What You Need to Know About Helping Your Child Sleep Better

• Recharge your child’s body
• Boost your child’s immune system
• Lower your child’s risk of illness and infection
• Keep your child from overeating
• Manage your child’s stress, behavior, and emotions
• Enhance your child’s brain health
• Increase your child’s ability to concentrate and focus
• Increase your child’s ability to problem solve

• Babies 4 to 12 months - 12 to 16 hours, including naps
• Toddlers 12 to 24 months - 11 to 14 hours, including naps
• Children 3 to 5 years - 10 to 13 hours, which may include a nap
• Children 6 to 12 years - 9 to 12 hours
• Children 13 to 18 years - 8 to 10 hours

• Keep televisions, computer monitors, phones, and other screens out of your child’s bedroom
• Set a bedtime for your child and stick to it
• Limit your child’s caffeine intake including sodas and chocolate
• Limit your child's sugar intake including candy, soda, and desserts
• Avoid having your child eat a large meal before going to bed
• Keep your child’s bedroom calming, as dark as possible, and as quiet as possible

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