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Nicotone in breast milk disrupts sleep time
Posted Sep 6th 2007 4:31PM by Brian White
Filed under: Daily news
If you smoke during pregnancy or as a new mother, be advised that the nicotine being passed through to that infant in the form of breast milk (if you choose that route) may be hindering the sleep patterns of your child.
There's more -- a recent study also indicated
that nicotine in breast milk may also be causing naps to be shortened by a third -- which you'll probably see as your child is up more instead of sleeping more at that precious nap time.
The findings form this study lend even more support to giving up smoking during pregnancy or during the breastfeeding years. Lung cancer is not the only 'side effect' -- the health of your child is also in the mix now if you breast feed.
Tags: lung cancer, LungCancer, nicotine, smoking
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