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  2/21/2008 9:31 am

Hi -----My baby boy is one month and five days old. My concern is that some days he barely sleeps during the day, just a few catnaps and then sometimes he sleeps very soundly. like on sunday and monday he barely slept during the day and since yesterday afternoon he has been sleeping very soundly like 3-4 hours at a stretch and 6 hours at night. so he has periods when he sleeps 14-16 hours a day, is it normal at this stage for him to do that? How much should a baby be sleeping at 1 month and five days?. I know sleep is good for their growth but was just wondering. Please help me out here with any advice and information. If it is his feeding time I do wake him up as I dont want him to miss his feed. I  am bf and supplementing. Thanks in advance----Bani
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  2/21/2008 6:37 pm

Hello, I really do not have a answer but I wanted to let you know you might want to post this on our jan2008 snowdrops playgroup board. Most of us no longer are on this group and have moved to our playgroup board since all the Jan babies have been born we are no longer a expecting group. Thanks-LISA
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  2/22/2008 1:25 am

Hi Bani,

My seven week old has been doing the same thing since about 2 weeks. I don't know if it's normal - I read that young babies should be awake for 15 minutes per hour that they're awake, so if the baby sleeps for 2 hours, he should be awake for half an hour, etc.
My baby does not do that! If I'm lucky he'll have one two-hour nap during the day and otherwise be awake from 4am to 9pm!
What I find works to make him sleep is wearing him in a sling or wrap- he can sleep 4 hours at a time like that.
HTH - see you on the playgroup board!

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