Aargh - can anyone remind me what newborns do WRT feeding/sleeping?

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Do they sleep all day, how often should they feed, etc etc?! Just come home with ds1 and can't remember a thing about how it's meant to work!!

He's very cute though :)

Yes they sleep all day (at first!) - make sure you feed at least 10-12 times per 24 hours.

Congratulations!

They're all different. [unhelpful]

my first woke every 2 hours all day and night for 15 months.

My second slept a full 8 hours from day one.

They then got together and organised a rota to ensure that they both got to sleep while I did not.

and they yell at you when they're hungry. A high pitched OI YOU! Get your arse over here and feed me.

Mine are 12 and 13 and I am STILL owed sleep...

They sleep 20+ hours a day at first, and lull you into a false sense that they are good sleepers Then they find their voices and you wish they would sleep more than they do!

20 plus hours a day?

I refer you to my earlier post.

20+ hours?? Mine didn't get that memo!!

Just follow feeding cues and rest whenever you can.

And sniff the baby's head!

Congratulations!

The baby books all said newborns sleep 20+ hours a day for the first couple of days. None of my 3 did and I still feel cheated .

Feeding constantly and sleeping occasionally seems to be about average for newborns in this house.

My ds1 missed out on that memo also.

Or maybe he read it wrong and thought he had to be awake for 20 hours.

Congratulations xx

Sorry chaps - mine followed the book - for the first few weeks only though. After that DD2 NEVER slept at all!

yeah, mine read it and said ha, well, we'll see about that!

My ds managed a record 12 hours awake when he was a week old. We literally tried EVERYTHING. I think he realised how exciting the world was and wanted to constantly be walked round to look at everything. Just would. Not. Sleep.

But I can cope with that because now at 4 months he's just started sleeping through. :)

Still won't sleep more than two 20 min naps during the day though !!

Sleep, feed, cry because they're hungry (despite feeding an hour ago) or tired (despite only being awake 30 mins) or want a cuddle (fair enough).

With dd (second), i had forgotten just how needy they were - not in a bad way, totally normal, but a shock nonetheless