It’s Sleep Awareness Month! Of course, you're probably plenty aware of sleep, given that you spend about a third of your life curled up in bed under the blankets—or at least you should, and you probably know that, too. Sleep is important to help our bodies repair from the wear-and-tear of the day, give our brains some rest to think clearly when we’re awake, and for babies and kids especially, to help them grow.

At different times in our lives we need different amounts of sleep. The National Sleep Foundation has a gr