How much should a child sleep in 1-1,5 years?
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Without going deep into the nature of sleep, it can only be said that it is necessary to protect the nervous system from exhaustion, since it ensures the restoration of the energy that was destroyed and wasted during wakefulness. And considering that children's nervous system is depleted faster than adults, then the duration of sleep, naturally, should be greater. And the more the younger the child is. If in the first months of life to restore the working capacity of the nervous system, the child should sleep 3-4 times in the day for 2.5-3 hours, then from 9-10 months he can sleep in the day only 2 times, and after one and a half years the child usually sleeps alone time. At the same time, the duration of daytime sleep decreases with age: from 3-2.5 hours to two hours, and by 5-7 years, it usually does not exceed 1-1.5 hours.
The efficiency of the nervous system of the baby depends not only on age, but also on the individual characteristics and health of the child. Often children of the same age need different amounts of sleep and the duration of periods of wakefulness. For example, children with increased excitability of the nervous system spend more energy and quickly get tired than quiet children. Therefore, for them it is necessary to reduce the periods of wakefulness, increasing daytime sleep, and also they should be laid earlier to sleep in the evening. There are children who do not need more sleep, but in more frequent rest. Therefore, they need to provide twice a day sleep longer than others.
In addition, it must be remembered that children weakened or suffering from any chronic diseases are also depleted faster. Naturally, they are not only less active, but also tired faster.
It is now established that children under 18-19 months of age should sleep two times during the day, and the duration of wake-up periods should not exceed 4.5 hours.
Parents should remember that the discrepancy between the duration of periods of wakefulness and sleep at a certain age (with regard to individual characteristics) not only affects the behavior of the child, but also disrupts the normal activity of the whole organism. So, for example, if your child does not already have a need for rest, then he will not be able to sleep for a long time. Then, in order not to disturb the feeding regime, you wake him up, and the sleepy, woken up child usually does not eat well. Naturally, this negatively affects the child's physical development.
The nature of sleep in a child is slightly different than that of an adult. A healthy child falls asleep more quickly than an adult, and his sleep quickly reaches its maximum depth. But the period of uninterrupted sleep in children is shorter. So in a newborn, the duration of continuous sleep does not exceed 3.5 hours. But by the end of the year, sleep is less often interrupted and the baby sleeps, not waking up, longer and longer. At the age of one year, children need a fifteen-hour sleep, at 2-4 years-a thirteen-fourteen-hour night.
Partly you have already familiarized yourself with the requirements for a baby crib. Let's return to this topic: each child should have a separate bed. He should not sleep with his parents, not to mention sleeping with brothers or sisters in the same bed!
The bed should be spacious enough. It must be borne in mind that in the first years of life the bed is for the child not only a place of sleep, but also an arena of active activity. In fact, in most families, the baby cot serves as an arena, where the child spends quite a long time. Proceeding from this, the length of the crib should be at least 1 m 20 cm, and the width - not less than 65 cm. The material from which the cot is made should be easy to wash.
And the last. After a walk, after moving, exciting games (that is, after a strong excitement), children usually fall asleep badly. Therefore, you need to try to make it so that sleep is preceded by a small (20-30 minutes) period of time for quiet, non-stimulating activities - the child needs to calm down before going to sleep.
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