@Galoop Have a suggestion for you. As what has been requested is available from a simple Google (and with accepted medical institutions/sources as opposed to a parenting website as was linked) advise an hourly rate and charge accordingly.
When I was doing medical training eons ago, we always had the importance of sleep (and what constitutes ‘proper sleep’ becomes important here), drummed into us in regards to patient preventative medicine as well as for recovery post illness/surgery. Thats why everyone laughs at the irony of the checks that wake patients during the night in a clinical setting in the setting with the most obvious need for sleep and why most Dr’s refuse these if/as unnecessary (most are if you are not on a system of continuous monitoring where you don’t need to be woken anyway, otherwise it’s an arse covering tool in the unlikely event of clinical deterioration).
The area that the importance of sleep (apart from adult recovery) is really drummed in is with paeds. It’s absolutely essential for growth, normal development and development of immunity which is REALLY important for kids as they are transitioning from a passive system via mums breastfeeding to an active system of their own. Then there’s the rest applicable universally that’s obvious (or one thinks but now realises not the case) with general health and physical/cognitive functioning.
@Ayeyourebeingadick You appear to be fighting with yourself in a way posting that article. Most seems to be lack of understanding of the article. It’s actually from an anthropologist and comes from that angle as opposed to medical and it’s not exactly in a medical journal of repute 🤣🤣🤣, but it’s actually not a bad collection of some facts put together with an anthropological view. However, most of it actually addresses what are requesting if you actually understand what you are reading.
You are grasping onto an ‘interrupted sleep’ slant, which when you look into the definitions even in the article just represent what we would consider as part of the normal sleep cycle I.e. being those periods up to 3 sec where we do ‘wake up’ and in that time we roll over, change position (necessary to prevent pressure points that can develop into bed sores), sense for danger signals (lizard brain stuff), the body ensures the brain is operating in a let’s not go from sleep to shut-down mode (SIDS related in a way as that bits obviously not properly developed in neonates - you can actually have cock ups and rarely get adult version SIDS btw). So when the article talks about normal sleep interruptions, that’s what it’s referring to. It’s not referring to waking up, sitting up, screaming a house down, getting a nice warm drink of milk (or milky tea if an adult🤣) having a bit of a playtime with someone and going back to sleep. It’s not even referring to a condensed version of that with a wake up, sleepy feed while half asleep and back to standard sleep - which is what happens as neonates transition to infants. Mum though is fucked as she has the whole get out of bed, walk over to cot/bassinet, get half undressed feed, place baby back, physically get back into bed. That’s okay and expected when women have kids but is a factor that is intertwined in natal depressions as this can be a contributory factor to post natal health.
If you read the sources (or even skim) the article is based on - and the referencing is to be applauded - you will see what you are referring to is what they are referring to for INFANTS. The studies refered reference 6mo-9mo INFANTS and all seem very common sense. The same article you refer to even states that by this time they, being 6mo, should ideally be getting 5-6 hours of standard sleep (that’s the one with ‘interruptions’ of up to 3 sec where you change positions and your brain ensures correct signalling with environment and within body - not having a lovely warm beverage). That’s the ideal physiologically for a little body for growth/immune response development/general development. Otherwise it refers to the neonate and infant state, which is correct in that stomach/digestive development and brain development means they MUST feed at regular intervals including the night. That is completely irrelevant to a TODDLER of14mo though unless unless they have medical needs, and if so they’d probably be on some form of medically supervised feeding pump/bolus system.
Other aspects of the article refer to non-Western Hunter/gatherer societies and links this aspect with circadian rhythms. Yes, some non-Western Hunter/gather societies function differently, which means a difference in brain development in n regards to circadian rhythm which is fine/expected if you are a society where it’s standard for children and adults through to death to have a normal sleep pattern of 6 odd hours during the day. But, assuming you are trying to respond to a woman with a toddler in say, London or Leeds, this aspect is pretty moot.