Sleeping Baby
The mothers are very interested in the baby, so be sure to know everything to provide the maximum comfort for the young, and the most important questions that are interested in the answer is: How many hours of sleep the baby? And the difference in the number of hours of sleep with a change in age? Natural and abnormal images of child sleep?
Newborns sleep about 18 hours a day, and most of those hours are at night and may be day-by-day depending on the nature of the child.
When the child reaches 3 months of age, his sleep begins more regularly and he can sleep for five continuous hours at night. This gives the parents a good chance to sleep and rest, and when the infant reaches the age of the year, his sleep will be more regular and may reach 14 hours.
Number of hours of sleep
Newborns for the age of six weeks
The baby sleeps from 16 to 20 hours a day, and the babies differ. Most of those hours may sleep at night or in the day depending on the nature of the child. Sometimes, the child sleeps for several hours continuously or sleeps intermittently. Weeks, and may be the most sleep at night, so it makes it easier for parents to exercise in the pattern of sleep the child, and the nature of the child’s sleep from the age of today to the age of 6 weeks:
- The baby’s sleep will be deep until the age of 6 weeks, which the mother may have to cramp to feed him sometimes.
- The child may not wake up from any sound or noise, unless there is a sensation.
The age of six weeks for four months
The child sleeps from 9 hours to 12 hours a day, and approximately 8 hours a night with two naps (one nap for about two hours).
The age of four months for nine months
The sleep of the child in this period is deep, and is less deep than his sleep at the beginning of his life, and will also begin the nature of personal sleep to appear, those that depend on heredity, either have a deep or light sleep is affected by less sound, And approximately 7 hours a night with two naps (one nap for about one and a half hours).
9 months to 2 years
The baby sleeps for about 10 hours to 11 hours per day, including 7 to 8 hours a night with 2 naps for about one hour.
After the age of two years
- Often the child will sleep deeply, but sleep is the result of his stress in playing, movement, walking and learning, this achievement age for the child, and regarding the depth of sleep is different from one child to another.
- Some children may suffer from insomnia, and often it is not real, but it is caused by the child’s desire for more play and movement, especially if the family members have not yet slept.
- Parents may begin to get the baby to sleep alone, an important stage that the child may easily accept or resist.
- The child should have a certain ritual for the pre-sleep period and should not be ignored. It is best not to watch television or hold an electronic device. It is recommended that the ritual be entered into the bathroom, a cup of warm milk, brushing teeth, reading stories or listening to quiet songs .
- Do not give him sweets two hours before sleep, to prevent him more energy and desire to move.
- In order not to delay sleeping, it is best to start sleeping before the appointment by about an hour.
- In order to prevent the delay of sleep the child prefers to sleep the child in the morning and afternoon, to make it easier to sleep in the evening.
- You should be patient with the child during the period of habituation to sleep alone, or to change the sleep system.