Japanese babies sleep shortest at 11.6 hours a day; N.Z. longest

Saturday 27th September, 06:22 AM JST

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thepro at 10:29 AM JST - 27th September

Amazing stats...
fatloser at 10:38 AM JST - 27th September

I'll bet babies in Finland sleep a lot too!!
beavis at 10:39 AM JST - 27th September

And this is helpful for...
kawaiitenshi at 11:40 AM JST - 27th September

well, it seems my daughter won't even conform with the japanese standards. she won't sleep until 11pm and waked up at 7am, and takes naps under 2 hours during the day....
cleo at 11:47 AM JST - 27th September

I think my kids slept about 22 hours a day when they were babies. They would wake up, mucky themselves, scream blue murder until they were fed, burp, mucky themselves again and then fall asleep until the next time. Like clockwork.

Neru ko wa sodatsu. (Babies grow while they sleep)
dammit at 12:21 PM JST - 27th September

I don't think of them as babies when they're 3 years old. Or even 2. Our youngest has just turned 1, and already he's more like a little boy than a baby, despite not yet walking alone! However, he sleeps pretty much like the description in the article, despite only being half Japanese - the others all slept for longer I think, though it's hard to be sure years later.

But talking about the average sleep time of babies up to 3 years old is rather stupid isn't it? Newborns can sometimes sleep for up to 23 hours a day if no-one wakes them up for their feeds, and a 2 and a half year old might have a very short afternoon nap or not need a nap at all - they're all different. So what exactly is the use of an average? Maybe they could tell us the averages of the different age-groups included? That might be a bit of use, though I'm not sure what for except to reassure some parents that their babies are normal and panic others into thinking their babies are sleeping too much/little!
Spidey at 01:30 PM JST - 27th September

No surprises here. This is Japan after all.

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thepro at 03:11 PM JST - 27th September

Those babies are younger than the other workers so they have to get to the office earliest and leave last
geronimo2006 at 03:35 PM JST - 27th September

And there are also a lot more sheep to count n NZ. But seriously, cant be good for mental development and learning.
borscht at 05:12 PM JST - 27th September

Do Japanese babies sleep less because they want to or because mom wakes them up to feed them, show them English/math flashcards and train them to bow perfectly?
soothsayer at 08:34 PM JST - 27th September

Fantastic! Now Japanese companies have scientific proof that a 16 hour working day is perfectly normal and fits right in with their slav...sorry...loyal employees biorhythyms.
presto345 at 12:10 AM JST - 28th September

Neru ko wa sodatsu. (Babies grow while they sleep)

The saying doesn't apply to only babies. 'ko' means 'child'. And the expression in daily usage is applied across a wide spectrum, so not only to young children, but also adolescents who sleep long hours. Aside from that I am not sure what conclusions this research lead to.
Latenights at 01:17 PM JST - 29th September

They might get a little more sleep if their parents didn't keep bringing them out to bars.
Sarge at 06:04 PM JST - 29th September

I agree with Spidey.
kawabunga at 07:27 AM JST - 30th September

Perhaps it is all the noise from the..... 1) bosozoku 2) politicians driving around campaigning from their tiny vans 3) yakimo guy 4) recycle guy 5) propane guy 6) bamboo pole guy 7) danjiri practice 8) danjiri itself 9) my MIL