how much do newborns sleep?

[jee'smom]

seriously... kalia sleeps all of the time. it kindof worries me. she's 1 1/2 wks. i remember my preemie sleeping all of the time, but not my full-termer. she does have a couple of awake/quiet-alert periods a day, but, other than that, she's asleep, only waking to eat every couple of hours. (she eats and poops & pees alot too!) anyone? what's normal?

[Juvysen]

Oliver's like that too, at this point. He's 5 days old.

[Panthira]

I thought it was 20-22 hours per day at first...

[MamaSpruce]

20-22 sounds about right. i worried at first too didn't remember this much sleep!

[tammyswanson]

Originally Posted by MamaSpruce

20-22 sounds about right. i worried at first too didn't remember this much sleep!

That's how much I sleep now...and I'm 34!

[MamaJenese]

I feel the same way! I do not remember Elli sleeping as much as Millie Jane does! I saw our Ped. today for the first time since she was born and he laughed at me in a very kind and gentle way. As long as she is peeing pooping nursing and when she is awake alert and looking around he said stop worrying and count my blessings!

[imgr8ful]

this one is sleeping a lot too, it's great! ds1 was like this, ds2 was not. my old midwife told me they grow the most when they're sleeping and it's been true for my kids - ds1 gained so fast, ds2 was a fussy baby and has always been smaller...and now ds3 gained 1lb in 1 week!

[Shahbazin]

Newborns sleep?? : Seriously, Elizabeth is sleeping on my chest right this minute (while I'm obsessing that she needs to wake & eat), but except for the evening she was born, she's been non-stop nursing - I mean, cannot set her down, roots when you try to just hold her - between dinner time & 5 AM. I am getting 2-4 hours sleep here, & am really hoping now that my milk's in, that our night times will not be like this much longer. My other DD didn't do this.... we had the same sleep-all-the-time problem as the OP, but she nursed a lot & made plenty of soiled dipes.

[Ashersmum]

I'm so glad you posted this! I've been thinking the same thing. Ds2 sleep ALL day and night. He has maybe an awake period for about an hour where I have him kick naked on a towel for an airing Ds1 was definitely not like this - I remember never being able to put him down for a second and endless jiggling and rocking to stop the fussing. I feel extremely blessed this time around as far as easy babies go.

[sleet76]

My first two didn't sleep much, but my new guy, Owen sleeps all the time. And he's still doing it now at nearly a month old. I'm sure it was at least 22 hrs a day at first, and now must be about 21 hours.

[Mel L]

Ok, so once again I have a non/barely-preemie pretermer, and both have slept a good 22-23 hours a day. My mom always said that my sis did the exact same thing (also 4-5 weeks early), and they were waking her up to feed her for weeks. We finally stopped waking Bella up to eat around 4-5 weeks, but she was having no wake up hunger cues really until then. I think it is normal for them to sleep that much for at least the first 2 weeks. Bella is finally having longer awake periods, but she is starting to get unsettled during that time. Usually, I can wear her, and she loves it. When she is unsettled (between 7pm-10/11pm), the only thing that works is having her out of the sling and in our arms. It is the only time of the day that she hates the sling. I am going to have great muscles soon!

[peggyitaly]

Maya is 2 weeks old and she sleep a ton too. Each day that passes she's awake a little more. My first dd(4) slept a ton the first 2 weeks too and then changed thereafter.

Peggy