Baby Sleep Patterns across the Globe

Global Trends – Baby’s Sleep

Here are some interesting facts about babies sleep around the world:

• In the South Pacific, babies generally sleep alongside their parents until they are three-years-old. During the day, rocking is a popular method of getting babies to sleep (1). 
• In the US, a survey conducted in 1992 found that 80% of babies sleep in a separate room after they turn 6-months-old (2). 
• In Bali, babies sleep with their mothers until they are 3-years-old (3). 
•  Traditionally, Japanese families sleep in the same room and many babies sleep in the same bed as their parents (4). 
• Mayan babies share their mothers’ beds, breastfeeding at will during the day and night, until a new baby comes along (usually when toddler is 2-3 years old). There is no real sleep routine – baby just falls asleep when tired or when parents go to sleep (5).