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May 2008 newsletter

May Feature articles:

Healthy eating

Sleep safety

Dear Baby Sense Mums and Dads

Things happen in your life to lead you to the work you will be passionate about. My passion for calming babies and helping them sleep must be somehow rooted in the fact that I LOVE SLEEP!!! I am passionate about a good night’s sleep and empathize on a very deep level with sleep deprived parents.

I know in my gut, just as I am sure you do, that sleep is essential for my and my babies’ mental health. Well now you can imagine my excitement when new research was published this month (on the 8th April) by Harvard in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, on the physical effect of sleep too.

The study basically linked obesity with babies who don’t sleep. Most profoundly affected were those infants who did not sleep well and watched more than two hours of TV. The babies were measured at 6 months, a year and two years old. At three years old 9% of the 915 babies studied were obese. Once the researchers had adjusted for most variables, it was found that these were the babies who were most likely to be having less than 12 hours sleep a day. The conclusion: Daily sleep duration of less than 12 hours during infancy appears to be a risk factor for overweight and adiposity in preschool-aged children.

So now you have another reason to make sure your baby and toddler sleeps well. By 6 months old you can well expect them to sleep through the night and not to need a feed between bedtime and 5am. Obviously this ability to sleep through is based on specific variables, such as diet during the day, health and many sensory issues, such as a calming bedtime routine and sufficient movement during the day.

Now, its 11pm and I need to shut my eyes, because other research I read this month indicates that adults who have less than 7 hours sleep are also at risk for weight issues!

Goodnight, sleep tight and lose weight??

We wish you all many Happy Days and Peaceful Nights.
Meg Faure

NEWS
Visit Meg’s Blog to see how our Sisterhood of Motherhood is going. Are you experiencing any of the same issues? Add to the discussion with your comments.

HAPPY DAYS
What is healthy eating ? Katherine Megaw, specialist Dietician and mum of 3 writes for Baby Sense this month on what foods to make available in your home and encouraging the intuitive eater in your child.

PEACEFUL NIGHTS
If you have a young baby you have undoubtedly stood over their cot on countless nights, just to check that they are breathing. The possibility of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) scares every parent. Megan Faure discusses where your baby should sleep, co-sleeping and the features of a safe sleep space in her article on sleep safety .

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