How Many Hours of Sleep Do You Actually Need?
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2023 7:45 am
One of the common questions asked by many people regarding sleep is how many hours of sleep do you actually need?
If you do a lot of physical and mental labor you need to sleep more than the person who works on average job. If you are not well, for instance, you have fever; you need to sleep more than a normal person because sleeping more helps you to recover faster. In order to find out how many hours you need to sleep, let’s look at the following data:
If you do a lot of physical and mental labor you need to sleep more than the person who works on average job. If you are not well, for instance, you have fever; you need to sleep more than a normal person because sleeping more helps you to recover faster. In order to find out how many hours you need to sleep, let’s look at the following data:
- Newborns (0-3 months) sleep just few hours at a time, and need 16-18 hours of sleep.
- Infants (4-12 months) need 12-16 hours of sleep and their body understand the night time and day time sleeping
- Toddlers (1-2 years) need 11-14 hours of sleep, they sleep well at night and take naps in the day.
- Preschool (3-5 years) need 10-13 hours sleep, they might either be night owl or early bird
- School age (6-12 years) need 9-12 hours of sleep, they tend to go into deep sleep
- Teens (13-18) need 8-10 hours of sleep; they tend to stay up until late hours
- Adults (19-) need to sleep at least 7 hours, they get less sleep over the years, dream sleep (see a lot of dreams during the sleep) as they get older.