At what age, how long should children sleep?
Mothers and fathers are very careful about their little things. Mostly from infancy to adolescence or even after up to the rules they have set up at home in order to establish. Food, sleep, play times are watching in a certain order. They do not provide flexibility especially in the sleep patterns of school-age children . Families are right to be sensitive about their children's sleep patterns. Because, for the development of children's body and mind; age-appropriate, uninterrupted, sufficient time and quality sleep is of great importance. Sleep is directly effective on the child's learning ability and development. Acıbadem Kocaeli Hospital Child Health and Diseases Specialist Dr. Halil Arslankaya, according to the age of the children gave information about the time to sleep.
Is there insomnia?
Quality sleep is as important as nutrition for all children from infancy to adolescence. Especially during school age, bedtime hours can be postponed and postponed due to reasons such as parents or intensive school schedules and game requests. Although the small shifts seem trivial, they are very important. Because inadequate sleep affects many things in child life, such as learning, development and social adjustment. In each age group, the time required to meet the child's sleep needs is different. The sleep pattern needs to be determined according to this need. Children who do not have sleep patterns and who have problems sleeping for a long time have problems such as carelessness, concentration disorders, hyperactivity and fatigue.
At what age, how many hours should he sleep?
Daily sleep time varies depending on the genetic factors and the age of the child. For this reason, it is not clear how long and how often a child will sleep. Your physician can help you to estimate your child's daily sleep times and the time to sleep and wake up during the day. The duration of sleep and the frequency of sleeping during the day vary from month to month. The frequency and duration of sleep by age are as follows:
The total sleep time of the newborn in the first month is 16.5 hours. This time gradually decreases to 13 hours until the age of two. Daytime sleep time also covers about half of the total sleep time in the newborn. Daytime sleep should be 4 times a day during the first month, 3 times a day between 1 month and 3 months, 2 times a day between 6 months and 18 months, and once a day after 6 months.
Children aged 3-5 years need about 11-13 hours of sleep.
Children need to sleep for 9-11 hours when they are 6-13 years old.
In youth, 8-10 hours sleep is enough.
Don't force your baby to sleep!
Especially a child who is not asleep during infancy should definitely not be forced to sleep. This disrupts the baby's sleep patterns. Besides, it can cause psychological trauma. Particularly in infancy, families often try to put their babies to sleep due to lack of proper sleep patterns. The most common sleep disorder in childhood is deviations from the child's sleep onset time. Parents who think that their child has a sleep problem can write down their children's 10-day sleep and wake times and consult a doctor. This greatly simplifies the diagnosis. According to this order, physical problems such as nasal flesh and urinary tract infection that may cause sleep disorders in children are being investigated. The next step is to check whether the child's sleep time and times match the sleep schedule.
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