How much should newborns sleep?!

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After thinking “give your head a wobble” to many a neurotic post on here, I have joined the ranks of the anxious after having PFB DS this week. I am now paranoid about everything.
Yesterday he was crying and grizzling all day on and off but is usually pretty calm in the afternoon and evening and snoozes for most of it. We’ve been having BF trouble but last night it seemed to click and we got in a lot of colostrum feeds in (after me doubting whether he was actually getting anything) and since then he’s literally just been sleeping and feeding. He’s so zonked out he didn’t even wake for nappy change.

Is this okay?! Is it just the extra feeding? I’m worried he’s not actually getting enough and the sleepiness is dehydration but I have no idea how much is normal for newborns to sleep.

Why didn’t anyone tell me actually having a baby was way more terrifying than pregnancy (I thought that was scary enough after previous losses)!

Mine pretty much only woke up to eat for the first 6 weeks and she is fine but if you're worried you can discuss with your HV.
How old is he? Im assuming very little. Has he regained his birth weight yet if so?

Newborns sleep plenty. I was the same in terms of paranoia.. I fed my daughter every 2 to 3 hours when she was a newborn. She started sleeping 4 to 5 hour at night when she was 3 or 4 weeks and I asked the Health Visitor if that was ok and she told me to enjoy.. However I was too paranoid so I made sure she didn't sleep without a feed for more than 4 hours until she was about 7 weeks.

Thank you! I’ve been worried because he snoozes a lot during the day and sleeps through a lot including nappy changes unless we strip him down to nappy for them and then he’s VERY responsive and quite outraged 😂

He’s now waking for feeds which then send him off again to sleep

I was actually going to ask this question. My newborn is 9 days old and now on formula. Has mild jaundice but sleeps all the time. Tends to wake for feeds during the day but HV wants us to strip him off and try wake him every 2 hours but he doesn't really wake up and look about he just cries for a feed then goes back off. She's got me very worried that he is sleeping more than normal

He was 5 and a half pounds and has just had his checks which they were happy with - he had lost 8% of his birth weight but because it was less than 10 they were totally happy with it.

@Nj200 same, he can be woken but he then just goes back to sleep after a short time awake and tends to spend most of his time snoozing. My health visitor didn’t seem concerned about this as he’s not even a week old yet but I can’t help but worry

Totally normal for him to sleep lots in the first week or two! My daughter slept lots the first week but then hardly slept during the day after the first week. She'd have days where she hardly slept and then she'd have days where she slept pretty much the whole day. She was always a good sleeper at night though. Her daytime sleep is still very unpredictable and she's 4 months now. I honestly wouldn't worry about a newborn sleeping too much.

Nj200 if your baby has mild jaundice I'd keep an eye on it. Feed your baby little and often and seek medical advice whenever you're worried or unsure.

Yeah I'm pretty much feeding on demand. The Hv said to wake him every 2 hours for a feed but he's only taking 1-2oz and it takes him a very long time to drink that. He falls asleep on it straight away