When does babies sleep pattern change?

Question

My son is now 5 wks old and it seems he is more awake during the day now. He would take lilttle cat naps, but at night he sleeps very good except when he wakes up every 3-4 hours to eat. This goes back to my constipation question if he was constipated he wouldn't be sleeping well at all right? My mother also thought he was constipated because of how he takes cat naps as well.

Answer 1

um, constipation has nothing to do with that. does he p**p? if so then he isnt constipated! babies do that schedule, mine did. he didnt sleep the night til 3 months. i read in my parenting book if he/she hasnt pooped in 48 hours they could be constipated and should get seen. a baby w/ constipation would be quite unpleasant and you would know

Answer 2

It really all depends on your baby, however yours is pretty young still i wouldn't count on his sleeping pattern changing drastically for a while, i mean my baby is 9.5 months now and he just started sleeping pretty much all the way through the night, yet he still wakes up sometimes for a bottle, and he takes about 2 naps a day! hope i could help!

Answer 3

My 3 month old son gets constipated all the time yet he still sleeps well. But you can tell while he's awake bc he's acting like he's pushing for something to come out but won't get nothing (grunts and he looks just plain uncomfortable) so its possible yours is getting constipated. When my boy was 3 weeks old I asked the dr how to help constipation and he told me to give half strength apple juice (1oz water and 1oz apple juice) in between a feeding up until he finally pooped. I could tell the apple juice made him feel better almost immediately after each time I gave him apple juice and just a few hrs later he would p**p

Answer 4

A newborn that young NEEDS to still be waking up that frequently at night  - Often times even more often.

Some babies start to sleep for longer stretches early on while it takes others several months and even more.