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18/09/2013
Parents lose out on more than six weeks of sleep a year, caring for their new baby, research has suggested.
The study, carried out by Ergoflex, found that night feeds, crying infants and waking up with worry were the main three reasons new parents lost out on sleep.
Insomnia and an increase in household chores were other factors for losing sleep.
The study also revealed that parents across the UK get just 5.1 hours of sleep each night in the first year of their child's life. This suggests that a new parents, on average, loses 2.9 hours of sleep each night, below the eight hours recommended minimum.
Over a week, this equates to a loss of 20.3 hours of sleep, totalling 1,055.6 hours in the first years of a child's life (equivalent to 44 days).
More than 1,800 people took part in the survey, and married respondents were also asked how many times their partner's snoring or bedtime habits woke them in an average week.
The findings showed that the average person is awoken by their partner more than twice a week, which results in 109 wake-ups each year.
However, when we do sleep, the average Briton is said to sleep for 2,847 hours each year – or 118 full days, which equated to 26 years across their lifetime.
A spokesman for Ergoflex said: "Sleeping is one of the most important elements of everyone's lives, so we wanted to take a good look at sleeping by numbers - how much sleep we rack up in a lifetime, how good our sleep is and generally what our sleeping experiences are as a nation.
"It was incredibly interesting to see how everything adds up. While we all know that we sleep for a large portion of our lives, 26 years is an incredibly long time - as is losing 44 days of sleep in the first year of being a parent.
"Good quality sleep is vital to ensuring we're enabling our minds and bodies to rest and rejuvenate; ultimately providing the foundation for a healthy life.
"It's only a matter of time before sleep-debt accumulates and health can begin to suffer."
(JP/CD)
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New Parents 'Lose 44 Days Of Sleep A Year'
Parents lose out on more than six weeks of sleep a year, caring for their new baby, research has suggested.
The study, carried out by Ergoflex, found that night feeds, crying infants and waking up with worry were the main three reasons new parents lost out on sleep.
Insomnia and an increase in household chores were other factors for losing sleep.
The study also revealed that parents across the UK get just 5.1 hours of sleep each night in the first year of their child's life. This suggests that a new parents, on average, loses 2.9 hours of sleep each night, below the eight hours recommended minimum.
Over a week, this equates to a loss of 20.3 hours of sleep, totalling 1,055.6 hours in the first years of a child's life (equivalent to 44 days).
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More than 1,800 people took part in the survey, and married respondents were also asked how many times their partner's snoring or bedtime habits woke them in an average week.
The findings showed that the average person is awoken by their partner more than twice a week, which results in 109 wake-ups each year.
However, when we do sleep, the average Briton is said to sleep for 2,847 hours each year – or 118 full days, which equated to 26 years across their lifetime.
A spokesman for Ergoflex said: "Sleeping is one of the most important elements of everyone's lives, so we wanted to take a good look at sleeping by numbers - how much sleep we rack up in a lifetime, how good our sleep is and generally what our sleeping experiences are as a nation.
"It was incredibly interesting to see how everything adds up. While we all know that we sleep for a large portion of our lives, 26 years is an incredibly long time - as is losing 44 days of sleep in the first year of being a parent.
"Good quality sleep is vital to ensuring we're enabling our minds and bodies to rest and rejuvenate; ultimately providing the foundation for a healthy life.
"It's only a matter of time before sleep-debt accumulates and health can begin to suffer."
(JP/CD)
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