Two primary types of insomnia affect children. Sleep-onset association type
occurs when a child associates falling asleep with an action (being held or
rocked), object (bottle) or setting (parents’ bed), and is unable to fall asleep if
separated from that association. Limit-setting type occurs when a child stalls and
refuses to go to sleep in the absence of strictly enforced bedtime limits.
Approximately 10-30% of children are affected by this condition