A newborn sleeps a lot: is this normal, should I worry about the baby?

Wake up and feed

A newborn should be fed on demand, but what to do if the baby does not require food, but continues to sleep for 5-6 hours in a row or even more?
Pediatricians believe that the maximum allowable interval between feedings of a child in the first months of life is 5 hours. Some children ask for food every hour, others do not show concern at a feeding interval of 2-4 hours - this depends on the baby’s body and the nutritional properties of breast milk. But if you see that the child does not wake up for more than 4 hours, wake him up to feed him. This will give the baby strength, and, having become stronger, he will begin to wake up on his own.

It is advisable to wake up a child in the REM phase, since the body is reluctant to come out of deep sleep, and this affects well-being.

To determine the stage of sleep, take your baby by the hand:

• if the hand remains limp - deep sleep;
• if the muscles are tense, the sleep is shallow.

Superficial sleep is also indicated by facial expressions on the face of a sleeping baby, movements of the eyeballs under the eyelids, and twitching of the arms and legs. It is not necessary to wake the baby completely - just give him the breast, and his sucking reflex will work.

Before feeding your baby, remove excess diapers from him - the baby should not be hot, this reduces appetite. Make sure there is no bright light in the room. After eating, change the diaper and diapers, since feeding after a long sleep is necessarily accompanied by urination and bowel movements in the baby.

Why does a newborn sleep a lot?

Parents rarely worry when their newborn baby sleeps constantly. It is believed that this is how it should be. Although during normal development he should wake up every 2-3 hours to eat. His longest sleep should be at night - 5-6 hours.

If a newborn sleeps longer than normal, this may be a sign of improper feeding or health problems. There are several reasons:

• lack of nutrition leads to weakness;
• prematurity or complicated labor;
• light and noise prevent babies from falling asleep soundly, so they sleep restlessly and for a long time.

How to build a daily routine

It is important to maintain a daily routine for your child. If it is disturbed, it can negatively affect the development of the newborn baby.

doctors, including the famous Evgeny Komarovsky, argue that it is necessary to accustom the baby to a daytime routine as early as possible. This does not happen overnight, but gradually. In the first month, the newborn sleeps almost all the time. And already from the 2nd, when the child walks a little, the intervals between feeding and sleep become longer. At this time, you can begin setting up a daytime routine. Systematicity is important in this process. Your child should go to bed at the same time every day. When the baby gets used to it, he will go to bed normally (problems may arise if the child is sick). When the daily routine improves, the mother will have the opportunity to relax with the baby. The calm state of the baby also depends on the mood of the mother.

If a newborn does not sleep during the day, this will negatively affect his health and development. Nighttime sleep may also be disrupted if the child is overtired and often stressed. If a baby is overexcited, he will not be able to sleep normally in the evening; his sleep at night may also be restless. Accordingly, the child will be capricious in the morning.

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2017-04-11

After the birth of a baby, the life of a family changes dramatically. Now, in addition to the role of a wife, a woman is obliged to perform other responsibilities - to care for the child, feed him and develop him. At first, a young mother is worried about many things. In addition, she needs to somehow combine motherhood and daily chores, so the question of the baby’s sleep is always acute. The daily routine of all other household members depends on him. What to do to ensure a comfortable sleep for a newborn? And what are the causes of sleep disorders?

How to improve your child's sleep?

1. Don't let your baby become overtired
   : Look for signs when he's starting to fall asleep. Signs may include drooping eyelids, slow movements, yawning and eye rubbing. Daytime naps can help your child not become overtired.
2. Make a distinction between night and day
   : This helps your child understand that night is time for sleep. In the evening, dim the lights, use blackout curtains, keep noise to a minimum and speak quietly.
3. Maintain a consistent bedtime
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4. Create a simple, relaxing routine before bed
   : this could include a bath, a short massage, a story, or gentle music. Most babies will learn to associate routines with sleep.
5. Associate the bed with sleep
   : If your baby always falls asleep while being held or fed, he may associate this with sleep and be unable to fall asleep in the bed.
6. Feeding

When your baby reaches 3 months of age, create a feeding schedule. Try to stick to this schedule so that your baby adapts. Feeding your baby before bed can prevent him from becoming hungry and waking up during the night. Gradually reduce night feedings so that your baby sleeps for longer periods at night. The parent or educator must:

• gradually leave more time between feedings
• feeding should be continued for a short period
• soothe your baby in your bed when he wakes up instead of automatically feeding him

Try to keep your baby from falling asleep while feeding.

