids too. Great read. -Aimee
Hello friend, thank you for reading and sharing your experience, I must tell you that my son is already 19 years old but when he was 6 years old and started primary school I don't know if it was because of the stress of the new school and friends he started to stop sleeping, I didn't realize it until I noticed that he started to fall asleep when we were having lunch or they called me from school to tell me that he was falling asleep in class, His mood changed and he was upset all the time, so when I noticed that he went to his room but didn't fall asleep, of course I was exhausted and I trusted that he was too until I started to keep an eye on him and from that moment on I started to make sure he was able to get back to sleep again, I even had to sleep with him for several weeks until he was able to get back to his rhythm.
Wow, sounds like starting school was quite an adjustment for him. My kids seem to have endless energy, trying to postpone bedtime regularly. I hope they're learning to trust me when I explain how beneficial rest is for their growing bodies. You sound like such a caring and observant mom! How wonderful that you were able to help him reset his rhythm to get him the rest he needed. -Aimee
By the way, I really like your posts. They are well done and you speak from experience, that's great.
Thank you! I enjoy writing from experience and sharing things I have learned. I've picked up so much from other moms and feel like it would be a shame not to keep passing the information along. The proverbial village seems to have moved online. :) -Aimee
This information is really important. Sleep disorders often have serious health consequences no matter how old you are. Thank you for sharing
Yes, it is really valuable information because sometimes we forget some details that are not so easy to evidence. Thanks for reading and commenting