Infants with persistent and severe sleep difficulties were nearly 3 times as likely to have symptoms of emotional problems at age 4, a new study finds. And they were more than twice as likely to meet diagnostic criteria for an emotional disorder by age 10.
Many babies struggle to fall asleep without a parent at their side, or wake frequently during the night -- a phase that's exhausting for new parents but usually passes quickly.
However, infants with very disturbed sleep patterns could be at greater risk for anxiety and emotional issues in later childhood, new research suggests. How parents tackle bedtime around the worldAustralian researchers tracked 1,507 first-time mothers and their babies and found that one in five had what they described as"persistent severe sleep problems" during their babies' first year.
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