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For babies over 6 months, the amount of nighttime sleep stayed fairly constant across agesâabout 11 hours on average, with a range of approximately 9-13 hours (Iglowstein et al 2003). Baby sleep requirements are also met by sleeping during the day.
Newborns should get 14 to 17 hours of sleep over a 24-hour period, says the National Sleep Foundation. Some newborns may sleep up to 18 to 19 hours a day. Newborns wake every couple of hours to eat. Breastfed babies feed often, about 8 to 12 times a day. Bottle-fed babies tend to feed less often, about every 3 to 4 hours. Newborns who sleep for longer stretches should be awakened to feed. Wake your baby every 3 to 4 hours to eat until he or she shows good weight gain, which usually happens within the first couple of weeks. After that, it's OK to let your baby sleep for longer periods of time at night. The first months of a baby's life can be the hardest for parents, who might get up many times at night to tend to the baby. Each baby has a different sleep pattern. Some start to sleep through the night (for 5-6 hours at a time) by 2 to 3 months of age, but some don't. How Should Babies Sleep? During the first weeks of a baby's life, some parents choose to room-share.