How much does your newborn sleep?

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DD is 1 week old and seems to sleep ALL the time. She can be more fussy at night time but during the day she basically sleeps for 2-3 hours, feeds, gets a fresh nappy and then falls asleep again. She has plenty wet and dirty nappies and seems in great health but I can't remember DC1 sleeping this much even as a newborn.

How much do your newborns sleep??

Yes, this is what tiny newborn do.

You know those adorable baby photo shoots you can go on, where they place and position babies. The best age for these is about 3 days okd for exactly this reason - tiny newborn basically only feed and sleep.

Baby is likely to wake for a feed, nappy check, wind cuddle and then straight back to sleep. This is over 24 hours a day, with the possible exception of a bit of cluster feeding in the evening.

Awake time will stretch with age. Enjoy this previous time

Thanks FATE - DD1 was a rubbish sleeper so guess I'm just not used to it!! I worry that when she basically sleeps all day that she won't sleep at night - time will tell.

At this young age, she should sleep most of the day and also most of the night.

My 2 week old now has about 2 periods a day when she's alert for up to an hour.

That's music to my ears Fate - she is def more fussy at night and harder to settle but nothing compared to the constant feeding/rocking/pacing/screaming of DD1!

Well I bloody well jinxed that badly - she hasn't hardly slept a wink today and hasn't stopped feeding and fussing