Sleep time of newborn baby after one month

After a baby is one month old, his growth and development are relatively fast. As the baby develops well, his sleep time will be reduced compared to before. The baby needs to sleep about 16 hours a day. In addition to sleeping and breastfeeding, children need the company of their parents at this time. When sleeping, you also need to strengthen your care, such as wearing close-fitting underwear. Let’s learn about this.

Sleep time of newborn baby after one month

During the day, the baby's sleep time is about 1-2 hours each time, and he needs to sleep about 4 times during the day; at night, the baby can sleep for 10-11 hours. Of course, babies in the early stages of infancy will still wake up suddenly at night. They may want to be fed, they may need you to change their diapers, or they may simply need your company.

How to take care of your baby while he sleeps

1. Wear only underwear when sleeping

When babies sleep, they just need to wear underwear like adults, and take off their socks. For babies born in summer, you can prepare a special cool mat and cover them with a towel blanket; for babies born in winter, it is best to prepare a sleeping bag and cover them with a small quilt; and in spring and autumn, due to the large temperature difference between day and night and the relatively low temperature at night, in addition to a sleeping bag, you should also add a thin quilt.

2. Don’t close the curtains when sleeping during the day

Babies sleep most of the day. In order to prevent the phenomenon of day and night reversal in the future, when the baby is sleeping during the day, it is best for the mother not to draw all the curtains. Leave some natural light so that the baby can learn to distinguish between day and night. In addition, when the baby is sleeping, the mother should not clean the bedroom, otherwise the dust raised may cause respiratory diseases in the baby.

3. Develop sleeping habits early

Babies who are not yet well adapted to the external environment often need to be held by their mothers to fall asleep. Therefore, to prevent the baby from having the bad habit of "not falling asleep", the mother can try to lie down face to face with the baby, then pat the baby's back while humming softly to help the baby fall asleep.

After the baby was one month old, the mother had a little more freedom. After all, she was out of confinement, her range of activities had expanded, and she felt much better overall. But when it comes to babies, in addition to breastfeeding, another focus is sleep. So how much sleep is normal for babies after one month? Let mothers find out.

Baby sleeping precautions

1. Do not turn on the lights often: The baby's vision is not fully developed, so try not to turn on the lights all the time, especially when you get up at night to feed or change diapers. Do not make the room very bright. You can turn on darker and softer lights, which is more conducive to the baby's sleep and growth.

2. The bed should not be too soft: Although a soft bed is very comfortable to sleep on, it is not good for children with incomplete bone development. Although it can reduce the chance of bruises, sleeping on such a bed for a long time is not conducive to the baby's bone development;

3. Constantly change sleeping positions: Whether the baby is lying on his back or side, the baby's position should be changed every 3 to 4 hours. This can reduce the risk of suffocation and prevent the back of the baby's head from being "flattened";

4. Do not reverse day and night sleeping habits: Many parents have reported that their babies sleep very deeply during the first 100 days, but become too excited to fall asleep at night. This reversed day and night sleeping habit gives parents a headache. In fact, this habit is often cultivated by parents. The correct way should be to let the baby sleep less during the day. You can take the initiative to talk and play games with the baby, and do not let the baby fall asleep as soon as he is full. This can reduce the daytime sleeping time so that the baby can sleep better at night.