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Feb 4, 2021

Daytime nap and nighttime breastfeeding are associated with toddlers' nighttime sleep.

Scientific reports
  • Machiko Nakagawa
  • Hidenobu Ohta
  • Rinshu Shimabukuro
  • Yoko Asaka
  • Takayo Nakazawa
  • Yoshihisa Oishi
  • Michio Hirata
  • Akiko Ando
  • Takashi Ikeda
  • Yuko Yoshimura
  • Yusuke Mitani
  • Yousuke Kaneshi
  • Keita Morioka
  • Rika Fukutomi
  • Kyoko Kobayashi
  • Miwa Ozawa
  • Masahiro Takeshima
  • Kazuo Mishima
  • Mitsuru Kikuchi
  • Kazutoshi Cho
  • Hitoshi Yoda
  • Isao Kusakawa
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Volume
11
Number
1
First page
3028
Last page
3028
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-021-81970-6

The purpose of the present study is to examine the association between toddlers' sleep arrangements and their nighttime sleep duration and other sleep variables. For this investigation, we performed a study in which child activity and sleep levels were recorded using actigraphy. The parents of 1.5-year-old toddlers (n = 106) were asked to attach an actigraphy unit to their child's waist with an adjustable elastic belt and complete a sleep diary for 7 consecutive days. Questionnaires were used to assess the sleep arrangements of the toddlers. There was a significant negative correlation between nap duration and nighttime sleep duration, suggesting that longer nap sleep induces shorter nighttime sleep duration. Among the sleep arrangements, such as nighttime breastfeeding or co-sleeping, only nighttime breastfeeding predicted shorter nighttime sleep duration. Our findings indicate that shorter naps induce a longer nighttime sleep in 1.5-year-old toddlers while nighttime breastfeeding decreases their nighttime sleep duration.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81970-6
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33542276
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7862350
ID information
  • DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-81970-6
  • Pubmed ID : 33542276
  • Pubmed Central ID : PMC7862350

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