If the thought of trying to get your kids off to sleep sends shivers down your spine, it may be a good idea to check through this list of common mistakes, compiled by Metro Parent, to ensure your actions aren’t coming between your child and a peaceful night’s sleep in their kid’s storage bed.
Choose the right bedtime snacks. Sugar-laden foods or produce containing caffeine should be a no-go area, as they will get children all hyped up just when they should be calming down. Carb...
Bring the spirit of Christmas into your bedroom décor this year with a few handy tips:
House to Home suggests opting for “Scandi-chic” in the bedroom for a Christmassy feel, with festive red and snowy white bed linen for an Alpine look. This trend works best with a white bed, so why not opt for a lift up bed in contemporary white? Make sure the Christmas feel really comes across with a wreath, Scandinavian-style Christmas decorations and a knitted stocking for all those presents.
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Frequent snoring could mean a child may develop health problems, a study has suggested.
Researchers at the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles found that children’s metabolism can be affected by snoring, and the noisy night time behaviour may also indicate an underlying problem with breathing, KNBC reported.
Dr Sally Davidson Ward, who authored the study, explained that when someone suffers arousals from sleep, the “fight-or-flight reflex” is triggered, which activates the b...
Worry-related sleep loss may be a vicious cycle, but it seems it’s one that growing older could break.
According to two recent studies, worry-related sleep disturbances were most prevalent in people aged between 34 and 60, yet they declined from then on. The age group demonstrating the lowest level of worry-related sleep disruption was 71-79, and the findings were true for both men and women.
This outcome lies in contrast to many previous studies which have shown that insomnia and poor sleep a...
We all want the perfect space to wake up in on Christmas morning, but how do you go about creating it?
Use the season’s hottest colours. According to Pantone’s Fall 2012 Color Report, the shades to go for include vivid pink flambé and bold tangerine tango, both warming hues that’ll have any room feeling alive with colour.
Go fuss-free and uncluttered. Clever storage tricks like the double storage beds here make may for a sleek and tidy bedroom, as they provide somewhere to hide nessessar...
If blood pressure is a problem for you, how about climbing into your storage bed a little earlier than usual?
People displaying the early signs of high blood pressure can get their levels back down to normal in six weeks by getting an extra hour’s sleep, a recent study has shown.
Researchers at the Harvard Medical School studied people who usually slept for a maximum of seven hours each night. These people also had signs of high blood pressure.
The group under study consisted of 22 middle aged...
Eight hours of sleep may traditionally be recommended, but ten hours of sleep a night could be more effective than codeine at reducing pain.
Just two extra hours can reduce pain sensitivity, a study led by Dr Timothy Roehrs of Henry Ford Hospital in the United States has revealed.
During the study, 18 volunteers held their finger on a heat source for as long as they could. Those who had slept for ten hours each night of the four night study could tolerate the pain for 25 seconds more than those ...
