How much do babies sleep?

Question

My 3 week old baby will sleep ok at night but during the day she will be up for sometimes 3-4 hours at a time fussing. She isn't hungry or wet. I thought newborns just ate and slept all day.

Answer 1

My baby who is under six months wakes at about 6 am, goes back to sleep around 8 am for usually around 2 and a half hours, sleeps around noon, wakes up again about 2 and a half hours later, then shes only awake for about an hour, sleeps for another around 2 and half hours, goes to sleep again at around 8, wakes up at 1030 pm, but settles back to sleep about a half hour later she just wants to be comforted, wakes up at around 2 again but just needs to be comforted again and falls back asleep for another 3 hours or so. So really all they do is sleep and eat and require diaper changes lol..

Answer 2

they are all different but sometimes they can get over tired, when i had my fist child a boy he NEVER slept through the night or for any period longer then 20 minutes, it was a night mare bit my partner and i walked around like zombies, lol. glad to say eh is 25 now and sleeps well, my two daughters slept well from a few weeks old, don't worry hunny just enjoy the time u have with her. leave the housework, as long as its not dirty its fine. (even then a bit of dirt never hurt anyone) i know it can be very very hard when u just have  baby but don't worry give her lots of cuddles, she will love that, and make sure u are relaxing as often as possible. enjoy you little baby and good luck  

Answer 3

It depends on the baby. Some will sleep all the time and some won't sleep at all, literally. My mom said I never slept. She said that I cried all of the time unless someone was holding me too. She said that I did this for a whole year. She even took me to the Doctor because she thought something was wrong with me. I was fine and after the first year I was great. My brother on the other hand slept a lot.

Like I said it all depends on the baby.

Answer 4

Is she crying at these times it could be colic there is a medicine called co lief its absolutely brilliant also there is bottles called dr browns i use these my self and i can honestly say they work you can also get the herbal granules from most chemists you just put a few on your baby tongue and that can help upset stomach also when your baby starts to cry sometimes the best thing is to take them out for a walk or a ride in the car or a bath i hope this helps :mother of 3 xxxxxxx ps it does get better remember this stage doesn't last forever