The Matt Walker Podcast

#43 - Sleep and Kids Pt. 1

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Mar 13, 2023
Guest
Craig Canapari
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INSIGHT

Rapid Sleep Change In Infancy

  • Infancy spans birth to 12 months with rapid sleep changes that narrow over time.
  • Newborns sleep 14–17h and by 4–11 months most sleep 12–15h with evolving nap patterns.
INSIGHT

Children Keep Their Sleep 'Set Point'

  • Individual infants show stable positions on a wide sleep-duration distribution.
  • Long- or short-sleep tendencies often persist across childhood.
ANECDOTE

Personal Memory Of A Long Sleeper

  • Dr. Canapari recalls being a child who slept 20 hours and whose mother worried at the pediatrician.
  • He uses this to illustrate how some kids naturally require much more sleep.
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