Pediatric sleep problems get blamed on screens, sugar, and discipline. Sometimes that's the story. But when a child has never slept well — through every routine change and every consequence chart — the problem usually isn't behavior. This episode walks through what birth trauma, posture, and the nervous system have to do with a kid who can't settle.
"The kid wasn't defiant. He was uncomfortable. Those look identical at bedtime."
In this episode
It's not the screens (entirely)
When behavior-first explanations stop making sense.
Birth and the upper neck
Why delivery mechanics matter more than anyone told you.
What to look for in your own kid
Head tilt, restlessness, recurring ear infections — the pattern most parents have seen but never had named.
The evaluation that actually looks
What thermal scanning shows in children, and why it's painless and fast.