Dangerous symptoms during long sleep

In some cases, a newborn baby sleeps constantly because there are some abnormalities. A doctor will help you figure this out. You should monitor your child's behavior; there are symptoms that indicate a problem.

Eats little

When a newborn sleeps a lot and eats little, it’s worth sounding an alarm bell. Children under one year old should wake up to eat at night at least 2-3 times. Newborn babies eat every 2 hours. Their stomach can accommodate only 10 ml of food in the first month; by the end of 30 days, the portion increases to 40 ml.

The baby should receive adequate nutrition. If there is a lack of breast milk, he will not be able to develop normally. The child will experience nutritional deficiencies. The problem may be neurological in nature. You should talk to your local pediatrician about any concerns. Such a long sleep does not always indicate a problem. All babies are individual; perhaps the amount of milk per day that he receives is enough for the baby.

Baby sleeps in mother's arms

Temperature

A high body temperature in a child indicates an infection has entered the body. The baby must be shown to a doctor. Before the age of one year, children's immunity is imperfect. The baby receives protective antibodies only from the mother's milk. For up to three months, they help the child’s body cope with colds.

Elevated temperature increases drowsiness and decreases appetite. The baby sleeps a lot because he doesn’t feel well. Adults often face the same condition. The doctor will prescribe the necessary treatment after examination and tests. Children under one year old are often skipped in line, so getting tested will not be difficult.

Difficulty breathing

Children's breathing should be even, more often than that of an adult, because the lung capacity of children is much smaller than that of their parents. If a newborn sleeps for a long time and breathes heavily, he may have an infection in his lungs. The pediatrician will be able to make an accurate diagnosis after listening to them.

Difficulty breathing indicates a decrease in their volume, which means that in the newborn’s body there are obstacles to normal air circulation. Sometimes children pick up infections from hospital staff, other children, and during transportation after discharge.

In the first 30 days of life, the child is protected from large crowds of people, outside visits and frequent walks in enclosed spaces, such as:

• the shops;
• clinics;
• hospitals;
• children's centers.

It is advisable to go to sleep outside more often, ventilate the room, and monitor the hygiene of the newborn. Additional measures will protect the baby from infection.

Important! The children's room should always be clean and tidy, a large amount of dust leads to diseases

Sleeps in one position for a long time

If a newborn baby sleeps a lot on one side, this will lead to improper formation of the skull. Every mother should know that the baby needs to be turned on its side every 1.5-2 hours.

When sleeping for a long time, you should not forget about this rule, because the skull protects the baby’s brain from damage. Babies begin to roll over on their own only at 2-3 months. Until this age, parents should monitor this.

Baby with a teddy bear

Other

When a newborn constantly asks for food and does not sleep, this indicates that he is not getting enough. When breastfeeding, breast milk is immediately tested. It may not be nutritious. To do this, express 100 ml of milk into a transparent glass container. Leave overnight and check the level of whey and sour cream. If the first one turns out to be a little, it means that the milk is fatty, and the reason for the baby’s crying is something else. If it’s the other way around, you’ll have to stop breastfeeding and feed your baby formula.

Prolonged sleep may be a sign of a neurological disease. Usually such phenomena are determined in the maternity hospital, where the doctor checks the health of the baby. Sometimes symptoms become noticeable only after 2 months; the baby’s strange behavior will only confirm them.

Any colds and infections are accompanied by difficulty breathing and fever. The child will lose all desire to eat. He will only want to sleep because he doesn't feel well. It is better to avoid visiting the clinic unless necessary. It is in medical institutions that the largest accumulation of viruses and bacteria is located, since sick children constantly visit them. The immune system of newborns is weak, it will be difficult for them to overcome the infection, so it is better not to take risks.

Newborn sleeps with dad

Why does my baby sleep all day?

Parents, of course, are happy when their baby lets them sleep, but if a small child constantly sleeps all day, they begin to worry and look for possible reasons for this. They can be either harmless or dangerous to the baby’s health.

Problems with breastfeeding

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According to WHO recommendations, breastfeeding on demand is ideal for a healthy baby, i.e. with free access to the chest at any time of the day. However, it is not always possible to establish breastfeeding. If the baby practically “hangs” on the chest constantly and does not gain weight, most likely he is not eating enough. Also, the baby may suck poorly and rarely require milk, because he does not have enough strength. Such a child will basically sleep “quietly” all day, but this is only due to weakness and lack of nutrition and fluid in the body.

