How long does your newborn sleep?

My DS is now nearly 13 weeks old, he sleeps through the night at the moment and is normally on a 3hr feeding routine during the day, oh and he is exclusively breastfed. It's only been in the last maybe 4 weeks (I think) that he's been staying up longer than an hour during the day.

Do you put your DD to bed after an hour or when she is showing tired signs?

Jake is nearly 12 weeks and can be awake anywhere from 45mins to 2 hours. It really depends on how tired he is.

Your girl is still only little and while she is sleeping she is busy growing!!! Dont wish it away, Jake was like that until about 5 weeks then he decided sleep was for wimps and started sleeping on average 7 hours per 24!

Enjoy it, she will be waking for longer soon enough.

Hey dinkyminky!

I tend not to worry to much about how much my DD is sleeping during the day or how long she is up for. awake time could be 45mins, 2 hours, 3 hours etc. I find that if I'm chilled so is she and she never really gets too grizzly. In saying that she's not a great day sleeper but is down every night by 7.30pm sleeping 12 hours, first stretch 10hrs, quick feed then another 2 hrs.
She's been in this routine for rougly 2-3weeks now..

As a newborn, DD was much the same as yours.. always slept 4-5hourly generally... shes exclusively boobie-fed too... I have absolutely no routine during the day and as such sometimes she'll snack every hour for five minutes but may go 3-4hourly between feeds. It doesn't really worry me too much and because she's sleeping so well at night I don't see the point in stressing over 'getting' into any routine.

Enjoy it! You have a great sleeper!

She plays, talks with us (well you get what I mean ). She feeds for a bit, then plays some more, I read books to her etc.. I always have her with me, sometimes wrapped in the Moby where she naps. If she gets really grizzly then I wrap her up and time for bed, but I never put her in bed if she isn't looking tired as such.. In essence I don't kinda keep track of the time and worry too much.. We bath or shower her every night between 6-7pm then bed between 7-7.30pm.

At this stage with your DD being so young I'd just suggest you keep doing what you're doing.. If things start to go a bit haywire then perhaps think about implementing some sort of routine that works for you guys.

My main piece of advice is to just chill, go with the flow.. You've obviously got a content baby, she'll soon be interacting with you more and its totally worth the wait! Listen to yourself and what you think is right - she is your babe and you do know whats best for her.. Remember that every baby is different, they are not all the same. From what i've been told by my Plunket nurse, MW and GP, babies tend to get themselves into some sort of routine by 4-5months, so don't stress if things seem to go up in the air for a while... Just when we thought things were going awesome, DD would completely change it on us! lol Its just what babies do.. Anyway, after that rambling, don't worry too much, she sounds like shes doing really well.. good for you

My wee girl is 11 days old and yes she is preciously my first child
Its reassuring to read the previous postings to see that their sleeping patterns do become routine and timely. At the moment she has the grizzels in the morning and late evenings, these may last from 30mins to 2hrs. She can sleep up to 3hrs - 4hrs. Generally a good feeder - BF baby.

Im told that this is normal to expect this from a newborn? Im not worried and just go with the flow of it all. . Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks

Thank you anna_bana!

Yes she does definetly enjoy her readily available milk supply from mum.   Thank you for your reassuring advice, wasnt sure if i was being somewhat relaxed about length of sleeping and feeding times.

Im enjoying all the moments!

Thanks again!