sleep cycle worry

mrst9

Maybe I am concerned for nothing, but I've noticed that my month-old baby alternates sleepy days and awake days.  Example: day one, she'll be up for long stretches, uninterested in napping; day two, she'll sleep a lot--and it goes back and forth like that.  She still wakes to feed appropriately, when she's awake she's totally alert.  Maybe she needs more naps on the awake days so that she's not so sleepy the next, but me being a first-timer, I'm more worried that she's not regulating sleep cycles appropriately and she's stuck on some weird 48-hour-day.

The doctor says as long as she's eating, peeing and pooping, normally, then the baby is fine, but that's basically her answer for everything.  I'd feel better if I heard that someone else experienced this, too, and that this really isn't a cause for concern that baby has some kind of sleep disorder.

BlondieBia21

Completely and totally normal IMO. Work on during the day having all lights on, blinds open, noises on even during nap time, then at the same time each night, dim all lights and lower noise so she is learning day from night. She will figure it out! GL

lynngotts

Sounds normal to me! My baby is the same!

dairygirl19

My first born was just like this. Be up all day one day and sleep away the next. She's now 2.5 and sleeps just fine.

My NB on the other hand..we're still figuring out days and nights. I wouldn't worry about it.

Tess024

My baby does the same thing!! So happy to see it's normal!

dglvrk2

Both of my girls did/are doing this as newborns. For the entire first year DD#1 alternated sleepy and awake days. Totally normal.

taraleanne

Normal! Don't over think it Just go with the flow.