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A Baby's sleep: all you need to know.


 Sleep begets sleep. The new parents don't believe this notion but a healthy sleeping routine including the nap times is a must for the newborns. The day naps are an essential part of their everyday routine, because a tired baby might find it hard to sleep peacefully at night time because of over tiredness, which in result will make the baby more cranky and irritated.

It is generally recommended that an infant must spend atleast 15-17 hours sleeping, but this is generic time and not in one go. Because there are short intervals of feeding, which results in breaking up of sleeping hours into shorter periods. Also, it is quite difficult to manage a baby to have continuous sleep during the night time because they only feed on milk, which is easily digested and hence they tend to be hungry , and their hunger for milk wakes them up, breaking their sleep.

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Sleeping needs of an infant?

The sleeping needs of an infant varies widely in relation to their ages. As the newborns are seen to be sleeping majority of the time, but it includes short intervals in it. On the other hand, as the baby grows, their frequency of sleep decreases and they start being more active, but they do have long hours of undisturbed sleep.

The average sleeping hours for an infant are 8-9 hours in both day and night time each, but with a number of short intervals, which includes a continuous sleep of nearly 1-2 hours. By the age of 6 months, babies are able to sleep on regular times.



Basic time a baby sleeps for?

Newborn    16 hours ( 8-9 hours during night and 7-8 hours during day)

1 month      15 hours(  8-9 hours during night and 6-7 hours during day)

3 months     15 hours(   9-10 hours during night and 4-5 hours during day)

6 months     14 hours(  10 hours night and 4 hours during day)

9 months     14 hours(  11 hours during night and 3 hours during day)

1 year          14 hours(  11 hours during night and 3 hours during day)

1.5 years     13.5 hours(  11 hours during night and 2.5 hours during day)

2 years        13 hours(  11 hours during night and 2 hours during day)


Signs of sleep problems an infant may face?

Parents often get tensed when their baby face problem during sleep, about the time when a baby is nearly 6 months old, but their is nothing to worry about it, as it is a part of development known as separation anxiety. Sometimes, overstimulation and overtiredness might also be the reason for their troubled sleep.


The general behaviour a baby might show during night time awakenings  or when in trouble going to sleep-

1.  A baby crying when you leave the room.

2.  A baby holding on to their parents at separation.

3.  Crying or awakening more than once during night time.

4.  Denying to sleep alone.


Sleeping signs your kiddo might show-

1. Yawing

2. Fussing

3. Looking away

4. Rubbing eyes 

5. Slightly irritated


TIP- Help your baby to sleep by singing them a lulaby, it might calm them down. Also it will aid to a personal connection between you and your baby.

So stay happy, calm, attentive and lovable.


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