Newborn babies sleep a lot when they first come home. Your 1-month-old baby should sleep 16 hours or more per 24-hour period with usually 8-10 hours being at night and 6-8 hours during the day. The amount of nighttime and daytime sleep varies quite a bit baby to baby. Contrary to what many people think, newborn babies generally do not sleep in very long stretches at night until they are a bit older and will eat every 2-3 hours all day and night. Let's learn more about your 1-month-old
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Newborn Sleep Schedules By Week
Newborns generally eat, poop, and sleep around the clock in the early days, but what does a newborn's sleep schedule typically look like? This post shares sample newborn sleep schedules by week. You can peruse all the schedules by scrolling down or use the quick links below. You may also want to bookmark this page for future use or get more comprehensive sample schedules and schedule guidance in our e-book, Essential Keys to Your Newborn's Sleep. Quick Links: 1 Week Old Schedule2
How to Swaddle a Baby + 5 Tips For Better Sleep
Swaddling your newborn can help keep your baby calm and content after he or she is born. But, how do you swaddle a baby and is there a step-by-step process to follow? Yes! This article will tell you how to swaddle a baby and give you 5 tips for better baby sleep. What is Swaddling? Swaddling is tightly wrapping your newborn baby in a blanket to give them a womb-like feeling. Some people say it's like wrapping them up like a burrito. But, how you swaddle a baby is important, otherwise
5 Tips When Baby Will Only Sleep in a Rock-N-Play
The Graco Rock-N-Play is a great tool for your toolbox, but what happens when your baby will only sleep in the Rock-N-Play? Here are 5 tips to help: Practice laying flat - Sometimes, the biggest adjustment to life outside the womb is laying flat. After all, your baby is "floating" in your belly all those months. One can only imagine how peaceful that must feel. Having a firm surface underneath you and laying on your back isn't a position some babies like, especially those babies who have
3 Things To Do When Your Baby Won’t Sleep in the Bedside Bassinet
As many things as you can buy for your newborn baby before he or she is born, there's no guarantee you will be able to use any of them! A common issue that comes up is when your baby won't sleep in his or her brand new bedside bassinet! If you're even a little like me, you might be nervous about bed-sharing and rolling over onto the baby but feel that having your new baby in the crib in another room is too far away! A bedside bassinet is a perfect solution, but only if your baby actually
Top 5 Nursing Night Lights
It’s the middle of the night and your sweet little bundle of joy does what she's supposed to do... wakes up! You jump up ready for action and you can’t.see.a.thing. As soon as your feet hit the floor, you hear a yelp of pain and realize you’ve accidentally stepped on your dog in your haste to get to your whimpering baby! This is a true story - it happened to me when my firstborn was a few weeks old. I would try so hard to navigate the dark in the house during night wakings to ensure that I
How To Get My 8, 9, or 10 Week Old Baby To Sleep
Previous: How to Get My 5, 6, or 7 Week Old To Sleep Can you believe it!? Your little one is now 2 months old and beginning to really take notice of the world! As exciting as it is to see your baby LIGHT UP when you introduce a new toy... have you ever complained your baby "just can't seem to settle to sleep now that they're so aware"? For a lot of parents, sleep-deprivation really begins to take its toll after the first 8 weeks, whether or not your baby is sleeping "fine" at 5, 6, or 7 weeks
Sleep Positioners and Sleep Devices: Are Dock-A-Tots Safe For Your Baby’s Sleep?
Over the years, as we’ve worked with tens of thousands of families on their children’s sleep, we’ve seen countless baby sleep products come and go. But here’s one that stuck around (one for which we’ve seen many, many iterations): the baby sleep positioner. You know what I’m talking about, right? Those products that go in the crib or bed, and that promise to keep your baby safely positioned for sleep. Many of them claim to be great for newborns, as they keep baby cozy and snug. Others claim
How To Get My 11, 12, or 13 Week Old Baby To Sleep
Previous: How To Get My 8, 9 or 10 Week Old To Sleep Now that your little one is more alert and active throughout the day, settling to sleep might be more difficult than it was at 8, 9, or 10 weeks old! Often times young babies who previously slept well (or even just "okay") as newborns suddenly start taking teeny tiny catnaps or waking every couple of hours at night. What's an exhausted parent to do!? Let’s take a look at the 6 steps to help your 11, 12 or 13 week old baby sleep. In