{"id":422,"date":"2017-04-13T10:34:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T10:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/?p=422"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:20:06","slug":"sleep-how-much-is-enough-for-your-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/sleep-how-much-is-enough-for-your-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep &#8211; How Much Is Enough For Your Babies?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Probably the most-discussed aspect of baby care is sleep or lack of it. The&nbsp;quantity and quality of their baby&#8217;s sleep affect the well-being of everyone in the household. And sleep struggles rarely end when a child moves from a crib to a bed. Instead of cries, it&#8217;s pleas or refusals; instead of a 3 a.m.&nbsp;feeding, it&#8217;s a nightmare or request for water.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Sleep quantity needs vary based&nbsp;on age, and there&#8217;s no magical number of hours all kids need in a certain age group. Here are some approximate numbers based on age, with some tips to help you get your child to sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Babies (Up to 6 Months)<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Newborns&#8217; internal clocks aren&#8217;t fully developed. They sleep up to&nbsp;18 hours a day, divided about equally between day and night. Newborns should be awakened every 3 to 4 hours, usually within the first few weeks, after that baby sleeps for longer periods.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Infants may sleep for as long as 4 or 5 hours at a time, after those first weeks, this is about how long their small bellies can go between feedings. If babies do sleep a good stretch at night, they may want to get the bottle or nurse more often during the day.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">At 3 months, a baby averages about 14 hours of sleep total, with 8 to 9 hours at night (with an interruption or two, usually) and two or three&nbsp;daytime naps.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Babies (6 to 12 Months)<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">At 6 months, babies still need an average of 14 hours of sleep a day, with 2 to 3 daytime naps, anywhere from 2 hours to 30 minutes lasting each. Babies who are breastfed may still wake at night, but most no longer need a middle-of-the-night feeding.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">If your baby wakes in the middle of the night, but you don&#8217;t think it is due to hunger, wait a few minutes before going to your baby. Sometimes, babies just need a few minutes to settle down on their own.\u00a0Separation anxiety as a normal part of development comes into play between 6 and 12 months. The rules at night are the same through a baby&#8217;s first birthday: Try not to pick up your baby, sing, play, talk, turn on the lights, or feed your child.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Toddlers<\/b><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Most toddlers, from ages 1 to 3, sleep about 12 to 14 hours over a 24-hour period. Separation anxiety, or just want to be up with mom and dad (and not miss anything), can motivate a child to stay awake.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-1024x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-1024x204.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-768x153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-1536x306.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-2048x408.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Parents sometimes make the mistake of thinking that keeping kids up will make them sleepier at bedtime. But the truth is that kids can have a harder time sleeping if they&#8217;re overtired. It&#8217;s important to set regular bedtimes and nap-times and to stick to them. Most toddlers take 1 to 3-hour naps during the day, you don&#8217;t have to force your child to nap, but it&#8217;s important to schedule some quiet time, even if your toddler chooses not to sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Probably the most-discussed aspect of baby care is sleep or lack of it. The&nbsp;quantity and quality of their baby&#8217;s sleep affect the well-being of everyone in the household. And sleep struggles rarely end when a child moves from a crib to a bed. Instead of cries, it&#8217;s pleas or refusals; instead of a 3 a.m.&nbsp;feeding,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/sleep-how-much-is-enough-for-your-babies\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sleep &#8211; How Much Is Enough For Your Babies?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[192,195,560,701,719,721,813,886],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-babies","tag-baby-care","tag-kids","tag-preschoolers","tag-quality","tag-quantity","tag-sleep","tag-teens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5484,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/5484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}