Information: Question:
Is sleepwalking normal for children?
Answer:
About 1 out of 10 school-aged children sleepwalk at least once. Sleepwalking is often triggered by disruption in regular sleep patterns or a fever. Sleepwalking is usually outgrown by early adolescence. Unlike sleepwalking in adults, childhood sleepwalking is usually not related to psychologic conditions. Rarely, it is due to temporal lobe epilepsy.
Avoid awakening someone who is sleepwalking, as this may frighten the person. Simply steer the person safely back to bed.
Try to maintain a bedtime routine to help minimize the problem.
