• Recommended amount of sleep during a 24 hour period for infants (3-11 months) is 14-15 hours; for toddlers, 12-14 hours; preschoolers, 11-13 hours, and school-aged children, 10-11 hours
• The Sleep in America poll shows infants sleep 12.7 hours; toddlers, 11.7 hours; pre-schoolers, 10.4 hours, and school-aged children 9.5 hours.

More than two-thirds of all children (69%) experience one or more sleep problems at least a few nights a week.

Parents are unsatisfied with their child's sleep habits. A majority (76%) would change something about those habits, if possible.

Nearly one-third of children 10 and younger wake up at least once a night needing attention, including 14 percent of school-aged children.

About one-quarter of infants, toddlers and preschoolers appear sleepy or overtired during the day, according to their parents/caregivers.

Caffeine and a television in the bedroom disrupt the sleep of older children.

• About 26 percent of children between the ages of 3-10 drink at least one caffeinated beverage a day; they sleep less than those who don't drink caffeine (9.1 vs. 9.7 hrs/night), a loss of about 3.5 hours a week.
• More than 40 percent of school-aged children have a television in their bedroom; they go to sleep almost 20 minutes later and sleep less than those without a TV (9.2 vs. 9.6 hours/night), a loss of more than two hours of sleep a week.

More than one-half of those polled said their child's doctor did not ask about their child’s sleep; the older the child, the less likely such a discussion, although older children are more likely to experience frequent sleep problems.

• Only about one quarter of parents/caregivers report their child's doctor asked about snoring, which is prevalent in preschoolers (19%) and school-aged children (18%).
• Parents/caregivers of children 10 and younger average about 6.8 hours of sleep a night, slightly less than the seven hours averaged by all adults.
• Parents/caregivers of infants are awakened an average of four nights a week, losing close to an hour of sleep each time or more than 200 hours in their child's first year.

The National Sleep Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public health and safety by achieving public understanding of sleep and sleep disorders, and by supporting public education, sleep-related research, and advocacy. NSF is based in Washington, DC.