title: Sleep pattern and night awakening in healthy infants.
abstract: Sleep pattern and night-awakening were studied in 500 healthy infants by a semistructured interview method. A total of 92.2% infants shared bed with their mothers, 6.8% with grand parents and 1% with fathers. Paternal participation at bedtime was observed to be insignificant. Infants of non-working mothers and families with vegetarian habits slept significantly more as compared to the working mothers and families with non-vegetarian habits. Night-time awakening was reported in 96% of the infants. If a child is functioning well in other areas of life, parents can be assured that the problem is not of serious concern and unnecessary medication of infants should be avoided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Raizada
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D012890:Sleep; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014931:Women, Working