In case you experience interrupted sleep, a natural sleep aid will be to remove the clock from your room, or to cover the clock with a cloth. Just before going to bed, avoid doing any kind of mental arithmetic about anything as it will keep the brain thinking besides stopping you from sleeping. Instead, a natural sleep aid at this time will be to repeat in your head something which is positively reinforcing about going to sleep.
In case there is any light coming into the room, a natural sleep aid would be to wear a sleep mask which will keep out all light. This will also help in keeping you from opening your eyes at night in order to look at the clock.
Calcium/Magnesium tablets as a natural sleep aid seem to help some people. The magnesium tends to relax the muscles apparently. Homeopathic remedies too are worth a try as they can be used by anyone, which would include children, without any kind of side-effects. It is important to follow the instructions properly as well as seek appropriate advice for using any of the natural sleep aid in case you are not sure.
It’s very important to avoid the tendency to clock-watch, count the hours, or tell people the next day about your lack of sleep. Focusing on the clock and discussing your sleep problems at length with the others will only serve to guarantee that your insomnia or sleep disorders will continue. So you need to find something else to talk about instead.
Telling others about your insomnia is actually a powerful technique for reinforcing as well as developing your insomnia. A natural sleep aid at this time is to start telling people that you are now sleeping well. That you are now relaxed and feeling much more comfortable when you go to bed. Discussing it in this way is all part of the natural sleep aid.