Important! In this situation, dehydration, jaundice or hypoglycemia may develop, which will cause even greater drowsiness and result in hospitalization.

Therefore, a sleepy “lazy” child, if the duration of sleep is exceeded, must be woken up and taught to suck the breast so that he understands the connection between the unpleasant sensations of hunger, sucking milk and the subsequent pleasant feeling of satiety and contentment.

Difficult birth

The first test that a baby faces in post-uterine existence is the process of childbirth itself. Sometimes it can be so difficult and exhausting that a new person must gain strength for a long time; this is best done in a dream. In addition, the use of medications (especially for anesthesia) during childbirth can also cause drowsiness and weak sucking, leaving the baby lethargic for several days and unable to coordinate breathing and swallowing mother's milk. Therefore, it is quite normal for a newborn after a difficult birth to sleep all day.

Confused day and night

Another reason for the baby’s not entirely normal sleep pattern is that he simply confused night and day: at night he is alert and cheerful, and during the day he sleeps off. At the same time, such an inverted order of affairs does not bother the child (he is playful, active, his appetite is fine), but the parents are deprived of strength and a good night’s rest (as a result, they become increasingly chronic fatigue, irritability and inattention).

To prevent such confusion, you should not allow your baby to sleep during the day between feedings for more than 4 hours; the longest periods of sleep should occur at night, when melatonin and growth hormone are more actively produced.

After illness

Almost all small patients, after suffering from infectious and other diseases (accompanied by fever and other unpleasant symptoms), look exhausted and sleepy. In this way, the baby’s body, weakened by attacks from harmful microbes and viruses, restores vital energy. Latent infection also contributes to disruption of circadian sleep rhythms.

After illness, the baby can sleep all day long

Additional Information. If the illness was accompanied by a runny nose and nasal congestion, a constant cough, and the child simply could not sleep normally because of them, then after these symptoms subside, he will make up for lost time.

Other Possible Causes

There may be more harmless reasons for children taking too long naps during the day. For example, when the day before the baby spent the whole day without rest: he became very overexcited and lost energy, then in the “bedtime” he simply replenishes it and then sleeps as usual. Weather changes can also cause increased sleepiness in young children (especially weather-sensitive ones).

Why does a newborn fall asleep for a long time during the day?

A newborn baby does not know the time of day. He doesn't care whether it's a sunny day outside or a dark night. He stays awake as long as his body wants. If the baby is well fed, he will sleep soundly for several hours, and then wake up in a good mood. Malnourished, the child is capricious and often wakes up. A young mother should take note that if the baby is not fed properly, the baby will quickly lose weight. The result can be exhaustion of the body, due to which the baby sleeps for a long time and wakes up lethargic.

Causes of prolonged sleep:

• at the time of difficult childbirth, the woman is given various drugs that act as a sleeping pill on the baby, so he can sleep peacefully for several weeks;
• Incorrect breastfeeding causes baby fatigue. He spends his energy to suck out the required portion of milk. Tired, the baby quickly falls asleep for a long time;
• if the mother's nipples are too rough and have an irregular shape, then the baby cannot fully attach to the breast and futile attempts make the baby tired.

Causes of long sleep

This problem is less common than lack of sleep. But parents need to know why a child may sleep a lot. After all, the reasons for this can be both improper organization of the daily routine and serious illnesses.

Physiological reasons

You need to monitor your baby for a week, as this condition may be temporary. The child tries to sleep more due to fatigue or illness. There are several physiological causes of oversleeping that are easily eliminated:

• improper sleep organization: hot or stuffy, too dry air, soft mattress;
• poor sleep at night due to external stimuli - noise, light, leads to the fact that the baby sleeps for a long time during the day;
• lack of milk causes weakness.

Pathological causes

Sometimes the reason that a baby sleeps almost all day is due to health problems:

• jaundice;
• intestinal infections or ARVI;
• the use of antihistamines and some other medications;
• elevated temperature;
• dehydration of the body.

