Does your child sleep in a crooked position, and do you wake them up to straighten them?

Take note — by doing this, you could be holding back your child’s growth in height.

Author: Dr. Elfana Suleymanova Medically reviewed

Sleep is the period when the body recovers. Waking a child repeatedly throughout the night disrupts the deep sleep stages — and it is precisely in those stages that growth hormone is released.

Posture is controlled while awake, through proper exercise and a proper environment — not during sleep.


We look not at where the pain is, but at where it comes from.
— Dr. Elfana Suleymanova, Center Director · Internist and osteopathic physician

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Sources and further reading

  1. Baby developmentNHS (Böyük Britaniya)
  2. NHS Start for Life — guide for ages 0–5NHS (Böyük Britaniya)

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