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Under a year, expect 12 to 16 hours of sleep a day including naps, the first teeth between 6 and 10 months, and no screens beyond video chat.
One age gives you the whole picture: recommended sleep including naps, how many baby teeth should have come in and which one is next, the screen-time limit for that age, the legal-standard caregiver ratio for group care, an approximate shoe size, and which conversations are usually due about now.
What the answer includes
- Total sleep across 24 hours, naps included — not night sleep alone
- How many baby teeth should be in and which set comes next
- Screen time: video chat only under 18 months, per AAP
- Caregiver ratio for infants: one adult per 3 children, group of 6 maximum
What can change it
- General information. Consult the appropriate professional for health, fertility, pregnancy, or parenting decisions.
- Sleep ranges are population guidance, not a target to force — a baby an hour outside the range but thriving is usually fine
- Teething does not cause high fever: a temperature over 100.4 °F needs a different explanation
- Safe sleep matters more than sleep hours: on the back, alone, in a crib, with nothing soft in it
Deadline or next step: the first tooth usually shows between 6 and 10 months; no teeth by 18 months is worth a dental visit.
Answer supported by: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine · ADA MouthHealthy
Age drives everything. The other two fields are optional and only affect their own rows.
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Responsible editor: Martín Rodríguez
Formula and sources verified. Educational guidance only. It does not replace qualified professional advice.
Frequently asked questions
How many hours should my child sleep?
Per the AASM 2016 consensus, endorsed by the AAP, and counting naps: 12 to 16 hours from 4 to 12 months, 11 to 14 hours from 1 to 2 years, 10 to 13 hours from 3 to 5, 9 to 12 hours from 6 to 12, and 8 to 10 hours from 13 to 18. Under 4 months AASM gives no figure; the National Sleep Foundation suggests 14 to 17 hours.
When do baby teeth come in, and in what order?
Per the ADA eruption chart: lower central incisors at 6 to 10 months, upper central at 8 to 12, upper lateral at 9 to 13, lower lateral at 10 to 16, first molars at 13 to 19, canines at 16 to 22 and second molars at 25 to 33 months. That completes the set of 20 primary teeth.
My baby has no teeth yet — is that a problem?
Wide variation is normal, and a first tooth anywhere from 4 to 15 months is still within range. No teeth at all by 18 months is worth a dental evaluation. Late eruption on its own, with normal growth otherwise, is usually just family timing.
How much screen time is appropriate by age?
The AAP asks for no screen media other than video chat before 18 months, high-quality content watched together from 18 to 24 months, no more than one hour a day of quality programming from 2 to 5, and from age 6 consistent limits rather than a fixed cap — with sleep, physical activity and homework protected first.
How many children can one adult look after?
Caring for Our Children, the AAP/APHA/NRC national standard, sets 1 adult per 3 infants with a group cap of 6, 1 per 4 toddlers with a group of 8, 1 per 7 three-year-olds, 1 per 8 from age 4, and 1 per 10 to 12 for school age. State licensing rules can be less strict than this standard — check yours.
What shoe size is my child?
This hub estimates it from foot length: roughly three times the length in inches minus 9.5 gives the US children's size. Always measure standing, in the afternoon when the foot is largest, and add about half an inch of growth room before buying. Toddlers move up about half a size every two to three months.
How much allowance should I give?
There is no official guidance, which is why the amount here is an editable field. The most common US convention is about $1 per week per year of age, so $8 a week at age 8. What matters more than the number is that it is predictable and that some of it has to be saved.
At what age should I talk about death, puberty or drugs?
As a rough sequence: body safety around 3, where babies come from around 4, death and loss around 4 to 5 in concrete terms, money around 5, online safety around 6, puberty around 8 to 9 — before it starts, not during — drugs and alcohol around 9, and consent and relationships by 11. These are developmental conventions, not a standard: follow the child's own questions.
My child sleeps an hour less than the recommended range. Should I worry?
Not by itself. The ranges are population guidance with a wide normal spread. Look at daytime function instead: a child who wakes on their own, is alert through the morning and does not crash in the afternoon is probably getting enough. Persistent difficulty waking, or falling asleep in the car every day, is the signal to act on.
When do baby teeth fall out?
Usually starting around age 6 with the lower central incisors, in roughly the same order they came in, and finishing between 11 and 12. The first permanent molars come in behind the baby teeth around age 6 without anything falling out first, which is why they are often missed.
Does the nap count toward the daily sleep total?
Yes. Every figure here is total sleep across 24 hours, naps included. That is why dropping the nap between ages 3 and 5 does not lower the requirement — it just means bedtime has to move earlier to keep the same total.
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