{"id":2840,"date":"2010-11-22T12:08:48","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T04:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2010-11-22T12:08:48","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T04:08:48","slug":"baby-sleeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/baby-sleeping.html","title":{"rendered":"Baby sleeping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is always nice to see baby sleeping peacefully. While they are still a baby, they need lots of sleeping time. I didn&#8217;t realize children need lots of sleep till right to their teens! No wonder I need quite a fair bit of sleep during those years! All along I thought the average sleep required was about 8 hours. Though while I was younger I needed about 9 hours or more of sleeping time per day. Now with this chart from BabyCentre, I realize more sleeping time is required for children and youth!<!--more--><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th abbr=\"\">Age<\/th>\n<th abbr=\"\">Nighttime Sleep<\/th>\n<th abbr=\"\">Daytime Sleep<\/th>\n<th abbr=\"\">Average Total Sleep<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 years<\/td>\n<td>10.5 to 12.5 hours<\/td>\n<td>1 to 3 hours (1 nap)<\/td>\n<td>11.5 to 15.5 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3 years<\/td>\n<td>10.5 to 12.5 hours<\/td>\n<td>1 to 3 hours (1 nap)<\/td>\n<td>11 to 14 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4 years <\/td>\n<td>10 to 12 hours<\/td>\n<td>0 to 2.5 hours (1 or no nap)<\/td>\n<td>10 to 13 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5 years<\/td>\n<td>10 to 12 hours<\/td>\n<td>0 to 2.5 hours (1 or no nap)<\/td>\n<td>10 to 12.5 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\">\u2022 Note: The two sets of numbers don&#8217;t always add up because children who take longer naps tend to sleep fewer hours at night, and vice versa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>  Source: BabyCentre<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-5685769204706262\";\n\/* JanLeow Blog Content 336x280 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0657399032\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nowadays I just get by with 6 to 7 hours of sleep due to many things to do. I do get to steal a little extra on some weekends and get a nice 8 hours plus of my forty winks!<\/p>\n<p>For now it is such a calming joy to see baby fast asleep without a care in the world. However if baby gets too tired it may become very difficult to get him to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>While on outing, there are so many new sights to take, so many interesting things to see that even though it is time for baby to take a nap, he just force himself to stay awake trying not to miss anything! It does get baby a little irritable and that&#8217;s when he cries. Eventually baby will fall into a nice deep sleep while we stroll him around the shopping centre. It is good to see baby sleeping peacefully!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is always nice to see baby sleeping peacefully. While they are still a baby, they need lots of sleeping time. I didn&#8217;t realize children need lots of sleep till right to their teens! No wonder I need quite a fair bit of sleep during those years! All along I thought the average sleep required &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/baby-sleeping.html\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Baby sleeping<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[27,63],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1bS5F-JO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1627,"url":"https:\/\/www.janleow.com\/life\/colic-in-infants-and-colic-cure.html","url_meta":{"origin":2840,"position":0},"title":"Colic in Infants and Colic Cure","author":"Jan","date":"18 July 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It is certainly distressing when there is colic in infants and there are no perfect colic cure for babies with this condition. 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