My 40 days old has been extra fidgety or you can say getting startled in every few minutes in his sleep and then he goes back to sleep .. happening since yesterday .. what can be the reason?

1 Answer

Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy4 years ago

A. this is a normal phenomena in children and will continue for two or three months and after that it will gradually decrease because it is also known as startle reflex

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