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Your Child's Sleep Schedule
Not sure how many hours of sleep your little one needs?
by Marica Lim-Llenado and Irene Sofia Recio .
Pediatrician Dr. Abigail Laurel-Suntay provides us a chart for the approximate amount of sleep a baby needs at certain ages. Keep in mind that each child is wonderfully unique and that this just serves as a guideline to your baby’s sleep schedule.
AGE CATEGORY
AVERAGE SLEEP DURATION
NOTES
Newborns (0-3 months)
16-20 hours
Infants (3-12 months)
at 4 months
14-15 hours total
at 6 months
13-14 hours total
11 hours/night; 3 hours in 2 naps/day
at 9-12 months
13-15 hours total
11-12 hours/night; about 1 hour in 2 naps/day
Toddlers (1-3 years)
12-14 hours total
Nap 1.5-3.5 hours (1nap/day)
Preschool (3-6 years)
11-12 hours total
Napping declines; most stop by age 5 years
Middle childhood (6-12 years)
10 hours total
Adolescence (>12 years)
9 hours ideal; 7 hours actual
*Dr. Abigail Laurel-Suntay holds clinics at Asian Hospital and Medical Center, Southwoods Multi-Specialty Clinic, and Tokyo Healthlink Inc., Medical and Diagnostic Center-Alabang.
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