Family Tips

The question about sleepwalking symptoms may seem nonsensical at first sight, as getting out of bed and walking around while sleeping is the most obvious sign. But young sleepwalkers may also do the fallowing: talk during the sleep, be hard to wake up, seem torpid and be clumsy, do not respond when spoken to, sit up in bed and go through repeated motions. Also, sleepwalkers’ eyes are open, but they don’t see the same way they do when they’re awake and they often think they’re in a different place or room.
Sleepwalking may also be accompanied with brief pauses in breathing and nightmares.
Usually sleepwalking is not a serious problem, while it occurs seldom. But it can be dangerous if  they’re frequent with some actions. Sleepwalking kid sleep in fact and may not realize what he or she is doing, for example, walking down stairs or opening doors and windows.
This phenomenon is not usually a sign that something is emotionally or psychologically wrong with a kid. It also doesn’t cause any emotional problems. These kids usually go back to bed on their own and do not even remember the nighttime incident.
Although sleepwalking isn’t dangerous by itself, parents should take some steps to insure child’s safety, so that the child is less likely to fall down, run into something, walk out the front door, or drive, in the case with a teen.
Parents shouldn’t awaken the sleepwalker because this might scare the kid. Instead, it would be better to gently guide him or her back to bed.
Lock the windows and doors. You may install even additional locks or child safety locks on doors.
To prevent falls, don’t let your sleepwalker sleep in a bunk bed.
Parents should remove sharp or breakable things near the child’s bed and keep dangerous things out of reach.