But as people age, they tend to spend less time
in deep sleep stages, sometimes skipping them altogether.
Around 4 months, as sleep becomes more «adult - like», your baby will not enter immediately into that
non-REM deep sleep stage as soon as they fall asleep.
The study also showed that the people sleeping in the hammock bed entered restorative deep sleep phase sooner, thus indicating that the swimming sensation may have an impact on the areas of the brain that are involved
in deep sleep stages.
We are only just beginning to understand the importance of
the deep sleep stage.
An overheated child feels warm earlier in the night, before she reaches
the deep sleep stage, says Shu.
As your child leaves
the deep sleep stage and enters the light sleep, they may wake up.
When you finally get your child to fall asleep, they will not immediately enter
the deep sleep stage.
Another published in 2011 found that healthy men 65 and older with normal blood pressure were nearly twice as likely to develop hypertension during the study if they spent less time in
the deepest sleep stage (known as slow - wave sleep) compared with those who spent the most time deeply asleep.
What's more, shorter bouts of snoozing mean you're less likely to fall into
the deep sleep stage, a crucial time for growth hormone release.
How to get a deeper analysis of your sleep on the Alta HR: The Alta HR measures time asleep, REM, light and
deep sleep stages.