Abstract
Prevalence of pediatric insomnia is 10-30 % depending on the age, the most common is in infants. Insomnia presents with difficulties initiating and maintaining sleep and daytime symptoms resulting from insufficient sleep.
Insomnia can be perceived as a symptom connected with many causes - behavioral and psychic factors, inadequate sleep hygiene, somatic or psychiatric diseases or other sleep disorders. Early diagnosis and treatment prevent chronic course of insomnia and influence quality of life of a child and its family.