Is my baby sleeping too much?

Question

my son is 21 weeks and goes to bed at 8pm till 8.30am then falls asleep at about 10.30 till 12.30 and then falls asleep again at about 2.30 till about 4pm and then he usally has i little nap of about 30 mins to an hour in between 4 and 8. so thats roughly 17 an a half hours a day is he sleeping too much ??

Answer 1

weeks, so 4 months? you can stop using weeks now its a little tough for non moms to get that. about the sleeping though, that's fine, my son who is now 3 yrs old still to this day sleeps from 8:30 pm till 7:30 am and takes a 2 1/2 hr nap from 12:30- 3. and he started out like your baby sleeping most of the time.. that's very common and normal :)

Answer 2

No that's fine. Babies sleep as much as they need to. In time it will be less and less so enjoy it while it lasts.  

Answer 3

Nope, that sounds just about right!  I would have given my right arm for my daughter to nap that well at that age, LOL!

Answer 4

A baby at 4 months needs 9-12 hrs overnight and 2 naps at 2-3 hrs each. so that woud be 13-18 hrs for a total. So he's in the range.

ENJOY IT!