please don't throw things...

KellyAnne82 · April 2013

But is it possible for LO to sleep TOO much?

Rowan is feeding really well (she's a big girl, 10lbs 6oz at birth) and seems to really like to sleep. When she's up, she's alert, but my guess is that she sleeps around 18 hours a day. The doctors say she's perfect, but I am a FTM and of course I'm nervous!

mnj05 · April 2013

New babies sleep a lot anywhere from 1820 hours a day so she's completely normal! DS is usually up long enough to eat and be changed then he's out again. He's just starting to stay awake for 34 hours in the morning and he will be 6 weeks on Friday.

lifewrite · April 2013

Newborns sleep 16 to 20 hours a day. Don't worry it's normal!

tmp-406157062502221 · April 2013

I remember calling the hospital in my first daughter's first week asking if it was normal for her to be sleeping so much. She slept about 22 hours one of our first days home! She was a big girl, too - 10 lbs 1 oz at birth. Just consider yourself lucky! My

doremi29 · April 2013

DD is the same. She's 2 weeks old today and sleeps a lot. Last night I woke her at 3:45am (she hadn't been awake since 9:30pm) because my boobs were ready to explode. I fed her but she was super sleepy, then she went back down and I had