Importance of Sleep for your Child

 Sleep is an essential part of everyone’s routine and a significant part of a healthy lifestyle. Studies have proved that children who regularly get an adequate amount of sleep have improved attention, aids in learning and retention, behavior, memory, and overall mental and physical health, to keep them healthy and happy.



There are two main kinds of sleep: Active (rapid eye movement, also known as REM) and Quiet (Non-REM).

  1. Active Sleep (Rapid Eye Movement, also known as REM): The brain lays down the tracks for everything it learns, pruning away little-used connections. Active sleep is when we dream.
  2. Quiet Sleep (Non- REM): The muscles receive increased blood supply, energy is restored, and tissue growth and repair take place.

Studies state that the amount of sleep varies based on age. Recent studies recommend:

  • New Born [1st month] : 18 hours of sleep.
  • Infants under 1 year : 12-16 hours of sleep.
  • Toddler 1-2 years old : 11-14 hours of sleep.
  • Preschool 3-5 years old: 10-13 hours of sleep.
  • Grade scholler 6-12 years old : 9-12 hours of sleep. 
  • Teenagers 13-18 years old : 8-10 hours of sleep.      

Sleep is as crucial as proper nutrition in supporting your child’s brain development. It is no less important than food, drink, or safety in the lives of children. Brain activity during sleep has a direct effect on a child’s ability to learn and may even affect developmental and mood disorders. Simply put, sleep builds your child’s brain but unfortunately, many parents do not allow their child to get critical sleep which they need to develop. Sleep is the energy source that keeps your mind attentive and calm. Sleeping well increases brainpower just as weight lifting builds stronger muscles because sleeping well increases your attention span and allows you to be physically relaxed and mentally alert at the same time.

Lack of sleep impacts brain development, your child may feel tired or cranky, and it affects mental and physical development in a child. Researchers believe too little sleep can affect growth and your immune system, which keeps you away from getting sick. Less sleep may result in your child becoming overtired and stressed. It not only disrupts a child’s night, but it also disrupts their days, too, by making them less alert, tired, inactive, inattentive, unable to concentrate, and easily distracted. Less sleep makes a child more physically impulsive, uncontrollable, or lazy. For a child, simply being awake a certain amount of time is over-stimulating and fatiguing, even if they are not engaged in any activity at all. So it is important to be aware of the timing of your child's sleep needs and adjust your schedule as best you can to be in sync with theirs.

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