As a new parent, that's probably one of your biggest questions. Below are some general guidelines as to how many hours of sleep the average child requires at various ages. Of course, every child is different — some need up to two hours more or less sleep than others.
| Age | Nighttime Sleep | Daytime Sleep * | Total Sleep |
| 1 month | 8 1/2 | 7 (3) | 15 1/2 |
| 3 months | 10 | 5 (3) | 15 |
| 6 months | 11 | 3 1/4 (2) | 14 1/4 |
| 9 months | 11 | 3 (2) | 14 |
| 12 months | 11 1/4 | 2 1/2 (2) | 13 3/4 |
| 18 months | 11 1/4 | 2 1/4 (1) | 13 1/2 |
| 2 years | 11 | 2 (1) | 13 |
| 3 years | 10 1/2 | 1 1/2 (1) | 12 |
| * number of naps in parentheses | |||
Keep in mind that most children need lots of sleep. Often, says BabyCenter sleep expert Jodi Mindell, author of Sleeping Through the Night, if a child has poor sleep habits or refuses to go to bed before 11 at night, his parents will think that he just doesn't need a lot of sleep. That's probably not true — in fact, it's likely that such a child is actually sleep-deprived. To see whether your child falls into that camp, ask yourself these questions:
• Does your child fall asleep almost every time he's in a car?
• Do you have to wake your child almost every morning?
• Does your child seem cranky, irritable, or overtired during the day?
• On some nights, does your child seem to crash much earlier than his usual bedtime?
If you answered "yes" to any of these, your child may be getting less sleep than he needs. To change this pattern, you'll need to help him develop good sleep habits and set an appropriate bedtime. "Then he'll get all the sleep he needs to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed," Mindell says.
Eventually your child will stop napping and start doing all of his sleeping at night. Preschoolers and young elementary school students still need up to ten or 11 hours of sleep a night, but that amount will gradually diminish. By the time he's a teenager, your child will need only about nine or ten hours of shut-eye per night.
(Mia Fichita memang kurang tidur...mlm hari..oklah..dlm 9 hours, but siang hari, hardly 4 hours. That's why makin kurus....risaunya)
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2 comments:
Ummuwafi,
From my experience, this is the time to train them. slowly slowly. masa dalam pantang memang tak tentu kan. Tapi usually pagi, give bath, minum susu, tidur. Tengahari, wak up, minum susu, tidur, may be sleep around one or two hour and wake up for milk and go back to sleep.
Kalau nampak dia tak nak tidur, main main , uli2 sikit bagi dia letih. giggle2kan. Tapi usually I didn't hold them. Just lay them down and play with them like that. Masa menyusu pun usually finie letak bantal bawah baby. So, dia tak terasa snagat kita punya smell dan warm body. Kalau tak nanti susah, I think you know what I mean. Memang it's nice to hold baby kecil ni. Tapi it's not nice bile at the end kita tak boleh buat kerja.
Usually kalau baby finie terjaga in between one hour sleep, kalau kita rasa dia dah minum banyak, just put them back to sleep. usually finie tepuk gitu kat shoulder or on their bum. Sometimes tepuk kat bum tu macam kuat tapi sebenarnya goyang2 kan. nanti dia pun lalilah. Masa mula2 nak train memang susah. Kekadang sampai half an hour dok tepuk gitu. Tapi once they get used to the time and get the sign that they need to go back to sleep, than they will sleep, Insya Allah. Selalunya finie tepuk tu macam ada rythm gitu. Mula2 rancak, pastu bila baby makin lali dah, slow down perlahan2.
It's going to be testing out patient and emotion. But, stay put. Keep strong. That will give a signal to baby. Always think that you the mum is the one in control. Don't let the baby take in control. Baby love for us to control them, walaupun nampak opposite way.
Keep strong! I know you will be alright!
thanks sooo much for the tips. really appreciate it. mmg i thg ada problem ngan baby nie...tk suka tidor. mmg penat dan pening kepala.
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