Maternal depression infant sleep

Mothers who suffer from depression can cause sleeping problems in their infants. Just because sufferers, is that it goes back to before the birth or resulting from childbirth, are more anxious and then brought the child to wake up repeatedly in the long run could develop sleep problems. Mothers with postpartum depression according to a recent survey have an obsessive behavior, which sometimes leads to be very upset and wanted to spend more time with the baby even waking him at night when there would be no reason.

The results of this research were published in Child Development and demonstrate the correlation between depressed mothers and children who have a disturbed sleep. Mothers who do not suffer from this disease do not wake the baby if there is no reason, while others tend to do it almost for sure that the baby's happy being affected by concern abnormal with respect to the health of the baby.

These excessive anxiety can also have negative repercussions on the relationship between mother and child in the long term. When the baby is suffering from sleep disorders because it can affect the quality of life for the whole family for a long time. That's why it is important to try to prevent the onset of these problems and when you encounter the warning signs to catch it early.

According to the authors of this research should help the child develop self-regulation of sleep and as for the mother must increase her awareness of the problem, trying to reduce the symptoms of anxiety and depressive-anxious educating them to respect the sleep of infant who is of fundamental importance for a healthy and balanced growth.

That's why it is very important to follow more closely the mothers before and during pregnancy to prevent depressive symptoms behaviors that can then go to influence the welfare of the infant and therefore cause additional sources of emotional stress, anxiety and concern within the household in a time when instead, as that corresponding to the first months of life of the child, you would need the peace of mind and serenity.