Resumo (EN)
Objective – To evaluate the quality of sleep in infants who practice early aquatic activity. Methods – We included, infants with age between 0-24 months, swimmers for at least a month (6m ± 4,13m). All caregivers answered a questionnaire pre-cataloged on the sleep quality of their babies. Results – We evaluated 14 infants with a mean age of 15 months (± 4.15). The mean hours of nocturnal sleep was 10 hours (± 0.94). 13 infants sleep with the lights off and 12 sleep alone, seven use a pacifier to sleep, five suck and two suck the fingers. Five cry when wake up in the morning and nine smiles or play, when they wake up, 11 parents speak with the baby and 3 take the baby on your lap. Six babies don’t wake up during the night and the other ones need your parents. Five sleep in the prone position, two in supine and seven at lateral position, only one baby has mouth breathing while sleeping and 93% of parents have the perception that your baby sleeps well at night. Conclusion – The infants who practice early aquatic activity have good sleep quality. We believe that the early activity associated expenditure energy, inherent in child development, increases the metabolism during awake and reduces the energy, increasing the need for sleep.