my child hardly sleeps.... She even has dark circle around her eyes.... when consulting a doctor they never take it as a serious matter...what should I do? this has been going on ever since she was a baby.... sshe sleeps 2,3 hours then is awake for another few hours where the cycles continues even at night....she hardly sleeps straight 5,6 hours without waking up in the 24hours circle...

Question

my child hardly sleeps.... She even has dark circle around her eyes.... when consulting a doctor they never take it as a serious matter...what should I do? this has been going on ever since she was a baby.... sshe sleeps 2,3 hours then is awake  for another few hours where the cycles continues even at night....she hardly sleeps straight 5,6 hours without waking up  in the 24hours circle...

Accepted Answer

for big children it is important to increase the physical activity of the child during the daytime and also see that the child is drinking plenty of water and is having a good diet just before sleep but at the same time the diet should be easily digestible and not very heavy diet which is causing more gas formation because that also can lead to digestion problem and that can disturb the sleep.
also it is important to look for any envirodnmental disturbance which is affecting the sleep like temperature variations as well as the mattress problem.
rule out constipation which might be causing gastric disturbance dand change in sleep pattern