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Naps

Do toddlers need naps?





Speaking generally, the total amount of sleep a child gets is more important than how they schedule that sleep. The typical 2-year-old averages about 12-13 hours of sleep over 24 hours, but an hour or so more or less than that can be normal.

The average 2-year-old gets about 90 minutes of the total during the day as one or more naps -- but again more or less than that can be fine.

Some individual children do fine with no nap at all at that age. Others seem to really benefit from a nap. When it comes to this, parents' intuition is usually accurate about what their children need.

Alan Greene MD FAAP

Reviewed by: Khanh-Van Le-Bucklin MD & Stephanie D’Augustine M.D.
Originally published: April 13, 2001
Last reviewed and updated: May 2008






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