But it appears that many healthy, normal newborns deviate several hours from
the average duration of sleep.
Not exact matches
Laboratory studies reveal that the
average duration of infant and maternal awakenings in the cosleeping environment are shorter on
average than the awakenings mothers and babies experience when baby awakens in another room, and requires intervention before going back to
sleep (see Mosko et al 1997).
Babies arouse more frequently, but for shorter
average durations than if the baby
slept apart - and spend less time in deeper stages
of sleep which may not be beneficial for babies with arousal deficiencies - as also shown in recently published refereed articles.
By the time the twins had been home for eight weeks,
average sleep duration had only improved marginally to 5.6 hours daily, although this was achieved in fewer
sleep episodes lasting an
average of 31.8 minutes each.
«Although
sleep scientists have generally accepted that the
average sleep duration of Americans has been declining in parallel with our transformation to a frenetic 24 - hour society,» Quan wrote, «most
sleep clinicians would consider those values indicative
of sleep deprivation even by current standards.»
We can only speculate about why those with shorter
average sleep duration were more likely to develop calcification
of the coronary arteries.»
Their
average sleep duration was assessed through a variety
of methods, from questionnaires to wearable technology.
I started 2015 with an
average sleep duration of around 5:15, but I've been slowly getting my score up so that now I'm around 5:50.