Normal physiological state from the first days of life to one year

Healthy rest is important for a newborn. A sleeping baby produces the required amount of growth hormone, which is responsible for the proper development of internal organs, tissues, and the maturation of the brain. In the medical literature, there is a predominant table representing the norms for the amount of sleep children get from the first days of life to one year:

• from the moment of birth until the age of two or three months, the baby sleeps 16-20 hours a day. Children born in winter sleep longer. During the day, the baby falls asleep three times and rests for 120 minutes, the fourth fall asleep turns into night sleep and lasts 9-11 hours;
• from four to six months, the number of daytime falls asleep decreases, and the period of acquaintance with the outside world increases. Now, the baby sleeps no more than three times a day for 90-120 minutes. Rest takes 12-16 hours a day, boys can sleep 17 hours;
• From six to nine months, the baby can still sleep 12-16 hours a day. The child is laid down two or three times for 90 minutes. In the morning, the baby may begin to wake up 60 minutes earlier;
• From nine months to a year, the baby sleeps on average 12 hours a day. The main part of the time is given to night rest.

Children's multidisciplinary medical center for children from 0 to 18 years old

01/12/2018 Important! The tips listed below are advisory in nature and are not a call for blind action. Each individual situation requires a balanced and maximally objective approach to solving the problem. If the parents of their children cannot cope with this problem for obvious reasons and circumstances, of course, consulting a specialist on this issue will not be superfluous.

1. Bedtime routine and routine

- A constant time and place for falling asleep and waking up. — One to three hours before bedtime, gradually remove all stimulating factors (mom’s worries, noisy games with dad). — A warm bath before bed (sometimes, on the contrary, worsens sleep). — Turn off the bright lights (a night light is possible) and try to eliminate loud sounds. - Feed your child well before bedtime. — When falling asleep, sing a lullaby or read books (dad’s monotonous, rough voice is especially useful). — Lightly stroking the baby on the head and back. - Sometimes, with sleep disorders, shifting the time of falling asleep at night by 30-60 minutes in one direction or another miraculously improves sleep. - If a child has two naps during the day and poor sleep at night, sometimes it can be useful to alternate between double and single naps during the day - and on the day of a single nap, it’s a good idea to try to put the child to bed earlier than usual - With fixed hours of night awakenings, some children, The “scheduled awakening” method may be useful: you need to wake up the child 20-30 minutes before the expected usual time for the child to wake up on his own. Gradually, the duration between “scheduled awakenings” increases, the child wakes up less often on his own, and, eventually, begins to sleep throughout the night.

2. Sleep hygiene

— The crib should be clean and dry, located in a place farthest from noise, light, drafts, electrical appliances and nervous people. — The bed has a hard mattress, a low pillow and a blanket that provides thermal comfort. — The bed is intended only for sleeping! It is strictly not recommended to stay awake in it. — The room is well ventilated, the air is only fresh, the temperature is no more than 18-20°, the air humidity is not less than 45-60% (use humidifiers if necessary). — Dress your baby correctly (if he is hot, cold, cramped, rough, etc., don’t expect normal sleep). 3. How to sleep properly during the day? - Usually, the more the baby sleeps during the day, the worse it is at night (except for cases when the child is very excited and tired during the day). — During the day, ordinary household sounds (background noise outside the window, quiet conversation, calm music) do not interfere with the child’s sleep at all. It is not at all necessary to achieve complete silence during daytime sleep, otherwise in the future even slight noise will wake him up. - Don’t decide for your child when it’s time for him to eat. Waking up a child because the mother thought it was time for lunch is inappropriate (except in cases recommended by the pediatrician) 4. If the baby woke up “at the wrong time”

- Just wait for some time (from 5 seconds to several minutes - the duration is determined by the mother intuitively), without entering the room. In this case, remote monitoring devices (“radio or video baby monitor”) are very helpful. Mom should not fly in full sail at the first movements or sounds from the bed (or maybe the little person had an interesting dream?). Systematically, (without major scandals!), gently and tactfully, the mother tries to increase the duration of the periods of “abandonment” and boycott of infant calls (see the paragraph below - “Acceptable crying” method). - Without coming close, calmly talk or hiss, sing your favorite lullaby. - Rock the crib, if it doesn’t help, put your hand on your shoulder (torso) and shake it lightly. - Give me a pacifier and a bottle of water. - If ineffective, calm down in your arms. - If this does not help, feed (it is not recommended to do this at night, especially in the second half of the year). — It is not recommended to turn on bright lights or play with the child, completely waking him up. 5. Proper feeding - if possible, do not get your baby used to eating in bed (especially during the day); - Adults are not advised to have a large dinner before going to bed, and vice versa for infants. Try to create a feeding schedule in such a way that the child is properly hungry in the evening and has a hearty meal before going to bed; - make sure that the baby does not fall asleep during feeding without finishing his usual portion (sometimes this is difficult, but doable); - night feeding should be boring and phlegmatic, and no additional communication. After 4-5 months. “timid” are approved, and after 6-7 months. and persistent attempts to gradually reduce the frequency and volume of nightly “dinners” and a smooth transition to 5-8 hours of sleep at night without food. 6. Incorrect sleep habits - games and entertainment in the crib, especially before bedtime; - falling asleep in the same bed with mom or in the arms of parents; - falling asleep only when rocked, while eating, with a finger in the mouth, when fingering your mother’s or your hair; - constant awakenings in order to control the presence of the mother (night crying, feeding). 7. Feeling of security and proper sleep habits - Sleep will be much better if the baby is absolutely sure that mom is nearby and he is safe. - Any thing or toy that “sleeps” with the baby, providing mental contact with the mother (for example, a diaper or a small pillow that exudes the aromas of mother’s milk, a soft toy that the baby is accustomed to). This is a kind of symbol of relationship with the mother and a guarantor of safety, which helps the baby survive his nighttime loss. — It would be useful advice to put the child to bed tired and half asleep, but not asleep. Perhaps this way he will quickly learn to fall asleep on his own.

