Sleep issues are common in every age group

It’s not just newborns who keep their parents awake at night — older children have sleep problems too. Parents need to take a step back, the sleep experts tell Lisa Salmon.

NEW parents expect to be sleep-deprived, and long for their baby to sleep through the night. But it’s not just newborns and their parents who have sleep problems — many older children struggle to sleep too.

And often that’s because their doting parents are simply trying too hard to get them to nod off, say sleep experts Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright.