Just because they’re not sleeping doesn’t mean they don’t need to sleep. People might tell you, “My baby just doesn’t need that much sleep.” Um….no. It’s the #1 most common baby sleep mistake. Most parents keep their baby awake too long. Thus if your baby is vastly off the grid that I’m suggesting here, you probably have an overtired baby on your hands. I know you’ve been told “all babies are different” but in my experience almost ALL babies fall within these guidelines. isn’t preventing her from falling asleep) you’re either trying too soon, or you’re trying too late.Īs a general rule you should use the guidelines in the table below. If it’s a struggle to help her fall asleep (assuming something like hunger, tummy gas, etc. You’ll know you’ve figured out how long your baby should stay awake when she falls asleep really easily. You’ll know THIS is your baby if they stay awake for 1.5 hours or longer and then have a grand mal meltdown. Some will stay awake far longer than their bodes can handle. Some babies will give very good clues that they are tired so you can settle them down to sleep as soon as they look a little glazed over, rub their eyes, yawn, etc. How do you figure out how long your baby should stay awake?Ī few newborn babies will fall asleep after a certain amount of time no matter how hard you try to keep them awake. Then she would be ready to take yet another nap at approximately 2:00 pm.Īs babies get older their window of wakefulness (maximum time they can stay awake) gets longer, the naps generally get longer, and the number of naps they need gradually decreases and becomes more predictable. Assume she takes a 30-minute nap and then wakes up (now its 1:15 pm).
So hypothetically this means that if your newborn baby wakes up from a nap at noon, she will need to go back down for another nap around 12:45. This is generally the maximum amount of time you want your baby to be awake at any point throughout the day. Some may not be able to stay awake more than 30 minutes at a time. Most newborn babies (under 8 weeks) can’t stay awake very long (I sometimes refer to this as a baby’s “window of wakefulness.”) Although it varies by baby, most newborns can stay awake no longer than 45 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes. However baby sleep is generally broken up into 7-8 “naps” varying in length from 15 minutes to 4-6 hours. Weissbluth newborns average between 11 – 18 hours of sleep per 24-hour period). Newborn babies generally sleep a lot (according to Dr. Helping your baby fall asleep, figuring out when they need to sleep, and making sure they get enough sleep is pretty much the bane of every new parent. One of the most commonly held baby myths is that, “babies will sleep when they are tired.” Life would be simpler if it were true….but it’s not.
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