Sleep time: what’s happening in your baby’s brain? [Video]
Posted on 3 April 2018
From birth to the age of 2 weeks, your baby will spend more time asleep than awake.
What may look to you like a nap are actually processes in your baby’s brain that are as critical to his health and progress as good nutrition.
Dr Birgit Schlegel – a paediatric neurologist at Mediclinic Constantiaberg – tells us more about what happens to your baby’s brain during the different sleep cycles.
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