Does sleepwalking matter?

[Frontier]

Ds (13yo) has always talked in his sleep but it's usually gibberish. Last night i had a full blown conversation with him,standing on the landing. it took me a few minutes to realise the reason he wasn't making complete sense was that he was fast asleep.

So, is there a reason for him suddenly sleepwalking, something i need to worry/take action about?

Can/do people hurt themselves sleepwalking? What would have happened if he'd got to the stairs, for example?

[PumpkinPie2013]

Just looked and NHS choices has some good info and advice so might be worth a look?

[PumpkinPie2013]

Not really got any experience myself but apparently my mum's brother used to sleepwalk as a kid - he'd go downstairs and make jam sandwiches of all things!

He did it for a number of years and never came to any harm. Grew out of it in his late teens.

Not sure there's much you can do as I presume people are not aware they are sleepwalking? Perhaps just make sure there are no obvious trip hazards and your doors are locked.