How many newborns sleep at night and during the day

Along with other child care questions,parents often wonder how many newborns sleep. Newly moms and dads are characterized by excessive excitement, anxiety and doubt. Often, some believe that their baby is sleeping too little, others are surprised that a lot. In fact, it is impossible to state concretely and unequivocally how much a newborn sleeps. From the very first days each person is individual.

According to the average, the firsta week after birth, the children sleep almost all day. Depending on their characteristics, the sleep of newborns can be from 16 to 22 hours. The child himself wakes up when he feels the feeling of hunger. However, some people eat for 20 minutes and immediately fall asleep again, while others stay awake for a while, getting to know the world around them. During the daytime, sleep between feedings reaches an average of 2-4 hours. At night, children can sleep 5-7 hours. Do not wake the child before this time. After all, it is in a dream that children grow most quickly, gain strength, develop the brain and all other body systems. Thus, if no matter how much a newborn sleeps, he is not restless, eats well, has regular stools and normal temperature, then everything is in order, and he can rest as much as his body needs.

Sleep phases of a newborn

Parents are important to know not only how much sleepnewborn, but also how he sleeps. The sleep of a child has three phases: weak sleep, deep sleep and very deep sleep. The first phase lasts about 30 minutes. At this time, the baby is better not to disturb and give him a quiet sleep. During the second and third phases, the child is already quite sound asleep, so parents can safely take up their affairs without fear of waking him.

Some moms attend various questions aboutthe fact that the baby falls asleep during feeding. There is absolutely nothing abnormal about it. In addition, this phenomenon is quite common. Especially often this is observed during breastfeeding. First, it is pleasant for the baby to fall asleep next to his mother, with whom he has been inseparable for all 9 months. Secondly, sucking a breast is for him physical work, performing which he gets tired and, as a result, falls asleep. It is important to know that the newborn drinks the main volume of milk in the first 5 minutes, so there’s no point in feeding him more than 20 minutes.

What determines the duration of a newborn's night sleep

It is worth noting that how much sleepsnewborn at night, also depends on the place. For example, falling asleep next to the mother, the baby may not wake up at all for 9 hours (at an average rate of 5-7). This is explained by the fact that the child feels warm, comfortable and hears such a dear and beloved mother smell. In addition, at any time he can attach to the chest, so his sleep will be more peaceful. However, a night rest with a child in the same bed can bring a lot of inconvenience to parents. In the future, they may encounter a problem, teaching the baby to his own bed.

Every child has everything individually, including sleep, but still, parents should know the average rate of how much a newborn sleeps per day.

Child's sleep rate

Age of child	Daytime sleep	Night sleep	Daily rest
Newborn	9,5	9,5	19
1 month	8	8	16
3 months	10	5	15
6 months	11	3,5	14,5
9 months	11,5	3	14,5
1 year	11,5	2,5	14

The older the child, the less timehe spends on sleep. In his first days of life, he grows vigorously, gaining strength, and then gradually begins to spend more and more time getting to know his parents and all that surrounds him. Already by the second month, the baby’s sleep is on average reduced to 16 hours a day. And by the year, this figure comes to 14 hours.