Open Access<p>Longitudinal Study of Infant Sleep Development: Early Predictors of Sleep Regulation Across the First Year</p>
Author(s) -
Jacqueline M.T. Henderson,
Neville M. Blampied
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nature and science of sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.715
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 1179-1608
DOI - 10.2147/nss.s240075
Subject(s) - medicine , sleep (system call) , pediatrics , longitudinal study , sleep disorder , insomnia , sleep onset , audiology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , psychology , pathology , computer science , operating system
An important developmental task for infants over their first few years of life is to learn to settle to sleep with a reasonably short latency, maintain sleep through the night and coordinate with family sleeping and waking schedules. A child who can reliably do this is exhibiting self-regulated sleep. Otherwise, children's sleep may have to be other (non-self) regulated to some degree and they may exhibit pediatric sleep disturbances (e.g., extended sleep latency, and/or frequent nightwaking); these are reported by 36-45% of parents of infants between ages four to 12 months.