Getting Enough? Study Concludes Recommended Hours Of Sleep According To Age

Charles Czeisler, a professor at Harvard University, together with a team of experts, conducted a research, including of many studies from 2004 to 2014, in order to find out the needed sleep hours, and the effects of sleep on the health.

According to the different development stages, they made the following conclusions:

  • Newborn (0 to 3 months): 14 to 17 hours.
  • Babies (4 to 11 months): 12 to 15 hours.
  • Children (1-2 years): 11 to 14 hours.
  • Preschool (3-5 years): 10 to 13 hours.
  • School Age (6-13 years): 9 to 11 hours.
  • Teens (14 to 17): 8 to 10 hours.
  • Youth (18-25 years): 7 to 9 hours.
  • Adults (26-64 years): 7 to 9 hours.
  • Seniors (over 65 years): 7 to 8 hours.

Each individual needs different hours of rest, so these guidelines are approximate.

Source: www.myhealthylifeguide.net

Sleepy Baby (ca.1910) painting in high resolution by Mary Cassatt. Original from the Dallas Museum of Art.

The Briar Rose Series – Study for ‘The Garden Court’ (1889) painting in high resolution by Sir Edward Burne–Jones

The Briar Rose Series

 

With the Wind from The Flower Book (1905) by Sir Edward Burne–Jones

 

The children were nestled all snug in their beds by Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863-1935)