Comments on: How much sleep does your child need?

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:05:04 +0000

Thanks for the age/time reminder! School starts for us today—I think my children squeaked in for the right amount of sleep!

We're also finding that a "wind down" period must be worked into our go-to-bed deadline. Two of my children enjoy reading in bed before lights-out.

All of this has gone out the window with the 15 yr-old…I hope he can reset his internal clock for a successful school year!

By: Jennifer Sabin

Jennifer Sabin — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:22:53 +0000

This post is rather timely… my daughter JUST turned 1 last week and sleep (or lack of it) is still an issue for us.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:26:35 +0000

Great post! Research also indicates that 9 – 11 year-olds need 10 – 11 hours of sleep each night to learn. One's brain actually "learns" at night during sleep for that is when the input from the day is consolidated with prior knowledges and neural pathways are created within the brain.

Nearly everyday I ask a student how much sleep he/she got the night before and remind my class how important sleep is to their learning.

By: Mary Beth

Mary Beth — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:19:24 +0000

Okay, according to this, I'm a child somewhere between 5 and 12. I can live with that if I get to sleep 10 hours a day:)

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:19:03 +0000

I knew I was a 4 year old in a 40 year old's body.

By: Qtpies7

Qtpies7 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:30:58 +0000

Yeah, my 20 month old almost never naps. Not a fan of that, but if he naps, it is bad for the bedtime.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:06:02 +0000

So, if I post this chart where they can see it, will they start following it?