4 Week Old Child Not Sleeping
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11 week old baby sleeping up to 20 hours a day?
My 11 week old baby is prone to sleeping for up to 20 hours a day and I have to wake her for a feed. She sleeps from about 12 at night, wakes around 5 but is pacified with a dummy until 7 when I give her 6 ounzes. Today she wouldn’t take her 11 am 6 ounzes, only had 4, then slept till 3, wolfed down her feed of 6 oz at 4 then slept again till6, had another 4 oz and has slept again till 11. Is this normal to sleep so much, I’m worried. The Doctor fobbed me off a bit saying it wasn’t her area of expertise but that babys have fluctuating sleep patterns, this did not reassure me! Help!
That is a terrible answer from a doctor. My son is 12 weeks old and he doesn’t sleep that much. He sleeps all night and takes quite a few naps during the day. As long as your baby is eating, peeing, pooping, and gaining weight I would think she is healthy. Be glad that she sleeps too much rather than not enough.
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