Everyone needs sleep, but the amount of sleep varies depending on your age. As a matter of fact, as you grow older you need lesser sleep(except when your a teenager.)
At about 1-11 months of age, the baby sleeps around 70-90% of the day, and the reason for that is because the bones and brains are still developing, and sleep regenerates/creates/repairs cells. Even though the baby sleeps almost sleep around 14 hours of sleep hours at night the rest of it are naps during the day. This is the time where the infant develops the ability to sleep on their own. Though this is not always the case. Everyone doesn't develop it until later, and those babies won't develop it until much later.
Around ages 1-3, the average toddler needs 12- 13 hours of sleep which is more than 50% of the day. This is the age where sleep problems develop and occur the most. For example, nightmares occur more frequently at this age than most other ages. A positive thing that happens is the major increase of cognitive, social, and intellectual abilities, but they actually interfere with sleep.
At the ages of 3-5, the need for sleep lessens and it becomes 11 hours. This is also when the sleep disturbances worsen and reach their peak. These are also the ages at which sleepwalking begins. As the imagination of oneself sprouts the nightmares get even more scary.
As kids reach elementary(5-12 years old), their necessity of sleep becomes 8 to 9 hours. More of their time now is focused on school and other activities. Then, there are also desires at home that people want to accomplish. For example, most kids like to serf the internet these days, watch YouTube videos, read books, and play video games. Although doing these things at home are common, it actually affects your sleep. The cause is that your brain would want more if the activity is daily. This prevents your body from being ready to rest.
Teens(13-17) and sleep are a lot more complicated than flying an airplane blind. At this stage of age, the need for sleep increases to 9 1/2(maybe 10)hours of sleep, and the sleep/wake schedule transfers to a later time, too. The reason for this is that the body is going through puberty. Even after puberty the body still keeps growing because you haven't reached your prime. However, most teens don't receive enough rest, and that affects their level of work during school. Surprisingly, school is the cause of this.
At about 1-11 months of age, the baby sleeps around 70-90% of the day, and the reason for that is because the bones and brains are still developing, and sleep regenerates/creates/repairs cells. Even though the baby sleeps almost sleep around 14 hours of sleep hours at night the rest of it are naps during the day. This is the time where the infant develops the ability to sleep on their own. Though this is not always the case. Everyone doesn't develop it until later, and those babies won't develop it until much later.
Around ages 1-3, the average toddler needs 12- 13 hours of sleep which is more than 50% of the day. This is the age where sleep problems develop and occur the most. For example, nightmares occur more frequently at this age than most other ages. A positive thing that happens is the major increase of cognitive, social, and intellectual abilities, but they actually interfere with sleep.
At the ages of 3-5, the need for sleep lessens and it becomes 11 hours. This is also when the sleep disturbances worsen and reach their peak. These are also the ages at which sleepwalking begins. As the imagination of oneself sprouts the nightmares get even more scary.
As kids reach elementary(5-12 years old), their necessity of sleep becomes 8 to 9 hours. More of their time now is focused on school and other activities. Then, there are also desires at home that people want to accomplish. For example, most kids like to serf the internet these days, watch YouTube videos, read books, and play video games. Although doing these things at home are common, it actually affects your sleep. The cause is that your brain would want more if the activity is daily. This prevents your body from being ready to rest.
Teens(13-17) and sleep are a lot more complicated than flying an airplane blind. At this stage of age, the need for sleep increases to 9 1/2(maybe 10)hours of sleep, and the sleep/wake schedule transfers to a later time, too. The reason for this is that the body is going through puberty. Even after puberty the body still keeps growing because you haven't reached your prime. However, most teens don't receive enough rest, and that affects their level of work during school. Surprisingly, school is the cause of this.