How much sleep is too much sleep?

Question

Baby girl is 6 days old and up until today would be awake at least a portion of the day/evening. Today she has only woke up to eat and we've had to wake her a couple of the times. She slept all night (other than feedings every 3-1/2 hours) and now has slept all day other than for feedings every 3 hours. She's falling back to sleep even while burping. Should I be concerned? She goes for her first Dr appt tmw so I will ask the Dr then but was just wondering what everyone else thinks? How much is your newborn sleeping for those of you that have had your babies? (For those that haven't had your babies hang in there!)

Answer

I’d be more worried about these awake periods you mentioned. Baby’s that age really don’t have awake periods. They should be sleeping 90% of the day and night. Awake, change diaper, feed, then back to bed. Once they over a month or so they will start doing 30-60 mins a couple times a day. Being awake longer then the time it takes to get a diaper change and feeding usually results in baby being over tired and sleeping less and being fussy.

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My baby boy was sleeping a lot at 6 days old and I had to wake him to feed, but pediatrician told us we could push off waking to 4-5 hours instead of every 3 (I swore if I didn’t wake him at 3 hours he would starve! Lol) since he was gaining weight good. Combined with feedings and any wake time he maybe was awake 2-4hrs out of a 24hr period. Now that he’s 3 weeks old he’s probably up 6-8hr of a 24hr period.

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no they sleep a lot , not a big deal long as they are eating & using the bathroom as much as they should

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It’s not concerning. New borns sleep A LOT and you often have to wake them for feedings.

How much sleep is too much sleep?

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