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KayserBetten beds and how they can provide a safe night’s sleep for you and your Angel.
The KayserBetten bed is one of the most highly recommended beds by parents of children with Angelman Syndrome. This bed will meet your child’s medical, safety and behavior needs. One comment we keep hearing from parents is how well THEY sleep at night knowing their child is safe in their room. The beds are spacious, call and find out the right size for your child. The KayserBetten bed may be eligible through your insurance provider. For more info call 1-800-574 ext. 308 www.KayserBettenUS.com If you have a KayserBetten bed and would like to share your story with us, it could be featured in the next edition of Angelman Today. Email…
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Aromatherapy and Angels March-April 2015
By Shari Caspert, Mom of 18- year old Matthew There has been a lot of news about Essential oils and how they may help you with many health issues. This is very exciting, yet confusing at the same time. We have been using Essential Oils for the past 4 years in our home. We are always looking for options to help our son Matthew (age 18 with AS) to help him with sleep, behavior, anxiety, stress, focus, digestion and to keep his muscles strong and pain free. After much trial and research we have come to realize that his body is constantly changing and that we may need different strategies to…
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Angel Family Experience with a Safety Sleeper
Angel Family Experience with the Safety Sleeper By Stephanie Moyer, Mom to Colin age 8 We have been using the Safety Sleeper for our son Colin for more than a year now. It has been a total game changer. Colin went from being up three to four hours every night, and he would kick the door and wake up the whole house. Since we received The Safety Sleeper, he sleeps 12 hours every night! We have seen the greatest difference when we travel. Before, we would go on vacation and Colin would average two hours a night — not much of a vacation! Now, we take his bed, and he…
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Our Family Sleep Tips
By Shari Caspert We learned the best tip at our very 1st Angelman Conference 15 years ago: Change Matthew’s bedroom door to a dutch door! It is the safest place in the house for him, he can play, have privacy and when he does not sleep we know he is safe! Thanks to his dutch door, he sleeps in a regular bed and has room to roam. Part of his nightly routine includes; diffusing therapeutic grade Young Living Essential Lavender in his room an hour prior to sleep and an Epsom salt bath with a few drops of Lavender. We love “pure” therapeutic grade lavender because it assists with sleep and…
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Angelman Syndrome and Sleep Disorders
Angelman syndrome children and adults have serious sleeping disorders. by Sybille Kraft Bellamy Apart from seizure problems, it is one of the most difficult aspects of the syndrome to live with. Some angels sleep only a couple of hours a night, some fall asleep easily but wake up very early and some fall asleep very late and sleep late in the morning. This can disturb the school schedule or therapy sessions and it is exhausting physically and psychologically for the parents and caretakers. The majority of angels, do not take naps and when they fall asleep it is usually late in the afternoon which disturbs the usual sleep pattern. In order to increase the chance for our angels…
