Is it normal for newborns to be sleepy?

The normal sleep time for a newborn is 20 hours a day, but the physical constitution of each newborn is different. Many newborns can ensure their normal development by sleeping only more than 10 hours a day. Different individuals have different characteristics, and the same set of standards cannot be used to measure all newborns. Next, let’s take a look at whether it is normal for newborns to be sleepy.

Many parents of newborns have no experience in parenting, so they become anxious when their children show any abnormal behavior. In particular, sleepiness in newborns is a common problem for many parents. Once their children sleep too much, they worry whether there is something wrong with their children's health. In fact, there is no need to worry too much. Drowsiness in newborns is generally a normal physiological phenomenon. Babies generally sleep longer than adults, and the younger they are, the more sleep they need. If your child often sleeps too much, you should consider whether he or she is sick. Clinically, this phenomenon of excessive sleep is called hypersomnia, which mostly refers to the state of falling asleep beyond the normal sleep time, and may be one of the symptoms of a certain disease. Such as taking cold, allergy medicine, viral encephalitis or Japanese encephalitis. Generally, a one-month-old newborn baby sleeps 20-22 hours a day, and basically sleeps all the time except for eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. Babies aged 1-2 months sleep about 18 hours a day and can play with their parents for a while. Babies aged 3 months usually sleep about 16 hours a day and have more time to communicate with their parents. They can turn over, turn their heads, and kick the quilt. After half a year, babies usually sleep 12-14 hours, and then slowly decrease.

To sum up, newborns need to sleep many more hours a day than adults, but enough attention should be paid to whether they get enough sleep. If a newborn baby is in a deep sleep all day, he or she should go to a children's hospital for medical treatment in time, and parents should pay close attention to the condition of the newborn baby.