Sentences with phrase «hours during the first few weeks of life»

If you are exclusively formula feeding your newborn, you can expect him to take a bottle every three to four hours during his first few weeks of life, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics» HealthyChildren.org.

According to Elizabeth LaFleur, a registered nurse, you might need to wake your baby from naps that last more than four hours during the first few weeks of life.

Not exact matches

This means that your baby wasn't actually «mixed - up» during her first few weeks of life — it's perfectly normal for newborn sleep to happen in smaller increments dispersed throughout a 24 - hour period, rather than bunched up more during the night.

But here's the catch: Most babies don't stay asleep for more than two to four hours at a time, day or night, during the first few weeks of life.

[2][3] During the first few weeks of life babies may nurse roughly every two to three hours and the duration of a feeding is usually ten to fifteen minutes on each breast.

In fact, during the first few weeks of life, a newborn will spend the majority of her days and nights sleeping (though it may not seem like she's sleeping very much at night), waking every few hours to eat or to have a diaper change.