What is a normal amount of sleep time at night?

Question

Does anyone know how long a young baby (2 months) is supposed to sleep at night or any good baby websites you recommend? how long does your baby sleep at night and how old? my 8 wk old sleeps about 6 hrs in the beginning of the night and then after that wakes up every hour or every two hours, does that sound normal for her age??

Answer 1

That sounds normal.  You are lucky to get that 6 hour stretch.

Answer 2

That sounds normal.  Does your baby wake around 4/5 in the morning?  I think most babies do.  Thats always been a hard time for me and my babies, they're up and i'm not.  My 4month old sometimes sleeps all night till 6 and wakes to eat then sleeps till 10 but doesnt sleep the rest of the day.  I  guess they r all different.

Answer 3

Every baby is different. At 8 weeks my oldest two were waking about every 2-3 hours. My son was different though, he slept for about 7-8 hours before waking up.

Answer 4

that sounds brilliant for her age, be thankful!at that age my little one was up every 1-2 hours through the night shes now 6.5 months and sleeps 12 hours straight and has been since she was about 4.5 months but she got a urinary infection 1 month ago and would only sleep for a couple of hours at a time, shes only started sleeping through again the past week, they like to keep you on your toes!your baby is doing great!

Answer 5

Wow! Thats great! He must be a formula fed baby b/c no breastfed baby I know sleeps that long. I think the usual for formula fed is about every 4-5 hours he will wake up for a meal.

But don't get used to it... as soon as you do, your little one will change his schedule.

Answer 6

That sounds perfectly normal for that age.

Answer 7

That sounds perfectly normal to me. My 2 month old sleeps about 8 hours at night and then only sleeps in 1/2 hour increments every couple of hours throughout the day.