Sleep is very important for the baby, growth hormone is secreted in the form of pulses in each sleep cycle, so sleep has a direct effect on the growth and development of the baby.

Sleep can also promote the development of the brain has an obvious role in puzzle.

Sleep can also help the baby to store energy well, in order to better daytime activities, better cognition, better intellectual development, so the baby's sleep is very important.

The summer heat makes people tired, difficult to sleep at night, and the appetite is not good, even for babies.

If the living habits are disrupted because of the hot summer, the baby is easy to get sick until autumn and winter, so let the baby go to bed early and get up early, play during the day, consume physical strength, sleep well at night, and take summer as a period of the year to adjust the baby's living habits!

Especially from 4 months of age, the baby can distinguish between day and night, which is the key to developing a good schedule!

0-1 year old baby sleep regularity

A newborn baby has no concept of day and night, and needs to sleep and breastfeed continuously for 24 hours.

In general, newborns sleep about 16 to 18 hours every 24 hours. He usually sleeps for two to four hours at a stretch, then becomes hungry for milk, but he gradually sleeps slightly longer at night than during the day.

Babies in this age group sleep less than they did when they were born, averaging 15 to 16 hours a day, with most of their sleep occurring at night. It is difficult for the baby to sleep until dawn at night, and it still needs to feed at night. During the day, your baby is awake longer, but he still needs three or four sleeps, although these can vary from person to person.

Four to five months

The average sleep time of the baby in this period is about 9 to 13 hours a day, and it will sleep three times during the day, for 2 to 3 hours each time.

This is a transitional stage, your baby will soon sleep regularly 2 times during the day, the baby will have a longer sleep at night, then you should establish a good pattern of baby sleep.

6 to 8 months

The average sleep time of a 6-month-old baby every night is about 9 to 11 hours, and there is usually a nap in the morning and afternoon during the day, each time about 1 to 2 hours. The baby's sleep pattern has basically formed.

You no longer need to breastfeed at night, unless you want to spend time with your baby at this time or want to breastfeed at night to maintain milk production.

10 to 12 months

At this time, the baby slowly moves closer to the adult life rules, and sleep is basically concentrated at night. During the day, I usually sleep twice. However, the length of sleep is very different from person to person.

At this time, the baby began to learn to walk, talk and eat by himself, which made him very excited, the mother must help the baby tune the right time to form a good sleep regularity.