What Other Parents Are Reading Sleep and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
Toddlers are increasingly aware of their surroundings, so
distractions might disrupt them at bedtime. Their growing
imaginations can start to interrupt sleep, too. Now more than
ever, a simple and consistent bedtime routine is a parent's best
bet for getting a sleepy toddler snugly into bed. Toddlers and
Sleep You're the best judge of how much sleep your child needs.
Most toddlers between the ages of 1 and 2 require about 10-13
hours of sleep a day. Whether all these hours are slept at night
or split up between nighttime sleeping and daytime naps is up to
you. Some parents find that their kids need that sleep during
the day. Others find that daytime napping interferes with a good
night's sleep and that a rest period (quiet playing or reading)
works better. If this occurs, you may want to combine two short
naps into one or do away with naps altogether. That's OK— kids
don't need to nap every single day. It may take several weeks of
experimenting un