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newborn awake alot
Hi Ladies,
Just owndered if any of your newborns were awake alot? MAx is 15 dyas old, and is awake loads, most babies (Ipresumed) after a feed would go to sleep, MAx comes alive, looking around etc, which at 2-4 o'clock this morning is a bit tiring!! then during the day he is awake alot too, taking the world in. Wanted a bit of reassurance as I thought babies needed lots of sleep. He does seem to yawn alot, but will not drop off.
Thanks
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Just owndered if any of your newborns were awake alot? MAx is 15 dyas old, and is awake loads, most babies (Ipresumed) after a feed would go to sleep, MAx comes alive, looking around etc, which at 2-4 o'clock this morning is a bit tiring!! then during the day he is awake alot too, taking the world in. Wanted a bit of reassurance as I thought babies needed lots of sleep. He does seem to yawn alot, but will not drop off.
Thanks
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Max sounds very alert He is only 15 days old so there is plenty of time for him to settle yet. I used to always follow the 3 yawn rule and the long stare into space. When that happened it was straight down on the 2nd yawn. I found if I missed this timing I had a much harder time getting my son off to sleep (they can become overtired very quickly if you miss that window!)
It was when I read Baby Whisperer that I started to think maybe the days she was awake all day and then really overalert at nighttime that maybe she wasn't getting put to sleep early enough? On the other hand, if it's not a problem for you, then don't worry about it! xxx