Answer to the 7 most frequently asked questions about better sleeping

On average, adults need about 8 hours of sleep per night. Only 1 percent of the population needs less than six hours of sleep.

With children, this is different. To clarify, we have the desired sleep hours per age category presented in a table:

Curious about sleep tips for different life stages? Then also read the following articles:

• Insomnia in toddlers
• Insomnia in children and toddlers
• Insomnia in teenagers
• Insomnia in adults

It's good to ask yourself the following two questions: Do you have an alarm clock do you need to wake up? And are you tired during the day? If the answer is 'yes'? Then you probably have too are getting little sleep.

However, it may be that you answer 'yes' to these two questions, while you sleep. Unfortunately, the duration of your sleep doesn't say much about the quality of your slaap. Wanneer je bijvoorbeeld licht slaapt of niet voldoende in je diepe sleep phase it may also be that you are not resting enough.

Nowadays, we have more distractions than before. For example, we watch more TV, we have more activities in the evening and spend a lot of time on our smartphones. Just the absence of if smartphones were, we would sleep much more and better. To become sleepy, you need to namely to be a bit bored in the evening. Now that it is easy not to be bored, the temptation to stay up late is greater.

Do you not sleep well and want to sleep better? Then it is good to first address the look for the cause of your poor night's sleep. You can do this by keeping a sleep diary. In this, you write down what you do and consume in a day. Important are the last few hours before you goes to sleep. Additionally, you write down how your night was. After a while, you might notice a pattern discover.

When you have trouble falling asleep and/or staying asleep, a weighted blanket can help you sleep better. Weighted blankets provide a subtle pressure on your body, causing your nervous system to relax, you to calm down, and falls asleep more easily. Additionally, the blanket encourages your body to lie still, which you fall asleep more easily.

When you have night shifts, this remains something unnatural for your body. This leads to a poorer night's sleep. If you are an extreme evening person, you might do a bit better to cope with than someone else, but it remains unhealthy. In young people who work night shifts or irregular days have less effect because their biological clock is more flexible than older. Younger people can therefore cope more easily with an irregular sleep pattern.

When you do not sleep well or long enough at night, it can help to to take a power nap during the day. In twenty minutes, you can already feel a lot better. Don't sleep too long during the day, because then you have a chance to wake up in your deep sleep and this only makes you more tired.

When you have had too little sleep, an extra nap during the day no effect on your next night's sleep. If you sleep extra, it may be that you are awake again in the evening sleeps less well. This is because you are not tired enough.

The quality of your sleep has a significant impact on your functioning. Yet there are companies that do not realize how much impact that has on functioning. Too little sleep means less productivity, less creativity, higher absenteeism, and higher costs.

We hope that after reading this blog, you have become wiser about how to better can sleep. If you still have other questions about sleeping better, feel free to contact us We are happy to help you sleep better again!