So the energy they have can be spent more efficiently by allowing their body to grow. Adult bodies are already grown nearly to the maximum, which means they wont need as much time sleeping for their body to develop.
Infants are more likely to get miliaria rubra than adults.
They do not, they have more bones than adults. This is because the cranial bones have not fused.
Possibly because they are growing so much and their bodies are tired from it.Teenagers need more sleep too and they are growing a lot as well. It is also to give the brain a chance to download everything it has absorbed while awake. A newborn is constantly learning, absorbing, observing & growing, it's brain needs time to process it all and store it away as information to be recalled at a later date.
because they are physically maturing and need more sleep.
Red blood count is higher in infants as compared in adults. This is probably so because the growth in infants is very fast. Infants gain three times weight in first year of his life. By the second year the weight gain is only 20 %. So infants need more oxygen carrying capacity in the blood. That is why RBC count is more in infants as compared to adults.
yes
less sleep
My hamster is nocturnal but I think babies sleep more than adults:)
It is often reffered to that youth need more sleep than infants but a healthy 8 hours of sleep a night is a great minimum.
The stratum corneum is likely much thinner in infants compared to adults. This outermost layer of the epidermis acts as a protective barrier against abrasion and injury, suggesting that its relative thinness in infants contributes to their increased susceptibility to skin damage.
Because The Younger You Are The More sleep You Need . When Your Younger Your Body Needs More Time To Fuel Up All Your Energy .
Truthfully you cann sleep all day if you really want. I think your question is how many hours should you sleep per day. and the answer to that depends on how old you are. Teen are 6 to 9 hr. and adults require more like 8 to 10 hrs.