8. Sleep alone or with mom? (Mom makes the decision)

Most experts believe that in ordinary life, the desire of an infant to sleep with his mother is the norm. And yet, for some mothers and babies, sleeping together has more disadvantages than advantages (this problem is within the competence of psychologists and neurologists). The main thing here is to choose the right moment - the age of refusal to sleep together. 9. The “acceptable crying” method (for children over one year old) - in most cases, for an ordinary child to achieve stable success in learning to sleep correctly, it gives a quick and lasting effect. This requires several conditions: - A healthy, great desire to help your child and your family, willpower and a good supply of patience and calm, pedantry and self-confidence. — A healthy child who cannot sleep. - Mentally healthy parents. — A separate room suitable for healthy sleep — Consultation—permission from a neurologist (pediatrician) to use this method. — Only 4-5 (maximum 6-8) days of intensive parental work. So, all the necessary conditions have been created, there is pleasant twilight in the cool room, the child is put to bed, his favorite toy is with him, and the mother leaves the room. Further, according to the scheme: 1. Standard situation – a child’s loud crying or screams. But, you don’t need to immediately “fly like a whirlwind” to the bedroom: gather your will into a fist, wait 20-30 seconds, or better yet 1-2 minutes, and only after that calmly return to the room. Don’t turn on the lights, and don’t come close to the bed. You can simply open the door and look into the room. Important! By returning, the mother does not try to completely calm the child, does not force him to be silent, does not try to fight his grief and crying, does not try to force him to sleep, but only firmly and very calmly proves to him that there is no danger, that he was not abandoned, and he not alone. A couple of phrases in a calm, decisive voice: “Everything is fine, baby, you need to sleep, don’t worry, mom is here, next to you, it’s time to fall asleep.” After that, even despite the crying, mom leaves the bedroom again. I repeat - confidence in yourself and your actions is strictly required. 2. Waiting time for mom “at the door”, i.e. subsequent returns to the room increases by 2-3 minutes, and on the first night amounts to no more than 3-4 minutes of each “tedious” duty at the door. 3. From the second day onwards, the time of each return gradually increases by 1-2-3 minutes, reaching a maximum of 12-15 minutes on days 5-7. For example, 1 day - up to 2-4 minutes of each wait, the second day - up to 5-6 minutes, the third - up to 7-8 minutes, and so on. In typical cases, it is not recommended to exceed each wait time more than 15 minutes.

10. Work for a pediatrician

The help of a pediatrician will be required if the child is bothered by intestinal colic (usually up to two to three months), teething (usually after six months), allergic reactions, skin itching, rickets, difficulty nasal breathing and snoring (runny nose, adenoids). and enlarged tonsils in children of preschool and school age) Thank you for reading this article to the end. I hope that each of you found something new for yourself in it and added to your arsenal of techniques for influencing your baby. Be healthy and have a good night's sleep for your little ones!

You can make an appointment with pediatric neurologist Alexey Valerievich Andrianov by phone.

Why doesn't my baby sleep?

