how do i know if my daughter is sleepwalking??

Question

my daughter is 3 years old and just recently has been doing strange things during the night, like opening kitchen cupboard doors, wandering round the house, plus recently she fell out of bed (so i thought) and cut her head, had to take her to A&E to get it glued!! is she sleepwalking and what can i do???

Answer 1

I had a daughter who used to wake up and want to play I used to take outside show her it was still dark and put her back to bed you should find someway to tell when your daughter is up and running

Answer 2

I see what you mean. It's not crap advice, necessarily, it's regional differences. Here in the US we have a cable channel called Arts and Entertainment (A&E) so it would be strange for us to go there with a medical emergency. Sometimes I see mention made of very odd store names and I just assume it might be a British thing and let is slide without an idiotic comment, as hard as that might be for me.

Sometimes I sleepwalk while I am awake, so figure that one out. I might be someplace and then suddenly I am someplace else and don't know how I got there. Sometimes I wake up and find I am in the wrong day, which adds to the confusion I already have.

Answer 3

Yes she is probably sleep walking. My 8 yr old has been doing this since the age of 2. Once he tried opening the front door but I heard him and got up and made him get back in bed.
You can tell when they are sleep walking cause they don't know what they are actually doing. You can ask the questions and they won't answer or they will mumble some stuff that doesn't make any sense. I don't think there is anything you can do but just make sure you keep her safe while she is doing this.

Answer 4

I'm a sleep walker too. Make sure she can't get out of the house and block off any stairs. You may want to put child locks on the cabinets that she needs to stay out of. Also if falling is a concern put her mattresses on the floor for a while so she doesn't have far to fall. I'm 32 and still sleep walk at times. I wish I knew how to stop it.

Answer 5

my sister sleep walks around the house, it can depend on how major her sleep walking is. some children believe that they are somewhere else while they are sleep walking. the best thing to do is not mention it to your child they may worry and think that something is wrong, instead keep a record and monitor her sleeping, if you hear her wake up simply talk softly and guide her back to bed but do not try to wake her as this will frighten her, i hope this works and ill add any information that i can find out!!

Answer 6

My son sleep walks every now and then,and it was scary not knowing what he was getting into,where he would wind up,if i did not here him...for a while we put bells on his slippers and we'd hear them jingling throughout the night when he sleepwalked,so we would get up and guide him back to his bed,it worked pretty well!

Answer 7

Yes it sounds like it. My 18month old has started doing it. He walks in my bedroom and then my daughters then gets back in his own bed. He looks me right in the eye but it's like he can't see me. Weird and spooky! Just direct her back to bed, you don't need to wake her, she will go willingly. Could you put a safety gate across her room or do you think she will try and climb it?

Answer 8

she may be just make sure shes safe at night sleepwalkers tend to be unresponsive when they are sleepwalking i would talk to your doctor if this persist and get some advice dont give her pills or anything though

Answer 9

Is anything different going on in the childs life? why are you not sure if she fell out of bed. Maybe shes just started nursery and is finding it hard to adapt to. The list is endless..............

Answer 10

Could be epillepsy. I had it for 8 years and had brain surgery to permanantly clear it.
Go see your GP for a check up and possibly scans