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Keeping a Sleep Diary

Published on Dec 17, 2015

Keeping a sleep diary is an important first step to improving your child's sleep. You can us ethe diary to note down what your child has been doing during the day, and how they sleep afterwards. This allows you to see whether different activities help or hinder a good night's sleep.

Source: 'Sleep and your Special Needs Child' Antonia Chitty and Victoria Dawson

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Keeping a Sleep Diary

An important first step to improving your child's sleep
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Note your child's daytime activities

and how they slept after
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Day One

nursery, school, play with friends etc
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Any naps?

Note time and duration
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What they ate for their evening meal

oh and what time it was?
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Did they need to take any medication?

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What time did your bedtime routine start?

Remember this is just for Day 1
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What time was your child actually in bed?

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Did you stay

or did they settle on their own?
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What time did your child go to sleep?

Make more notes if that might be helpful later
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If they woke in the night

note behaviours, time awake and where they ended up sleeping
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What time did they wake in the morning?

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What was the total hours they slept

including any day time naps?
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Keep the diary over 7-14 days

It doesn't matter what day you start on
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Keep your diary near your bed

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Or use your phone instead

make an audio recording and update your diary later
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Share your diary

with your sleep practitioner to identify any patterns
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Gareth Jenkins

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