Each child is individual both by external data and by character. Some babies sleep almost the whole day for the first month after birth, waking up to eat, while others stay awake for a long time. So what is the norm, and is it necessary to specifically wake the child? The duration of sleep depends on the physiological characteristics of the infant. About how much a newborn baby needs to sleep in 1 month, we will consider in our article.
How many newborn babies sleep per day?
A newborn does not have a day and night awareness, so he sleeps and is awake the way he wants. It can be unequivocally said that the younger the child, the more he sleeps, and with each month the time of the waking baby gradually increases.
Already to a year the child sleeps in the afternoon 1 or 2 times, and at night can not wake up for feeding any more. Sleep disturbance can indicate any problems, more often with meals.
So, for example, if the baby is not full of mother's milk, he will not sleep for a long time, and literally in 15-20 minutes he will wake up and again demand breast. If the mother does not pay attention to this, the baby may stop gaining weight or even begin to lose weight. An exhausted and exhausted child can sleep for a very long time, when he will not have the strength to cry.
Prolonged sleep can be observed in children who have suffered severe childbirth and at the beginning of their life received many medications. Of course, an inexperienced young mother may not know these nuances. Breaking a baby's sleep can cause abdominal pain, spasms and colic. For this, on the first day after discharge, a precinct pediatrician should visit her, and a week later - a visiting nurse.
However, there are generally accepted time limits, and we will present them below:
- up to 2 months of age the child must sleep from 17 to 20 hours a day;
- a child from 4 to 6 months should sleep from 12 to 16 hours;
- the one-year-old baby sleeps 12 hours.
More details can be found in the table below.
How many newborns sleep at night?
The smaller a child, the more often he wakes up at night for feeding and for communicating with his parents, because he has not yet established a regime. And to help the baby work out the regime of the day, of course, mom and dad should. Interesting is the fact that the first months the child does not interfere with sleeping neither loud music, nor repairs in the neighboring apartment. Therefore, it can be said that the night sleep of a newborn does not differ from daytime sleep. The intervals between feedings during night sleep gradually increase, and approximately, to 4-6 months the baby eats at night only once.
Do I have to bed the newborn?
Many parents believe that the baby should be laid to sleep, while shaking in his arms, singing a song. Pediatricians unequivocally believe that this should not be done, because in the future it will be harder to pack. A baby should learn to fall asleep in his own bed, so he will gradually become accustomed to independence.
In order to work out a daily routine for the child, you should periodically wake him up during the day so that at night he sleeps. But to feed a wake the baby is not necessary, put it to his chest should be on demand and forcibly do not need it.
To provide your child with a comfortable sleep, parents need to follow some tips:
- daily wet cleaning and airing in the room;
- maintain a comfortable temperature (19-22ยบ) and humidity in the room (50-70%).
Thus, the duration of sleep in each baby is strictly individual and depends on many factors. Sometimes, a sleep disorder can be an indication that the baby is not comfortable. In such cases, he will express his dissatisfaction not only by the absence of sleep, but also by a loud cry.