2 week old's sleep

[PrincessWatermelon]

My DD is 2 weeks old and so far has been wonderful at night sleeps....normally 3 sessions of about.2.5 or 3 hours in her crib. From 10pm ish.

But her daytime napping has been quite poor, mainly due to overstimulation from visitors I think.

So today we had a quiet day and she napped for a good few sets of 40 mins (only ever on me!). Except now, she's been asleep for a solid 1.5 hours. Can't wake her she's so.deep asleep.

Wondering if this will mean we've messed up the night times. I guess only time will tell. But my question (got there eventually!) is whether.I should prevent a sleep so close to bedtime. And whether more naps in the day mean lesa sleep at night.

Thanks wise women!

I think at this age it's just important they know the difference between night and day.

Never wake a sleeping baby.

She is 2 weeks old. There is no such thing as normal and no such thing as messing up :)

Sadly DD has never done such massive napping but she did sometimes catnap more than usual. I worried, but really, when they are that young sleep breeds sleep.

Is she asleep at 9pm then, as in she has been asleep since 7.30? I'd say she's wanting to move her bedtime! From 2-3w DD started to want to fall asleep earlier in the evening. Some babies like their early bedtime from a very young age. If it was me I'd tempted to not wake her unless it gets a long time past her last evening feed.

As for naps close to bedtime, each baby is different - sorry, only experimentation will help! I generally have never let DD stay asleep any closer than 90 mins before bedtime (unless its been an awful, awful day, in which case 15 mins even an hour before bedtime makes all the difference).

She's too young for anything to be messed up yet don't be so hard on yourself! Our daughter was similar, just persevere with what works for you at the moment and you can start trying to worry about everything else once she's calmed down a bit.

Good luck, our DD is 8 months now, sleeping well at night but still a bit random during the day. I still remember how tough the first few weeks are so please go easy on yourself.

Thank you all...I must try and chill out! Easier said than done. Bit of a disturbed night with no sleepy baby after feeds. But just went with it.

May still try an earlier bedtime...

I always find the better they nap in the day, prior to 5pm, the better they sleep at night!!