Understanding Sleep for Healthier Living and Getting the Job Done. Perfect Baby Shower Idea List for Necessity Type Baby Gifts.
It's always intriguing to hear the latest survey related to sleep.
And they all have one thing in common and that is people are much better off getting the recommended hours for healthier living.
That doesn't come as anything new but what are the prescribed hours we should be sleeping each night and what actually happens when we lay down and close our eyes every night.
Sleep for human beings is divided into two distinct states; "REM" (rapid eye movement) also called light or active, and "NREM" (non rapid eye movement), also called deep or quiet sleep.
When adults fall asleep we generally slip straight into NREM sleep.
Our bodies become motionless, breathing (becomes) is shallow and regular, our muscles relax and for all money we (are) become "out to it". After about ninety minutes our brain begins to "wake up" and starts functioning on a different level, this is when we enter REM sleep.
During REM, our brain, it could be said, "exercises", we dream, fidget, roll over, moan and talk in our sleep, even adjust the blankets without fully awakening. When we wake during the night, either for no apparent reason or to go to the bathroom it is from this REM state.
The average adult during a normal eight hour sleep takes seven minutes to fall asleep and spends around two hours in REM sleep and six hours in NREM sleep, rotating between the two states about every ninety minutes.
Infants on the other hand, especially young babies, enter sleep through an initial twenty or thirty minutes in REM.
This explains why a lot of people especially babysitters and people unfamiliar with babies sleeping
patterns go to painstaking, meticulous and sometimes bizarre lengths to get baby off to sleep - only to have her suddenly wake when it looks like the "deals done".
If efforts were to continue for an extra twenty or thirty minutes until baby has entered NREM sleep there is a far greater chance that baby will stay asleep.
One would recognize the transition from NEM to NREM sleep. Spasmodic twitches, muscle tightness, grimaces and even sleep grins would gradually give way to an overall limpness with breathing becoming more regular and shallow. If baby needs to be moved it's better to wait for her to reach NREM state as she can be easily woken whilst in REM sleep.
Young babies spend approximately half their sleeping time in REM, dropping off to about twenty five percent by the time they reach four years of age. Infants sleep cycles occur about every sixty minutes (that is going from light sleep to deep sleep then back to light sleep).
Although it might
seem like the ultimate wish come true when we hear about a young baby sleeping through the night, new research is showing that this might NOT be in the best interests of the baby.
Here's why.
Babies are at their most vulnerable when they are very young. Their cardiopulmonary regulating systems are not developed enough to cope well with self arousal from long spells in NREM.
Alternating frequently between REM & NREM stops a baby from falling too deeply for too long into deep sleep from which she might not be able to self wake.
This is one of the main theories behind the incidence of SIDS.
Secondly, blood flow to the brain nearly doubles during REM sleep and researchers theorize this is because this is the time when the brain develops.
Learning is thought to occur as the brain processes information that was acquired while awake.
This is further reinforced by the fact that premature babies spend almost ninety percent of their sleeping time in REM - to protect themselves from falling into a deep state of sleep for too long and to help speed up their brain development.
A young baby has a very small stomach (slightly larger than her fist) and because she digests breast milk very quickly it is unlikely that she'll sleep for more than four hours, and most likely for not more than 1 - 2 hours between feeds
After six months babies cardiopulmonary regulating systems have developed to the point where their bodies are better able to cope with longer periods of deep sleep and thus the risk of SIDS drops dramatically.
Adults need between 7 - 8 hours per day for peak condition. Adolescents need nine and a quarter hours per day, yet American adolescents average only seven and a half hours with up to 25% surviving on six and a half hours.
No wonder why they struggle to get out of bed most mornings and struggle with concentration during school!
Average Ideal Sleep Times
Newborn 16.5 hours
12 months 14.5
2 years 13
5 years 11
10 years 10
16 years 8.5
20 +years 7-8
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Perfect Baby shower idea lists for necessity type baby gifts. By necessity type baby gifts, I mean items which every expecting mother needs. These items are usually reasonably priced, and easy to find.
These are necessities parents can never have enough of. But then again, they may have many of these other items already.
So you might want to ask the mother to be if she has the item/s you are going to bring. Or just ask for a list of items she needs. I am sure she will be happy to provide you with such a list.
Also remember the guests will probably need a list such as this. It would be a nice gesture to include this list in the baby shower invitations. This will give them what they need for a baby shower idea gift item.
To help you decide about a baby shower idea, you are provided a list of items below. These would all be considered as baby necessity baby gifts.
Glance through the list for a baby shower idea or two. You should be able to find something that would translate into a suitable gift.
Perfect Baby Shower Idea List For Basic Necessity Baby Gifts:
- baby booties
- baby bottles
- baby caps
- baby clothes
- baby hangers
- baby hats
- baby mittens
- baby nail clippers
- baby outfits
- baby powder
- baby powder (cornstarch)
- baby quilt
- baby shampoo
- baby scissors
- baby sleepers
- baby soap
- baby socks
- baby thermometer
- baby towels
- baby toys
- baby undershirts
- bibs
- bottle cozy
- cloth diaper
- Crib blankets
- crib bumpers
- crib sheets
- crib toys
- decorative switchplate cover
- diapers
- diaper bag
- diaper pail
- diaper pail disinfectant
- diaper pail liners
- diaper pins
- diaper rash cream
- disposable diapers
- doorknob covers
- drawer locks
- fancy diaper pins
- feeding spoon/bent spoon
- first aid kit
- hair jewelry
- hooded towel
- humidifier
- infant and baby care book
- infant seat
- insulated bottle carrier
- lap pad
- medicine dropper
- medicine spoon
- nasal aspirator
- outlet plugs
- plastic pants
- rattles
- receiving blankets
- scooper bowl
- shock-guards
- stroller bag
- tights
- tipper cup
- toothbrush
- tweezers
- vaporizer
© Copyright Randy Wilson, All Rights Reserved.
Randy is owner of How to Plan a Baby Shower where you can get more tips and ideas for your baby shower. You can also purchase and find free baby shower games. Randy owned and operated a very successful storefront/mailorder business from 1988 to 2003. Currently full time owner/operator of several online businesses.
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