It could just mean that his body is wired for either more or less
sleep than the average baby.
Not exact matches
If your
baby is happy, healthy, and growing there is no need to worry about higher
than average sleeping time.
Babies at this age
sleep a little less
than they did as newborns, about 15 to 16 hours on
average.
- the
average household has 3 or more
Baby Holding Devices - the average newborn spends 3 - 5 hours per day in Baby Holding Devices and MANY newborns sleep in baby gear, raising their daily total use to 10 + hours (especially the Rock»n Play)- more than 90 % of parents are unaware of any negative effects of extensive use of Baby Holding Dev
Baby Holding Devices - the
average newborn spends 3 - 5 hours per day in
Baby Holding Devices and MANY newborns sleep in baby gear, raising their daily total use to 10 + hours (especially the Rock»n Play)- more than 90 % of parents are unaware of any negative effects of extensive use of Baby Holding Dev
Baby Holding Devices and MANY newborns
sleep in
baby gear, raising their daily total use to 10 + hours (especially the Rock»n Play)- more than 90 % of parents are unaware of any negative effects of extensive use of Baby Holding Dev
baby gear, raising their daily total use to 10 + hours (especially the Rock»n Play)- more
than 90 % of parents are unaware of any negative effects of extensive use of
Baby Holding Dev
Baby Holding Devices
0 - 2 months: every 2 - 3 hour feedings during the day and night (could mean as many as 5 nightfeedings) 3 months: 3 nightfeedings, longer first stretch emerges (about 4 hours long) 4 months: 2 nightfeedings, first stretch is about 5 hours in length 5 months: 2 nightfeedings, first stretch is 6 + hours 6 months: 1 nightfeeding, longest stretch is 6/7 hours ** in order for
baby to go longer
than 6/7 hours at night, solids need to be well - established, meaning 3 meals / day consisting of all 4 food groups in addition to milk 7 months: 1 nightfeeding, 6/7 + hour stretch 8 - 9 months: this is the
average age that
babies will drop all nightfeedings 10 - 12 months:
babies may have an occasional nightfeed, but are able to
sleep through most nights ** this chart is assuming that
baby is gaining weight properly, healthy, and has no other medical concerns.
Laboratory studies reveal that the
average duration of infant and maternal awakenings in the cosleeping environment are shorter on
average than the awakenings mothers and
babies experience when
baby awakens in another room, and requires intervention before going back to
sleep (see Mosko et al 1997).
Babies arouse more frequently, but for shorter average durations than if the baby slept apart - and spend less time in deeper stages of sleep which may not be beneficial for babies with arousal deficiencies - as also shown in recently published refereed art
Babies arouse more frequently, but for shorter
average durations
than if the
baby slept apart - and spend less time in deeper stages of
sleep which may not be beneficial for
babies with arousal deficiencies - as also shown in recently published refereed art
babies with arousal deficiencies - as also shown in recently published refereed articles.
The
average risk is in the first 3 months and is 5.1 (2.3 to 11.4) times greater
than if the
baby is put to
sleep supine on a cot in the parents» room (table 3).
The differences were small, though — in the latter study, the
babies spent eight minutes less in REM
sleep, on
average, in those first few hours
than babies in the control group did.
Through our focus group studies we have found that
babies using a Slumber Swaddle ™
sleep on
average more hours per night
than with other swaddle blankets.
These
babies may not
sleep well at first (yes, more
than the
average baby).
You might be doing everything you can to get more
sleep, and still be stuck with a
baby who
sleeps less
than average.
One study reported that the parents of breastfed
babies averaged 40 - 45 minutes more
sleep time
than did the parents of formula - fed
babies (Doan et al 2007).
And if your kids
slept a lot when they were
babies, have they kept on
sleeping more
than the
average as they've grown?
At 9 months,
babies who had been
sleeping alone since 4 months of age
slept an
average of 40 minutes more
than room sharers.