Infant Sleep Disorder
The following article is a humorous look at baby sleep and infant sleep times. This is
loosely based on the standard but remember your infant's sleep times may not fit in with these times. Don't worry,
so long as he or she is healthy and has plenty of energy, your infant is getting all the sleep they need. Too many
parents worry that their infant has a sleep disorder when in fact they are perfectly normal
Author Heidi Ayarbe
No two children are alike but most experts agree on the following guidelines for sleeping:
Infants need about 16 hours/day, divided up during the day and night. (I bet you didn't realize that's how much
your new little one was sleeping!)
By the time your infant is three or four months old, she will probably be sleeping about 15 hours/day, but her
sleep cycles won't be dispersed but more concentrated during the nighttime.
Some parents have experienced just the opposite. Their children seem to have day and night mixed up (or think
they were born in Antarctica!). Don't worry, you needn't move to another continent to resolve this issue. It
shouldn't take but a few weeks of training to get your child's clock turned around . Unless, of course, you do want
to move to Antarctica . In which case, I would say sleep is the least of your worries.
At six months, your baby should be sleeping about 12 hours/night while taking two long naps during the day
(morning and afternoon).
Your child will probably take naps until she is about three years old. At 12 – 15 months, she will drop one nap
and by the time she's five, she probably won't need to nap anymore. Only then will all her sleep be concentrated at
night.
Remember that every child is different.
Some children don't need naps after they're two years old (sigh), while others will continue to nap until
they're in Kindergarten (yahoo!).
By knowing your child and understanding her needs, you can determine what will be best for her!
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