Tips for Children's Sleep Health

To help improve children's sleep health, here are some tips from the World Association of Sleep Medicine and others:

1. Make sure children get enough sleep by setting an age-appropriate bedtime and waketime: and stick to this at weekends too.
2. Establish a consistent bedtime routine.
3. Make sure children wear comfortable night-time clothes, and infants have strong absorbing diapers or nappies.
4. Limit electronic gadgets in the bedroom and their use before bedtime.
5. Ensure children get plenty of outdoor exercise during the day.
6. Avoid bright light at bedtime and during the night, and increase light brightness in the morning.
7. Encourage your children to fall asleep independently.
8. Stick to a consistent mealtime schedule, and don't give them caffeinated drinks.