Honestly I think this was the worst part for me. I LOVE my sleep and the worst thing anyone can do is wake me up from it. Newborns all have different sleep patterns, but for the most part they sleep around 17 hours a day. I don’t feel like my little girl slept that much though. But in real life, usually around the first month of age the newborn will develop their own sleep pattern, and usually spending more hours at night sleeping. “By about 4 months of age, they usually have moved closer to adult like sleep patterns, spending the majority of the time sleeping at night and the most time awake during the day.” (Santrock 79) The majority of time spent sleeping as a newborn is in REM sleep. “Researchers are not certain why newborns spend so much time in REM sleep. The large amount of REM sleep may provide infants with added self-stimulation, since they spend less time awake than do older children.” Let your child sleep when they want to, but also make sure you are there for him/her when they are awake and need you. So many people suggest sleeping on their child’s schedule. A baby grows the most when they sleep, so it’s a vital need in their life at such a young
Honestly I think this was the worst part for me. I LOVE my sleep and the worst thing anyone can do is wake me up from it. Newborns all have different sleep patterns, but for the most part they sleep around 17 hours a day. I don’t feel like my little girl slept that much though. But in real life, usually around the first month of age the newborn will develop their own sleep pattern, and usually spending more hours at night sleeping. “By about 4 months of age, they usually have moved closer to adult like sleep patterns, spending the majority of the time sleeping at night and the most time awake during the day.” (Santrock 79) The majority of time spent sleeping as a newborn is in REM sleep. “Researchers are not certain why newborns spend so much time in REM sleep. The large amount of REM sleep may provide infants with added self-stimulation, since they spend less time awake than do older children.” Let your child sleep when they want to, but also make sure you are there for him/her when they are awake and need you. So many people suggest sleeping on their child’s schedule. A baby grows the most when they sleep, so it’s a vital need in their life at such a young