IT’S quite ironic that there are now apps to help you sleep when one of the biggest problems around getting a decent night’s sleep is digital devices in the bedroom!

Experts generally agree that reading your emails or Googling items late at night or while you’re in bed can help you stay awake. Apparently, blue light from digital devices lowers levels of sleep hormone melatonin which promotes zzzzzzzzs.

Although the body knows when to sleep and this hormone level rises naturally during the evening, screens alter our internal body clock. Limiting screen time or applying screen filters is suggested as the key to sleeping if you’re determined to have your iPad or Kindle going then.

It’s certainly sensible to limit children’s digital use just before they go to bed or while in bed. They really need their sleep both to grow up and to be awake for their daily studies.