Sleep in Babies, Kids, Teens, and Pregnant Women

Here you will find links to sleep centers and specialists and websites about sleep and sleep problems in babies, kids, teens, and pregnant women. A separate section lists websites for teens.

Sleep Centers and Specialists

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). An online directory of sleep centers and laboratories that are accredited by AASM.
Narcolepsy Network: Sleep Centers and Specialists. Information about finding a sleep center and sleep specialist. Also see the Narcolepsy Network's directory of professional members and sleep center members.

Websites

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM): Sleep and Children. Information about the amount of sleep kids need at each stage of growth, signs that your child may have a sleep problem, and tips to help your child sleep better. Includes information about sleep problems and treatments. You can also look at AASM's information about sleep and pregnancy.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Parents Are the Key. Tools and resources for parents in English and Spanish about the most dangerous driving situations for young drivers (including drowsy driving) and how to avoid them.
Cleveland Clinic: Sleep and Children. Information about sleep by age group; common sleep problems such as nighttime awakenings, nightmares, and head banging and head rocking; and more serious problems such as insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, and restless legs syndrome.
Harvard Medical School: Healthy Sleep. Information about why sleep matters, the science of sleep (including sleep changes in children), getting the sleep you need, and sleep problems. Includes written material, video clips, and online activities.
HealthyChildren.org: Sleep. Articles and video and audio clips about babies and phases of sleep, safe sleep environment and practices, and sleep apnea.
KidsHealth: Your Kid's Sleep. Articles in English and Spanish for parents about sleep and bedtime routines, apnea, bedwetting, bruxism, bed sharing, nightmares, night terrors, sleepwalking, and sudden infant death syndrome. Includes articles for kids and teens.
National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Information about sleep and sleep problems in babies, kids, teens, and pregnant women. Gives answers to common questions about kids and sleep. View Sleep for Kids for facts about sleep, games, and puzzles.
YourChild: Development and Behavior Resources: Sleep Problems. Information about sleep and babies, kids, and teens; teaching good sleep habits; sleep needs; and sleep problems. Links to sleep diaries and additional resources for parents.
Moon R, ed. 2013. Sleep: What Every Parent Needs to Know (2nd ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics. [Book].
St. Louis Sleep Diagnostic Center. 2010. A Parent's Guide to Sleep Disorders. St. Louis, MO: St. Louis Children's Hospital. [Brochure].

For Teens

Center for Young Women's Health. Information for teen girls about healthy sleep habits and caffeine.
TeensHealth: Common Sleep Problems. Information in English and Spanish about what happens during sleep, why teens have trouble sleeping, periodic limb movement disorder, restless legs syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea, reflux, nightmares, narcolepsy, sleepwalking, coping, and treatment. Gives five ideas for better sleep and information about how much sleep teens need.
Young Men's Health: Healthy Sleep Habits. Information for teen guys and young men about the importance of getting enough sleep and tips for better sleep.
National Sleep Foundation (NSF). 2007. Facts About Drowsy Driving (Teens/Young Drivers). Washington, DC: National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Also available in Spanish.

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Need more information? Use the collection of resources that library staff have put together for you and your family.

Sleep in Babies, Kids, Teens, and Pregnant Women: Family Resource Brief. (October 2011). (Updated: November 2014).

Authors: Susan Chauncey Horky, L.C.S.W., M.S.W., University of Florida; Susan Brune Lorenzo, M.L.S., MCH Digital Library; Mary H. Wagner, M.D., University of Florida.
Contributors: Kristen Hedger Archbold, R.N., Ph.D., University of Arizona; Candace Dreier, R.R.T., University of Wisconsin; Carla Salldin, Parent Consultant, University of Washington; Sarah Walker, M.S., M.P.H., R.D., University of New Mexico.
Reviewers: Jeanne Anastasi, M.A., National Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Resource Center; Olivia Pickett, M.A., M.L.S., MCH Digital Library.
Editor: Ruth Barzel, M.A., MCH Digital Library.