The main signs of why an infant does not sleep include the following:

• Pharmacology during childbirth. If during birth the mother had to put or take strong medications, the baby may sleep for a long time, as the components enter the blood.
• It's hot in the house. The optimal temperature in the baby's room should be 18-22 degrees. Indicators above or below this value can negatively affect the development of the newborn and his daily routine.
• Colic. Often, babies older than 1-2 weeks experience colic, which greatly disrupts their daily routine. But with this condition, you can find additional symptoms: bloating, rumbling, pulling your legs closer to you.
• Unventilated dark room. It will be difficult for a baby to be in an unventilated room and breathe dust, and therefore it is worth putting him down when the room is fresh.
• Teething. Often, when teething, a baby can be naughty; he can wake up every hour, whine and draw his legs closer to himself.
• Absence of mother. In the first 28 years, the baby should feel his mother nearby; if she is not nearby, he begins to “sound” the alarm, which negatively affects his daily routine.
• Humidity not suitable for a child. The optimal humidity level in a child's room is 50-70%. To continuously monitor this measurement, you will need a device.

Other reasons why a newborn baby may not sleep all day include:

• wet diapers on which the baby feels uncomfortable;
• the work of internal organs is not fully formed;
• thirst or constant hunger;
• loud noises or bright lights;
• uncomfortable clothes.

The dangers of long sleep

When a newborn baby sleeps all the time, he may go hungry, become dehydrated, and have developmental delays. Therefore, his mother must wake him up every 2-3 hours and feed him. It is necessary to weigh your baby to monitor the rate of weight gain.

If this is not done when the newborn baby sleeps for a very long time, serious consequences are possible:

• lack of food negatively affects the condition of the liver, as it prevents the release of excess bilirubin;
• hypoglycemia can quickly develop;
• reducing the amount of food leads to slower growth and development;
• milk is not only food, but also a liquid, and in children dehydration develops quickly;
• Due to constant sleep, physical contact with the mother decreases, this slows down the baby’s development.

Important! Prolonged sleep of a newborn can negatively affect the mother during breastfeeding. If the baby rarely attaches to the breast, milk production deteriorates.

Duration of children's sleep at different ages

In the early stages of a baby's life, the duration of sleep varies greatly depending on the number of days lived. The medical opinion on this matter is as follows:

1. In the first two weeks, newborns sleep literally the whole day, 20-22 hours. Moreover, since babies do not yet distinguish between the concepts of “day” and “night,” during the day they sleep in fits and starts, for two to three hours, while at night a newborn baby’s sleep lasts only a little longer, about four hours. But still, a weak body forces you to wake up - the child needs to eat and gain the necessary “fuel”, thanks to which the baby is able to live on. It is stupid to be nervous about waking up at night to feed - without feeding every three to four hours, the baby will simply die.
2. Then the baby begins to return to normal a little, and over the next few weeks the duration of sleep decreases slightly, to approximately 16 - 18 hours a day, depending on the individuality of the baby. Now, with a properly designed daily routine, it is easy to teach a baby to sleep for six hours at night; no particular harm will happen from such a long period without food. During the day, after sleeping for a couple of hours, and then having a good meal, the baby does not fall asleep immediately, but “walks” for a while - gets acquainted with the environment, communicates with parents and loved ones. Then weakness takes its toll, and the baby falls asleep again in order to conserve strength.
3. Around the end of the third month, the baby “wins” a little more time from nature in order to study the world around him more fully. Now the baby's sleep should be about 15-16 hours.
4. From three months to six months, the baby’s sleep gradually lengthens to 8–10 hours, despite the total daily sleep time remaining within 15 hours. The remaining time is divided into three intervals, and the baby needs to fill them up during the day. The first interval occurs in the morning, following the morning feeding, and it lasts an hour and a half to two. Another two “quiet hours” fall in the second half of the day.
5. From six months to nine months, the baby's daily sleep duration is gradually reduced to 12 hours. In addition to sleep, about nine hours, the baby also needs to sleep during the day, twice, before and after lunch, for an hour and a half to two.
6. Nine-month-old babies already sleep 10-11 hours, and they also need two short naps during the day. This regime will last for about a year. Now the child must strictly adhere to the daily routine, without disturbing it either on weekdays or on weekends, or during a trip to visit his grandmother, for example. True, there are exceptions - the baby’s illness.
7. Until the age of one and a half years, the baby gradually reduces the duration of daily sleep. At night, the child will sleep for eight to nine hours, and it is advisable for him to sleep for about an hour and a half during the day, after lunch.

A compact table will help you navigate these time intervals easier.

Table of sleep norms for children under one year old

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American scientists, having brought together the opinions of neurologists, pediatricians and psychologists, have compiled approximate recommendations for the duration of sleep and wakefulness for young children.

Sleep standards for babies up to one year old

These figures are averages – each child is different.