Sentences with phrase «light sleep state»

At the end of each sleep cycle, a baby is in a very light sleep state and may even momentarily wake up before entering into a new cycle.

When you are in the light sleep state, sometimes, you can not even realize that you are asleep.

Move on to doing the same four steps above, this time when your child is in a lighter sleep state (around 5 minutes after falling asleep).

The main issue with disruptive noise is not that your child will have trouble falling asleep, it's that after they fall asleep and transition from one sleep cycle to the next they will go in and out of a light sleep state.

Babies go into a light sleep state (REM) first, and then cycle in and out of REM and deep sleep about every 1/2 hour or so.

In part, this is because they spend a large portion of their sleep time in «active sleep,» a light sleep state characterized by fluttering eyelids; rapid, irregular breathing; occasional body movements; and vocalizations (grunts or brief cries).

I encourage motionless sleep because vibration or motion during sleep can force the brain to stay in a lighter sleep state and reduce the restorative power of sleep.