How Much Sleep Is Enough For Your Kid

Without enough sleep, not only would our performance at work or school  be hurt, we also look tired and feel depressed, irritable, and angry. How much sleep is enough?
It’s different from person to person by age. National Sleep Foundation provides a breakdown of the recommended number of hours of sleep people need by age (*including naps):

INFANTS
(0 to 2 months)…………..……10-1/2 to 18 hours*
(2-12 months)…………………..14 to 15 hours*

TODDLERS/CHILDREN
(12-18 months)…………………13 to 15 hours*
(18 months-3 years)…………12 to 14 hours*
(3-5 years) ……………………….11 to 13 hours*
(5-12 years) ……………………..9 to 11 hours

ADOLESCENTS…………………8-1/2 to 9-1/2 hours

ADULTS……………………………..7 to 9 hours

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5 Responses to “How Much Sleep Is Enough For Your Kid”

  1. Sleep hours, how many? - Time 4 Mom Says:

    […] March Time4momRachel03:59 pmAdd comment Codi is 18 months old. Every now and then, he does a “tumbler”, my definition of going to sleep at his regular time and rolling around “awake” for the whole sleep time. It gets me thinking should I move his sleep 30mins later to 1:30pm? I think I will test it. I also think about shortening the sleep from two hours to one and a half. I found this great guide to sleep. Currently, Codi is sleeping thirteen and a half hours at night and two during the day. So fifteen and a half hours in total. Parentingideas.org guide shows  at 18 months, it changes to 14 hours a day. So we’ll see how it goes. […]

  2. air purifiers Says:

    my kids only sleep 8 hrs a day, any suggestions for that.

  3. Deepti singh Says:

    My baby is generally more comfortable with his dad. I mean if he is around then baby will sleep fast and comfortably. I don’t the exact reason but anyway I’m happy.

  4. shifa Says:

    i am 40 years old . how much hours i should sleep.

  5. zanobia Says:

    My son is 3 and a half i am so worried abt him,he sleeps only for 9 hours in 24 hours .he will go to bed at 12.00pm in the night and awake up by 6 in the morning,will not take sleep in the afternoon,is this is a normal behaviour?

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