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My child needs to sleep

How about setting the record straight on sleep science for 0-5-year-olds. More than one third of parents report that their children aged 1-6 have sleep problems. That’s a lot of kids and adults who don’t sleep well!

The goal is to accompany parents so that they can approach this period with confidence, following the child’s rhythm and being in line with their values.

Research findings can inform decisions to adopt healthy behaviors and help develop realistic expectations around sleep and its development.
This section contains scientific information on sleep for children aged 0-5 years.
Please feel free to ask us questions about research advances made with families. We want to make science accessible so that it can help you sleep better.

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Guiding with confidence

The 3S, Pre-sleep Routine

A routine is defined by a succession of actions repeated over time. The pre-sleep routine is what we do every night before going to bed. It prepares the body for
  • Evelyne Touchette, PhD
  • 12 May 2022
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Guiding with confidence

Stability of sleep schedules

Always, no. Exactly to the second either. As often as possible, yes. As for taking the train, it is a question of being at the station on time, that is
  • Evelyne Touchette, PhD
  • 12 May 2022
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Sleep train

What is a sleep train? A sleep train is a succession of cars, which we also call “sleep cycles”. These start around the age of 4 months. The sleep cycle
  • Evelyne Touchette, Ph.D and Olivier Bernard, B.Pharm, M.Sc
  • 12 May 2022
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Night awakenings

Studies show that babies wake up an average of three times during the night, some more, some less. The key to knowing if your child is sleep deprived is to
  • Evelyne Touchette, PhD
  • 12 May 2022
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Sleep Duration Recommendations

The answer to this question is not simple and cannot be limited to one number. The need for sleep varies greatly among children and their ages. Moreover, sleep duration does
  • Evelyne Touchette, PhD and Catherine Lord, PhD
  • 12 May 2022
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Basics of sleep

Variability between children - sleeping through the night

Many parents wonder when their children will sleep through the night, sometimes even before their baby is born.
  • Marie-Hélène Pennestri, PhD and Catherine Lord, PhD
  • 12 February 2022
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