What Are Infant Sleep Patterns?
All humans sleep in cycles. These may change as a child moves toward adulthood, but all human sleep moves through a series of light and deep sleep periods. Infant sleep cycles average 50 to 60 minutes over the full sleep period, according to the University of Michigan Health System. As a child grows, these sleep cycles develop into set patterns. While general sleep cycle estimates exist for various ages, each child develops individual sleep patterns for her bodily needs.
