Setting a bedtime is essential to keep your children well regulated. For Angela Cain, child and adolescent therapist at Zoe Clews & Associates, children should sleep 11 to 14 hours a day. day, including naps taken during the day, but for children aged 3 to 5 years, ideally, these hours should be for night.
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When is it time to put the kids to bed?
At all ages, having regulated sleep is essential for the proper functioning of the body and mind. However, when it comes to children, the importance becomes even greater, so paying attention to meeting sleep schedules should be taken into account.
Specialists in the subject affirm that there is an ideal time to put children and teenagers to sleep, check here the schedule that contemplates your child.
From 0 to 6 months – 20h
Newborns spend most of their time sleeping and it is very important that they sleep from 14:00 to 17:00 in the day, with intervals of time, which are used for feeding. It is to be expected that, in these first months, sleep will have several unpredicted interruptions.
From 6 to 1 year – 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
In the second half of the first year of life, babies start to sleep a little better at night, night sleep is from 11 am to 12 pm with some naps during the day that can last from 2 to 4 hours.
This sleep is fundamental for the development of the baby, after all, it strengthens the immune system and heart health, in addition to regulating blood sugar and hormones.
From 1 to 2 years old – 7pm
Children this age typically get 11 to 14 hours of sleep, counting naps during the day. Therefore, it is interesting to give your child a bath between 18:00 and 18:30 so that he can relax to sleep. Sleeping at this time, at 7 am they will be great and willing to face the day.
From 3 to 5 years – 20h
Children this age are usually in preschool and need 10 to 13 hours of rest, but as normally naps during the day are not more frequent, starting to calm them down at 6:30 pm with a bath is very important.
From 6 to 13 years – 21h
At that age, children need between 9h and 11h of sleep every day, and it is essential for them to be able to stay active and meet the demands that school life will propose.
