Toddlers Rarely Nap, Risky Have Mental Problems

News Health Articles - Toddlers Rarely Nap, Risky Have Mental Problems. Toddler takes longer sleep than adults. That's why toddlers who less nap can be more stressful and unhappy, the risk of mental developing problems during their life later.

This was revealed from the results of new research conducted by researchers from University of Colorado Boulder.

Such findings indicate that young children who have lost just once nap time could be more anxious and less interested their world. Children who nap are also less happy and less difficult to cope with stress.

And in the long run, lack of sleep can even cause problems associated with a lifetime mood.

In this study, researchers measured the sleep patterns of infants aged 2 to 3 years by wearing a special device that measures how much they sleep. The researcher then described the toddler's expression when they get a nap and other expressions during loss nap.

The result have been published in the Journal of Sleep Research, showed that infant looked tired and 34 percent less positive when less get a nap. They also became 3 times more stress than those getting enough sleep.

Children who lack sleep are also 39 percent to less curiosity, so it becomes not care about the environment around it.

"The study suggests lack of sleep can cause a toddler express a different feeling, which from time to time may establish emotional brain development and puts them at risk of problems associated with a lifetime mood," explain Prof. LeBourgeois from the University of Colorado Boulder, as reported Dailymail, Thursday (January 5, 2012).

Just like good nutrition, continued Prof. LeBourgeois, enough sleep is also basci requirement.