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Sleep Habits

hushpuppy201hushpuppy201 member
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My baby is 6 weeks old today. I am concerned that he is sleeping too much. Probably just an overly worried mother!

He usually falls asleep after every feeding. He eats every 2 1/2 to 3 hours and eats about 4 ounces. He almost always falls asleep after eating and sleeps for a couple of hours. During the day, he sleeps very soundly. However at night, he seems to be restless. After we put him down, he will grunt and moan for a while then drift off. After a few minutes, he will start grunting, moaning and moving around. Is there anything I can do to help him sleep more soundly at night? We usually have a little more trouble getting him to sleep after eating at night also.

Does it seem that he is sleeping too much during the day? When he is awake, I interact with him to keep him awake as long as I can but eventually he gets tired and goes to sleep.
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Re: Sleep Habits

  • dairygirl19dairygirl19 member

    He's still a newborn, they do what they do and they're sleep habits are downright weird sometimes. :)

    If it's alert while awake (not lethargic) I wouldn't be worried. They do a lot of growing while asleep.

    My 6 week old sleeps a lot of the day away and does what you describe at night. It was weird at first because my DD was an awake all day, sleep all night sort of kid from birth.

    I do gas drops and gripe water at night with some white noise. Babies are noisy sleepers. If he's not all out crying, I leave him to work through it for the most part.

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  • tisunge602tisunge602 member
    Sounds pretty normal to me - he's still really little. My only suggestion would be to make sure he doesn't go longer than 3 hours between feeds during the day. Wake him up if you need to. Strip him down to his diaper when feeding him so he doesn't fall asleep while eating.

    Pretty soon he'll start being much more alert during the day. That's when it gets more fun! :)
      


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  • Mattingly23Mattingly23 member
    My one week old sleeps pretty much all day and night. I know I should be thanking my lucky stars, but I am also concerned he's sleeping too much. Is there such thing? I honestly think he's awake about 3-4 hours (if that) in a 24 hour period....is that too much?
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  • svetka86svetka86 member
    A one week old staying awake for only a couple of hours during the day is completely normal.
    For the original poster, are you keeping him/her more upright during the day? I know my little kiddo had trouble with reflux and thus would be grunting and moaning all thru the night when he would be laying down flat. During the day, he was in the swing/bouncer...which has a little on an incline, and he would grunt and moan less. So...we lifted one side of the mattress by several degrees and he sleeps much better now.
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