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. 2016 Mar 15;12(3):429–445. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.5600

Figure 3. Hypnogram showing rapid eye movement (REM) sleep onset in an infant.

Figure 3

Sleep onsets more often are REM sleep in healthy infants until 2–3 mo postterm. Note sleep onset (purple arrow) is REM sleep (black bars). Note more than half the sleep time is spent in REM sleep, typical for infants this age.