Does your toddler sleep less than your grandparents did?

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Aug 14, 2024

1 min

Take a look back in history to compare sleep stats, then and now, and get tips to help your little one drift off into a slumber. Because a good bedtime routine is timeless.

This is how sleep habits have changed over the last century and how to best establish timeless bedtime routines.

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Hirshkowitz M, Whiton K, Albert SM, et al. National Sleep Foundation’s sleep time duration recommendations: methodology and results summary. Sleep Health 2015; 1(1):40-43.

Matricciani LA, Olds TS, Blunden S, et al. Never enough sleep: A brief history of sleep recommendations for children. Pediatrics 2012; 129(3):548-56.

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