This Episode Covers the Following:

• Sleep quality and quantity
• Why it's important to discuss sleep
• How much sleep should kids be getting (in different stages in life)
• Napping
• Insomnia and other Sleep Disorders
• The Circadian Rhythm and Healthy Sleep Cycles
• Sleep Hygiene
• CBTI (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia)
• Sleep Logging
• Melatonin and Sleep Aids
• Bedtime Fading
• Safe Sleep
• Sleep Training

About Dr. Donskoy:

Innessa Donskoy is a pediatric sleep medicine physician at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Illinois. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor  at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine for the Sleep Medicine fellowship. She completed her Pediatric Residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago and her Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the McGaw Medical Center at Northwestern University & Ann Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital. Dr. Donskoy sees patients from early infancy to late adolescence and provides an array of services, from sleep coaching/sleep health optimization to treating simple and complex sleep-disordered breathing, movement disorders, circadian rhythm disorders, insomnia and hypersomnias.

Sources Mentioned:

National Sleep Foundation: National Sleep Foundation (thensf.org)

American Academy of Sleep Medicine: American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) | Sleep | Medical Society

American Heart Association-Sleep: Sleep | American Heart Association

American Academy of Pediatrics-Safe Sleep: https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/safe-sleep/