How long is normal for a newborn to sleep?

In fact, newborns do not have a specific sleeping time, so new parents don’t have to worry too much about their baby sleeping too much. Newborns sleep a lot every day. They basically sleep when they are full. This phenomenon will gradually shorten with age and growth and development, and will basically stabilize until they are around 4 years old. It is normal for newborns to sleep for very short periods of time and wake up many times. This article introduces some knowledge about newborn baby's sleep.

1. Sleep at any time, regardless of day or night: The baby can wake up from a deep sleep at any time, whether it is day or night, and the frequency of waking up is quite high. A relatively stable sleep rhythm begins to appear when the baby is about five years old. Newborns sleep from half an hour to four hours at a time.

2. Newborns do not get up all night: As mentioned in the previous article, newborns do not know how to distinguish between day and night and will sleep and wake up at any time. They just follow the body's biological clock to determine the time for feeding and sleeping. Because the respiratory system of newborns is not mature and they do not get a full night's sleep, if they forget to breathe, they may suffer from the serious condition of sleep apnea. Babies wake up again and again at night to feed, actually it is also for self-protection. You don’t need to worry too much about how long a newborn sleeps every day, as long as the baby is in good spirits and eats normally after waking up. Mothers should observe their babies' sleeping habits in a timely and comprehensive manner, coax their children to sleep in time, and promote their healthy physical development.

3. Adjust the baby's sleep time: Parents can train and adjust this point. Maintain normal living habits during the day and create a quiet sleeping environment at night. Try to reduce talking or playing with the baby and prevent the baby from being too excited. This will allow the baby to gradually realize the difference between day and night and gradually extend the sleep time at night. Playing some gentle lullabies or telling some bedtime stories to your baby before he goes to sleep requires patience and persistence from parents, but it is worth a try for the baby's health.

When a newborn baby cries and refuses to sleep, parents will think of various ways to coax the baby to sleep, but they will adopt some traditional but incorrect methods, such as rocking the baby to sleep, which seriously damages the baby's health. Because the newborn's brain is not fully developed, rocking the baby's brain to sleep will cause it to vibrate in the skull cavity, leading to rupture of small blood vessels on the surface of the brain tissue.