Sleeping behaviour

Topic Editor: Dominique Petit, PhD, Université de Montréal, Canada

Newborn infants spend about 16 hours a day sleeping. As they develop and grow, their sleep time diminishes; by age five, they sleep 10 to 12 hours daily. When a child experiences problems sleeping, it can cause significant stress within a family – so much so that infant sleep problems constitute the most common concern physicians hear from parents during routine appointments.

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