The sleepwalking child is not responsive and may have a blank stare, and if awakened he may be confused and may not remember much or any of the event. Treatment Many childhood sleep problems are related to irregular sleep habits or to anxiety about going to bed and falling asleep. Sleep problems may also be symptoms of emotional difficulties. For normal young children, bedtime is a time of separation, but some children will do all they can to prevent separation. To help minimize these types of common sleep problems, a parent can develop consistent and regular sleep routines for children.
Parents often find that feeding and rocking helps an infant to get to sleep.
However, as the child leaves infancy, parents should encourage the child to sleep without feeding and rocking. Otherwise, the developing child will have a hard time going to sleep alone.