Your Child's Brain Does Its Most Important Work While They Sleep
A free, research-backed checklist to optimize your child’s sleep — and the neurodevelopment that happens during it.
Brain growth occurs during sleep — growth hormone release + glymphatic clearance
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Melatonin suppression from screens in preschoolers
Akacem et al., 2018
Children with consistent bedtime routines score higher on cognitive assessments
Mindell et al., 2015
Sleep isn’t rest. It’s when your child’s brain consolidates learning, prunes unnecessary synapses, and physically grows.
Every disrupted night has a measurable cognitive cost. The research is published in Pediatrics, Sleep Medicine Reviews, and the Journal of Pineal Research — and most parents have never seen it.
Sleep & Brain Development Checklist
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A free, research-backed checklist covering age-by-age sleep needs, the evidence-based bedtime routine, sleep environment optimization, and a 7-day tracker.
Inside the checklist:
Age-by-age sleep needs based on AASM consensus guidelines — the minimum hours for optimal brain development
The 4-domain bedtime routine backed by a 10,085-child study across 13 countries
Sleep environment checklist — the exact conditions that maximize brain restoration
The 3 biggest mistakes parents make that silently sabotage cognitive development
A printable 7-day sleep tracker to identify your child’s specific sleep gaps
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Every Number in This Checklist Comes From Published Research
Consensus statement on recommended sleep duration for children ages 4 months to 18 years — the clinical standard
Paruthi et al., 2016 — PMID: 27250809
10,085 children across 13 countries: consistent bedtime routines produce dose-dependent improvements in sleep quality
Mindell et al., 2015 — PMID: 25325483
RCT of 405 mothers: 3-step bedtime routine significantly reduced sleep onset latency and night wakings
Mindell et al., 2009 — PMID: 19480226
88% melatonin suppression in preschoolers from bright light exposure before bedtime
Akacem et al., 2018 — PMID: 29504270
White noise at safe levels reduced sleep onset from 20 minutes to 5 minutes in 80% of newborns
Spencer et al., 1990 — PMID: 2405784
Even low-intensity light (15 lux) suppresses melatonin by 77.5% in children ages 3-5
Hartstein et al., 2022 — PMID: 34997782
Every Night of Fragmented Sleep Has a Cognitive Cost
You can’t fix what you can’t measure. This checklist gives you the research, the benchmarks, and the protocols — in under 5 minutes.
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