Typical Sleep for a 1 Month Old

Updated on July 25, 2009
M.C. asks from Marlborough, MA
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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if I could get your opinons on this matter. We are having a hard time getting our 1 month old to sleep at night before midnight. She is starting to be awake more and more during the day however tends to sleep a lot of the afternoon. She does sleep well at night once she finally goes to bed only waking 2 times to eat. We have her one month appointment on Monday but was curious if anyone else out there has a basic schedule for their babies. We usually let her fall asleep in our arms or atleast get drowsy before we try to put her in the crib, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Hope this question makes sense! Thanks!

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J.S.

answers from Boston on

This sounds perfectly typical based on my experience with my daughter. Before about three weeks she only slept an hour or two at a time and had to eat every hour or two as well. After about three weeks she started going to eat every two hours and then at about 7 weeks she slept for like 4-5 hrs at night, so it does get better. In fact, if yours is already sleeping such that she only needs 2 feedings at night I think you are doing great.

As she got closer to three months she started having a bit of a routine where she would repeat cycles of eating every 2-2.5 hrs during the day and sleeping every 2-2.5 hrs during the day, waking up once or twice during the night for feeding. I feel like I was pretty lucky. The book I found most helpful was the baby whisperer solves all your problems by Tracy Hogg. While she didn't adhere to a fixed schedule she did have the repeating cycles for sure. Also, I did the "dreamfeed recommended in the book - after she did start to go to bed a little earlier (9 or 10), I would go in and nurse her while she was still sleeping between 11-12 before I went to bed without waking her up and put her back in her crib. I really felt like it helped get her through the night.

I almost always nursed her to sleep for both naps and her nighttime sleep when she was that young and only months later worked on being sure to put her down drowsy to let herself fall asleep on her own. When she was closer to a year. It was fine.

Congrats, it sounds like you are doing a great job.

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L.S.

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This is pretty normal for a 1 month old. My son would take a nap in the late evening and wake up to feed again around 10. Then would go back to sleep after an hour or so. So she is probably just hungry. She will probably go to sleep earlier and earlier but usually babies at this age will want to eat late night and it is good for them to eat and then for them to sleep through to morning. My son also woke up to eat all night, so I think what you are experiencing (two times a night) is a great start!

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G.M.

answers from Boston on

This is very normal! Babies do not have any idea of the difference between night and day until they are at least 3 months old.
Do what you can to keep a schedule - even if she does not follow along - she will eventually.
I found it easier to keep some sort of order for my sanity, and then as my LO got older she knew what to expect - and this helped all of us.
Congrats on your new baby girl!

P.H.

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Do check out these books and decide which is best for you Happiest Baby on the Block and the Baby Whisper, if you let her fall asleep in your arms it will get where that will be the only way she will go to sleep. I mean it is great if she nurses and falls asleep but if you only carry her and only hold her until she does that wiull be come the only way and you do nto want that..you want to put her down and have her go on her own ..just know hat little things you do now canbecoem habits for you all very quickly. I am not saying do not hold the baby, do not comfort her..but helping her learn to sleep in various ways will help you all out in the long run.

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