Northshore Sleep Medicine accepts patients 2 years and older

Recommendations Made by Lisa Shives MD Northshore Sleep Medicine

Newborns (0-2 months): Sleep 11-18 hours through the day and night with no pattern.

Infants (2-12 months): Sleep 9-12 hours at night and nap for 2-5 hours.

*By 6 months of age, most babies are capable of sleeping through the night

Toddlers (1-3 years): Sleep 11-13 hours with 1.5-3 hours spent in 1-2 naps

Pre-Schoolers (3-5 years): Sleep 11-13 hours. Usually napping has stopped.

School- Age (6-12 years): Usually need 10-11 hours but often don’t get this.

Adolescents (13-18 years): Usually need 9-9.5 hours. Sleep deprivation is notorious in this age group. Most teenagers only get 7 hours of sleep.

* Based on guidelines provided by Jodi Mindell PhD of Children’s Hospital Philadelphia and Judith Owens MD of Brown University