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Average Sleep Charts by Age.
Not exact matches
See our baby
sleep chart for a detailed breakdown of
average daily
sleep, number of naps, and longest
sleep stretch by adjusted age.
0 - 2 months: every 2 - 3 hour feedings during the day and night (could mean as many as 5 nightfeedings) 3 months: 3 nightfeedings, longer first stretch emerges (about 4 hours long) 4 months: 2 nightfeedings, first stretch is about 5 hours in length 5 months: 2 nightfeedings, first stretch is 6 + hours 6 months: 1 nightfeeding, longest stretch is 6/7 hours ** in order for baby to go longer than 6/7 hours at night, solids need to be well - established, meaning 3 meals / day consisting of all 4 food groups in addition to milk 7 months: 1 nightfeeding, 6/7 + hour stretch 8 - 9 months: this is the
average age that babies will drop all nightfeedings 10 - 12 months: babies may have an occasional nightfeed, but are able to
sleep through most nights ** this
chart is assuming that baby is gaining weight properly, healthy, and has no other medical concerns.
Let's take a close look at the data behind the
averages behind the
charts in the books, for example, this study, one of the most complete baby
sleep charts, published in the highly respected medical journal, Pediatrics, based on the
average sleep times associated with 493 Swiss children tracked from birth (Iglowstein et al 2003).
In this
chart showing a subset of the data on how long primates
sleep, humans stand out as snoozing the fewest hours daily, on
average.