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Are you and your baby getting enough hours of sleep?
Sleep is one of the most important "activities" in our life. During sleep, our body regenerates and rests. We often get angry that it takes us to sleep we have a time that most of us still lack. But is sleep really a waste of time?
The 1959 experiment. The year showed that a person who has been awake for several days is exposed to unimaginable mental states. In 1959, a 32-year-old DJ and radio presenter, Peter Tripp take part in a charity event. To earn money, he allowed himself to be locked in a glass box in Times Square and began the 200-hour session marathon standby called "Wakeathon". Had conduct your broadcast for 8 days. All this time he was under the care of doctors, however, in 1959 the effects of prolonged sleep deprivation were not yet known and no one told him how bad it is to stay awake for 8 days. After two days, Peter began to experience visual hallucinations, seeing e.g. spiders and cobwebs in their shoes. After 100 hours, his memory deteriorated significantly and he had big problems with simple performance tests (test performance can be simple puzzle, or arranging blocks according to the pattern). With each passing hour his hallucinations grew more terrifying: a doctor's teed suit seemed to him to be made of hairy caterpillars, and when he went to the hotel to change his clothes he saw a burning dresser drawer. Trying to explain this vision to himself, he concluded that the fire remained specially planted by doctors to frighten him and test him.
A simple algebraic problem that he had previously solved with ease now required superhuman effort, Tripp broke down, terrified that he was incapable of solving it even though he was making every effort to deal with it. After 170 hours, it was hard to watch Tripp suffer when he wasn't already sure if he is himself and tried get some proof of your own in a variety of ways identity. He was acting as though he was not sleeping, but the bioelectrical recordings of his brain were characteristic of sleep. In his psychotic visions, Tripp was sure the doctors were plotting against him to send him to prison. At the end of the 200-hour, sleepless, hallucination and reality fused together, Tripp was convinced he was a victim of the doctors' sadistic conspiracy. After 200 hours, Tripp was finally there could lie down to bed and slept 48 hours. When he woke up, it seemed everything was back to normal, but his wife wasn't sure about it, theirs marriage It started falling apart until finally they got divorced.
Peter Tripp and his charity marathon is a glaring example of a lack of sleep. Most of us don't have to face such challenges. But what if this dream is not enough? People deprived of sleep may become overweight, they look less healthy and therefore less attractive. Our immunity also drops, we lose the ability to react quickly and the ability to remember information. Lack of sleep promotes risky behavior and can even lead to madness.
An international organization in the field of sleep (The National Sleep Foundation (NSF)) in cooperation with numerous experts in various fields (anatomy, physiology, pediatrics, neurology, gerontology and gynecology) published a report on recommended sleep hours for different age groups ( 1 ), ( 2 ).
It is worth remembering that not only the quantity, but also the quality of sleep is important and what doctors recommend in the East - an adult should go to bed between 21:30 and 23:00, as the hours of sleep until midnight have a huge impact on the well-being and the degree of sleep.
Check on your own. Do a little experiment. If you are an adult, go to sleep before 11 p.m. and sleep for at least 6 hours. Compare that to the night you fell asleep well after midnight. What are your insights from this experiment?
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Lack of sleep in children is even worse in effects. Children grow and develop this is why they need more sleep. If a person up to the age of 18 (to this age more or less develops brain) will sleep during the day less than the recommended time for her age group is: her attention span is declining, she is getting weaker memory, intelligence and the ability to solve, for example, mathematical tasks, the body's resistance decreases, and it increases the risk of overweight problems arises annoyance.
Elementary School in Kenosha has developed a bedtime schedule for children to make it easier for parents consider how much and at what times their children should go to bed.
Of course, each child is different and the amount of sleep required is different it differs, however, it is worth taking into account the suggested sleep times for different age groups and observe both our children's behavior and ourselves.
If your child is the delay type with going to bed and it takes him a long time to fall asleep, you are not alone in this problem. You should take this into account when sending your baby to sleep and start calming him down early enough. Send to the toilet in advance, give a drink, bring your favorite cuddly toy, dim the light in the child's room turn on the radio play instead of the television, instead of the tablet or electronic games to give a book to read ...
I know, I know it is easy to write, it is harder to do, but it is worth taking care of a well-rested child's body, it gives the child the same benefits, and we have more time for ourselves.
If your baby's falling asleep at night is a nightmare, necessarily read or listen to "How to make it easier an evening ritual of falling asleep for your child ?. Thanks to this you will have a rested child and evening only for myself.
