Download or read book Sleep in Children written by Carole Marcus and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-02-19 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infants and children spend one- to two-thirds of their life asleep. Despite this, very little attention has been paid to understanding both normal sleep and sleep-related abnormalities during child development. There are profound changes in sleep and circadian rhythm during growth and maturation. Sleep is particularly important in children, due to