What is the sleep time of a baby over one month old?

We all know that after the baby is born, he spends most of the day sleeping. Only by ensuring adequate sleep can the baby grow up more healthily. However, as the baby grows day by day, the sleep time will become less and less. Many inexperienced mothers always don’t know how much sleep time the baby of more than one month old gets every day. Sometimes the baby’s long sleep makes mothers particularly worried, wondering if the baby has health problems. Let’s take a look at the sleep time of babies of more than one month old.

What is the sleep time of a baby over one month old?

How long a newborn sleeps depends on his maturity. Full-term babies generally need to sleep between 16 and 20 hours a day. However, clinical observations show that there are great individual differences in the sleep time of each child. Some children sleep for a long time, while others are very energetic and unwilling to sleep for a long time. In fact, this is just like some adults only sleep a few hours a day, while others need to sleep for 10 hours before they feel sleepy. Parents don’t need to make a fuss. Whether it is a dozen hours or 20 hours, it can be considered normal. Premature babies need to sleep longer because they are less mature than full-term babies.

Parents do not have to strictly follow what is written in the books to limit their children's sleep time, but parents need to pay attention to the child's other conditions to comprehensively measure the child's growth status, such as: whether the child has a good appetite every day, how his mental reaction is, whether he looks happy instead of listless, and whether his growth and development is up to standard. If there are no problems with these, if you eat well, have a good temper, and don't feel listless every day, you don't need to worry too much even if you don't get enough sleep to meet the normal requirements.

It is best to let the baby sleep less during the day. You can massage the baby, do passive exercises for the baby, let him kick his legs and wave his arms more, tease him more, play music for the baby, and the baby will sleep better if he moves more. Don't let your baby get too excited before going to bed at night. Provide your baby with a warm sleeping environment. Try not to let your baby fall asleep while feeding to avoid choking on the milk. Generally, newborns sleep for 1-2 hours during the day and wake up for about 0.5-1 hour. The feeding time should be controlled at an interval of about 2 hours.

The above is an introduction to the sleep time of babies over one month old. After understanding it, we know that babies spend most of their time sleeping during this period. This is also a normal physiological phenomenon. Mothers do not need to worry too much. In addition, when taking care of the baby, the indoor environment of the baby must be quiet. Too much noise can easily make the baby sleep uneasily and be frightened.