Being Born Small May Influence Sleep, Related Issues
September 18th, 2009
Negative associations with being born smaller than average abound for physicians and expectant mothers alike, but the conclusions of a new study about the link between small birth size and subsequent sleeping problems later in life may be new among them. A research team from Finland’s University of Helsinki found that babies born with a lower than average length and weight were significantly more likely to develop sleeping difficulties, issues which have been tied to mental health concerns in numerous studies. Helping mothers exercise increased care and precaution during pregnancy may gain relevance in an effort to give children a better starting chance at a good night’s sleep.
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As expected, this does not seem to affect every ‘small’ person, but I guess the study is just talking about abnormally small people here. My girlfriend is barely five feet tall and is petite too, but she is a very happy-go-lucky kind of a person and has no such sleeping issues…I guess i am just lucky ;)
Although a lot of ‘small’ people have an inferiority complex, this can be driven away if we, as society, embrace them for who they are rather than how big they are… This will go a long way in maintaining peace and brotherhood all over.
It seems that babies that are born premature or small always have higher instances of things going wrong so I guess sleep is just another one of those things which can be affected by this.
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