Think it’s unfair that your bedtime is earlier than your older siblings’? Well its all for good reason. A formal research experiment has released interesting results regarding how much sleep we need per night and it is based on our age.
This is the first time a professional organisation has developed sleep recommendations based on age. The results are below:
- Newborns (0-3 months) need a recommended 14-17 hours of sleep per night.
- Infants (4-11 months) need a recommended 12-15 hours of sleep per night.
- Toddlers (1-2 years old) need a recommended 11-14 hours of sleep per night.
- Preschoolers (3-5 years old) need a recommended 10-13 hours of sleep per night.
- School-Age Children (6-13 years old) need a recommended 9-11 hours of sleep per night.
- Teenagers (14-17 years old) need a recommended 8-10 hours of sleep per night.
- Young Adults (18-25 years old) need a recommended 7-9 hours of sleep per night.
- Adults (26-64 years old) need a recommended 7-9 hours of sleep per night.
- Older Adults (65+ years old) need a recommended 7-8 hours of sleep per night.
So do you get the recommended hours of sleep for your age group? Let us know.
Article written by D Mulhern
14 Responses
wow i sleep 10 hours each night
I get as much sleep as I want
i love this story
i sleep like 6 hours
i sleep like 8 hours a night
i get 10 hours and 30 minutes
im 9 years old and i get 13 hours of sleep
wow that is interesting, i did not know!
I sleep for 8 hours
i get 8 hours of sleep or 7
I’m 10 and i get get 6 to 7 hours
i sleep for about 6 or 7 hours 0___0
U U
i go to bed at 8.30 and wake up at 7.00 !
I am 10 and I usually get 9 or 10 hours of sleep.