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Nobody was getting much sleep last week at the home of University of Munich Pediatrician Dr. Theodor Hellbrügge, 40. Reason: after tiptoeing through three clinics and two orphans' homes to record 13,248 separate observations on the sleeping habits of youngsters. Hellbrügge and a team of researchers concluded that children sleep less and need less sleep than many parents believe. While Hellbrügge's findings are already well accepted by most pediatricians, angry mothers and fathers jammed his phone well into the night with complaints that their youngsters were using his findings...
According to Pediatrician Hellbrügge, a sleeping time of 15 hours is normal for children under one. This gradually decreases from 13-14 hours for two-year-olds to eleven-twelve hours for six-year-olds...
...important as bedtime itself, insists Hellbrügge, father of six, is suitable preparation. Warns he: "An artificially early bedtime may cause childish frustrations and encourage masturbation habits." To prevent children from being overstimulated when they go to bed, Hellbrügge recommends playing Bach or Haydn records instead of popular tunes, reading aloud instead of watching television. Said he to aroused parents: "My recommendations stem solely from my concern about the frustrations which arise when children are sent to bed before their bodies are ready for sleep. The time gained should be carefully utilized by parents. If the time...
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