Health - HEALTH NEWS - BABIES' SLEEP PROBLEMS MAY RAISE CHANCES OF ANXIETY LATER IN CHILDHOOD

"Babies who persistently struggle with sleep in their first year are THREE TIMES more likely to have anxiety by age four," reports the Mail Online.

A new Australian study has looked at nearly 1,500 mother-child pairs to see whether babies with persistent and severe sleep problems (waking 3 or more times a night on most nights) were more likely to show signs of mental health problems in later childhood. They found these children, when aged 4 and 10, were more likely to have emotional problems such as anxiety about being away from parents, but not more likely to have hyperactivity or developmental disorders. Read more HERE.