AUTHOR=Sánchez-García Mar , Cantero María José , Carvajal-Roca Eva 

TITLE=The Relationship Between a Baby's Age and Sleepiness in a Sample of Mothers

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.694884

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.694884

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The birth of a child marks the beginning of a new evolutionary phase for their parents. Although many of these changes are positive, there is a negative side to them, such as how the time and quality of a night’s sleep are reduced during this phase.  Nevertheless, despite how common this problem is, there is a lack of information on how long it lasts, with estimations ranging from 3 months to 6 years. This study assessed the sleep problems of a sample of Spanish women with babies under 2 years of age and compared the results with another sample of women of similar characteristics who were not looking after a child at that moment. The results show that sleep deprivation and other related problems seem to persist until at least the third semester after the birth.