Difficulties in settling to sleep are often under diagnosed in infants and toddlers. Parental behaviours which reduce the child’s independence about sleep, for example requiring a parental presence, or being put to bed once asleep, are the primary grounds for the development of settling difficulties. Potentially, a small but chronic loss of sleep in childhood could directly affect the child’s behaviour and social competence, cognitive performance and physical condition.
Children who have short duration night sleep before 3.5 years of age show increased risk of hyperactivity, impulsiveness, and poorer learning skills at 6 years of age compared with children who sleep for 11 hours a night.
Children who experience persistent short sleep duration in early infancy, are also at increased risk of obesity at 6 years. The importance of sleeping for at least 10 hours a night in early childhood is stressed, as the National Sleep Foundation poll suggests, for optimal child development.
Children who have short duration night sleep before 3.5 years of age show increased risk of hyperactivity, impulsiveness, and poorer learning skills at 6 years of age compared with children who sleep for 11 hours a night.
Children who experience persistent short sleep duration in early infancy, are also at increased risk of obesity at 6 years. The importance of sleeping for at least 10 hours a night in early childhood is stressed, as the National Sleep Foundation poll suggests, for optimal child development.
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