For 10 months (or longer) you look forward to taking your newborn bundle of joy home. You have all the gear, the room is perfect and you've read all the books. And then it happens... You get home and your darling sleeps for a few hours and is up. I don't mean up and needs a little cuddle, I mean up and ready to party. I remember those first few weeks with my newborn. Trying to heal from delivery, trying to do everything right and struggling with lack of sleep. My little guy was colicky
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What You Should Know About Newborn Baby Sleeping Patterns
Before I had children, I remember thinking (based on my very limited experience with babies!) that newborns slept all the time. Most of the newborns I'd see would be fast asleep in their strollers, in their carseats, in their slings, or in their moms' arms, at any given time of day. When I had a newborn of my own at home, however, I learned that my observation was only partly true. Yes, newborns do sleep a lot - but they don't sleep for long!! What's that about, anyway? Why are newborns