Sleep disorder symptoms in children

• Snoring or noisy breathing
• Mouth breathing while awake
• Excessive daytime sleepiness
• Attention deficit disorders
• School difficulty, acts up in school, falling asleep in class, etc.
• Grinding teeth
• Difficulty waking up or falling asleep
• Nightmares
• Sleep walking and sleep talking
• Repetitive leg kicking in sleep
• Bedwetting
• Restless sleep
• Irritable during the day

Of course, not all sleep problems represent a sleep disorder, but poor quality of sleep can be related to many serious health risks and should be diagnosed and treated by a board certified sleep physician.