Hello new mommy here
Is it normal for a newborn to sleep all day? I know dumb question but she sleeps so much! Shes up for bottle, and diaper change. she was sleeping good through the night up until last night. no matter what I did she didnt want to sleep!! any suggestions, or is this just a normal thing for a 8 day old baby?
It is normal but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be proactive to create a good sleeper and make sure days and nights don't get mixed up. She will sleep *a lot* but if she sleeps too much during the day then she might want to be awake at night
Encourage day time alertness:
--keep natural light in the house... pull back curtains, make sure she gets exposure to the filtered light. This helps their body align with when is "day" and when it "night."
--After you feed her eat time attempt to play with her, talk to her, let her know now is a much better time to be awake than at night.
--Play music in the house
--Although you will go places that are crazy busy sometimes, like restaurants and the mall, don't overdo it because the tendency for a newborn is to sleep straight through the chaos because its too much for a newborn to process .... and if they sleep during the day, they will be awake at night
Encourage night time sleeping:
--Make sure its dark where baby sleeps
--And boring. Really boring.
Generally I find if I focus on the days, the nights align themselves with no problem.
