My first child slept like an angel. We’d put her to bed around 8 p.m. and she’d sleep a full twelve hours. Yes, it was parental bliss. Another one of our children, though, threw us for a serious loop. We’d put them to bed, and they’d beWe tried a serene bedtime routine: We applied lavender lotion to their arms, legs, and back, read several bedtime stories, and dimmed the lights. When this wasn’t enough, we had the kids do running races and yoga before bed.
One day, I confessed to a fellow mom—who is also a nurse—how tired we were. She asked if we had considered that our child may have restless leg syndrome. One of her own children had sleep issues stemming from their low ferritin level. I had no idea what ferritin was, but I was down for anything after six years of missing a full night’s rest.
Checking my child’s ferritin level was a simple blood test. While a “normal” ferritin level varies, my child’s level, which was under twenty milligrams per decilitre, plus chronic nighttime symptoms revealed a clear diagnosis of restless leg syndrome. I was shocked. I thought RLS was an issue onlyAccording to Nilong Vyas, a paediatrician and sleep coach at Sleepless in NOLA, restless leg syndrome, or RLS, is “a condition where the legs move sporadically and unintentionally” usually at night.
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