Patient's question:
A child sleeps about eleven or twelve hours a day. At night, there are three or five instances of crying. Sometimes, they fall asleep after crying for a while, and other times they need to be picked up and fed to fall asleep.Doctor's answer:
Hello, the general amount of sleep needed by children in a 24-hour period is as follows: newborns need 18 to 20 hours, children aged 2 to 3 months need 16 to 18 hours, children aged 5 to 9 months need 15 to 16 hours, children aged 1 year need 14 to 15 hours, children aged 2 to 3 years need 12 to 13 hours, children aged 4 to 5 years need 11 to 12 hours, and children aged 7 to 13 years need 9 to 10 hours. However, the required sleep time for infants and young children varies greatly from individual to individual. If a child is energetic after waking up, even if the sleep time is short, it should not be considered abnormal as long as there are no health issues. Do not force the child to sleep; when the child is tired, they will naturally fall asleep.