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Article: SLEEP TIGHT BABY
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- The Manila Times
- Article date:
- May 19, 2007
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FOR many years, doting moms have taken for granted their babies' sleep habits, even accepting the irregular nightly awakenings as normal and harmless.
However, medical studies conducted in the United States showed that 25-30 percent of children had a sleep problem. These usually range from resistance and difficulty to fall asleep to frequent awakenings to irregular sleep patterns or to the even more extreme night terrors.
Sleep problems, however, must not be taken lightly or part and parcel of baby's growing up as sleep is known to affect baby's physical and mental development and disposition.
It is a medical fact that hormones that promote physical growth are released three times more ...