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Q: Baby Sleeping Too Much

asked by: jknight on February 12th, 2007

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Hello again all I havent been in here in a couple of weeks....My son was born on jan 16th almost 4 weeks yeah......But he sleeps all the time and I dont know if I should be concerned or not.

He sleeps throught out the night or 7 hours depended on what time he goes down ex. He went down just after 12 last night and was up at 5 for a feeding.

But during the day he eats and then pretty much sleeps again, I have seen increased alertness (not much but some), like in the morning he I will stay up for a bit then in the afternoon he will do the same.

There has been a couple of day here or there that he will wake up and feed and stay awake until his next feeding and then go back to sleep, do you think I should be worried that he hasnt shown a big increase in alertness and he is almost a month old?

Bye the way he is eatting about 4.5oz in a feeding already, thanx for all your help

jenn

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Nataliachick7

replied on February 12th, 2007

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Re: Baby Sleeping Too Much

jknight wrote:

hello again all I havent been in here in a couple of weeks....My son was born on jan 16th almost 4 weeks yeah......But he sleeps all the time and I dont know if I should be concerned or not.

He sleeps throught out the night or 7 hours depended on what time he goes down ex. He went down just after 12 last night and was up at 5 for a feeding.

But during the day he eats and then pretty much sleeps again, I have seen increased alertness (not much but some), like in the morning he I will stay up for a bit then in the afternoon he will do the same.

There has been a couple of day here or there that he will wake up and feed and stay awake until his next feeding and then go back to sleep, do you think I should be worried that he hasnt shown a big increase in alertness and he is almost a month old?

Bye the way he is eatting about 4.5oz in a feeding already, thanx for all your help

jenn

babies that young need a ton of sleep. I would be worried if he wasnt sleeping that much.

jknight

replied on February 12th, 2007

Experienced User

Lol......Thanx, I have been waiting a long time to have him and have had 2 miscarriages trying so I have noticed myself worring about every little thing. I am going through a can of formual a day he is eating 4.5 oz at a time so I think he is getting enough food, but I am taking him to the health unit tomorrow to get him weight to make sure he is gaining enought.

My dr told me that a baby should gain .5 pound a week, last time he was weighted was 2 weeks ago tomorrow and he was back up to his birth weight 8'1, so I am hoping he is at least 9'1 tomorrow I will let you all know

jenn

savtan

replied on February 12th, 2007

New User

Baby Sleeping Too Much

Hi jenn,

i wouldnt be worried, all the new borns do is sleep and eat, enjoy it while it lasts!! My baby did pretty much the same, now at 7 months I am lucky to get a 30 sleep out of her during the day. Babies do all of their growing when they sleep.

Good luck, I hop this helps

tigresacanela24

replied on February 12th, 2007

Especially eHealthy

It's totally normal. Rest while you can. Pretty soon he'll be up all day wanting to be entertained and you'll dream of when he slept all day!!

Emma2

replied on February 12th, 2007

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The only time my son slept like that was when he had bronchitis/pneumonia...

lil_blaze2004

replied on February 12th, 2007

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Lucky lucky lucky Razz

Sunflower_pie81

replied on February 12th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

Melia did the same thing. She slept a lot she still sleeps a lot, except this weekend, but it's normal. Amelia slept like that until she was almost 3 months old and then she was down to 2 naps a day and sleeping all night. I am sure that he is just fine. It's normal to worry like that because I worry about every little thing.

Rest while you can because once he is over this phase you will want to be able to rest.

Eyes Wide Shut

replied on February 12th, 2007

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emma2 wrote:

the only time my son slept like that was when he had bronchitis/pneumonia...

when .Oni had .R.S.V she really couldn't sleep because her breathing was soooo irratic and you could tell she was working hard *just* to breathe, let alone sleep.

But it's true, when babies are ill, they become lathargic and sleep alot.

But in a 4 week old, sleeping all day is totally normal. They actually should sleep 23 hours. Or something similar to that.

Sarah

tinkinpink84

replied on February 12th, 2007

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Jordynne was awake quite abit when she was newborn, now she sometimes sleeps alot, but now I think she is starting to sleep less. Most of today she has been up. Taking a cat nap here and there, so eh im hoping she sleeps at night, last night she went down at aroudn 11 but usually it has been 3am so I didnt get to bed till after midnight and she stayed asleep until 6am Smile

so yay. Hopefully shes getting intoa pattern or habit. You will sooo miss the days they sleep all the time, im sitting here hoping joseph takes a nap hes being a whiny lil brat but thats cuz its already 5pm and eh hasnt taken a nap at all, chances are he will fall asleep eating dinner lol and go to bed at 7 instead of 8 . But hes 18 mths old now , usualy he took 2 naps a day when he was younger like 5 mths or so. After the whole mess of colic.

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