Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 179-191, April 2003

The development of sleep during the first months of life

Center for Sleep and Wake Disorders, Juliana Children Hospital and MCH, Westeinde Hospital, P.O. Box 432, 2501 CK, The Hague, The Netherlands

Abstract 

The development of sleep during the first months of life is intriguing from a scientific point of view but is interesting to the clinician as well. This review aims at providing data on sleep in “low-risk” premature neonates, neonates born at term, and infants up to the age of 6 months. The various milestones in clinical and polygraphic features of sleep allow for week-to-week assessment of brain function in normal and sick children.

Keywords: sleep, polygraphy, EEG, neonate, infant

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  • f1 Correspondence should be addressed to: A. W. de Weerd. E-mail: aw@hsr.nl

PII: S1087-0792(02)90198-X

doi:10.1053/smrv.2002.0198

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 179-191, April 2003

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