Hours of Sleep
During the first month an infant should sleep practically all the time, except for feeding, bathing and changing. At six months he needs 18 hours’ sleep, 12 at night, two to three in the morning and the same again in the afternoon. At one year 15 hours are needed, 12 at night, two in the morning and one in the afternoon. At 18 months see that he still gets 12 hours’ sleep at night and two in the morning, and keep this up in toddler years. Speech shows variations in development, but here are some averages to guide you. There is no speech in the first five months, only cries of hunger, pain, anger and so on. Babbling, crowing and cooing are "in evidence at five months, At six'months sounds are being attempted, "no" is understood, and sign language is used, About 10 months the first word may be spoken. At 12 months baby will imitate sounds and signs, can say "ta" for thank you, and will have his own variation for "mamma" and "daddy." Single words are clearly spoken by 15 months, and short two or threeword sentences by two years, the child having quite a large vocabulary of about 200 words by this time. These milestones are only averages, remember, but they will help you to judge progress. .
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 278, 20 October 1944, Page 22
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223Hours of Sleep New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 278, 20 October 1944, Page 22
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