Sleep/Wake Patterns, temperament, and overall infant development.

This is the title of a paper published in the Journal Early Human Development 84(5):289-96, 2008 May.

"Our findings highlight the importance of considering maturational and regulatory aspects of sleep when evaluating infant daytime behaviour."

"Increased nocturnal sleep was correlated with increased approachability."

They observed that infants who sleep more at night are less withdrawing and more approaching to novel stimuli.

Have you noticed this?

Marc

Filed under: Temperament