ECH130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Waking Hours, Night Terror, Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
9 May 2018
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LECTURE 5 NOTES
SLEEP IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Soe key poits…
• Regulatory systems- regulating ourselves with sleep, eating etc.
Impact on babies from a young age with developing these
Culture that doesn't value sleep
Terminology and Background
• Much of the research on sleep is conducted within a medical context.
• An unfortunate consequence is that understanding of advances in sleep research tend not to be read
outside of clinical/medical professions.
Normal Sleep
• Newborns require 14-17 hours of sleep
• Reduces to 7-8 hours in adult years
• Normal pattern of sleep during the infant and early years is:
• Reductions in overall sleep
• Progressive shift to night time sleep
Department of Health 24-hour guidelines for sleep and physical activity
• Infants (Birth to one year) are recommended to have 14 to 17 hours (for those aged 0-3 months) and
12 to 16 hours (for those aged 4-11 months) of good quality sleep, including naps during the 24-hour
period.
• Toddlers (aged 1-2 years) are recommended to have from 11 to 14 hours of good quality sleep,
including naps during the 24-hour period with consistent sleep and wake-up times.
• Pre-schoolers (aged 3-5 years) are recommended to have 10 to 13 hours of good quality sleep, which
may include a nap, with consistent sleep and wake-up times.
• Keeping consistent noise levels for babies to adjust to sleeping with noise
(N)REM
• Two types of sleep, NREM and REM (N=Non, REM=Rapid Eye Movement). Dreaming occurs during
REM sleep.
• Focus is often on quantity of sleep but quality of sleep is important.
• If deprived of REM, drowsiness and even hallucinatory experiences can occur.
Australian Adults & Sleep
• Inadequate sleep in terms of quality and/or quantity and daytime consequences were found to impact
on 33-45% of adults
• 20% of adults have reported 'nodding off' while driving
• 26% of adults use the internet at night just before bed
• Australian adults are poor role models for children
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ECH130
LECTURE 5 NOTES
SLEEP IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
Infant Deaths
• Campaigns that enforce good sleep in infants
Estimated 8,480 lives saved 1990-2013 http://www.sidsandkids.org/research/
Twin Co-Sleeping
• Co-sleeping for twins can present dangers such as over-heating
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Document Summary
So(cid:373)e key poi(cid:374)ts : regulatory systems- regulating ourselves with sleep, eating etc. Impact on babies from a young age with developing these. Terminology and background: much of the research on sleep is conducted within a medical context, an unfortunate consequence is that understanding of advances in sleep research tend not to be read outside of clinical/medical professions. Normal sleep: newborns require 14-17 hours of sleep, reduces to 7-8 hours in adult years, normal pattern of sleep during the infant and early years is, reductions in overall sleep, progressive shift to night time sleep. Department of health 24-hour guidelines for sleep and physical activity. Infants (birth to one year) are recommended to have 14 to 17 hours (for those aged 0-3 months) and. Rem sleep: focus is often on quantity of sleep but quality of sleep is important. If deprived of rem, drowsiness and even hallucinatory experiences can occur. Infant deaths: campaigns that enforce good sleep in infants.
