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Charlie Elizabeth Culverhouse

New research shows number of children taking sleeping pills has doubled over past 7 years - but there are other ways to help children build better sleep habits

Child sleeping.

New NHS data has revealed that the number of children being prescribed sleeping tablets by the NHS has doubled over past 7 years, with a number of them being issued to babies under the age of one.

Everyone has trouble sleeping from time to time, with parents often left wondering 'why am I so tired all the time?' as they deal with a lack of sleep as a new parent, and all parents can relate to the struggle of getting newborns to stick to their sleep schedule and get enough deep sleep to take on the day. 

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