Your newborn will move through this sleep cycle throughout their sleep. If they've fallen asleep in their pram or car seat, this is the best time to move them into their cot or Moses basket (BASIS ndb). Within around 20 minutes, they'll move into a phase of quiet sleep. When they fall asleep, they go straight into REM or active sleep and it’s easy for them to be woken then (BASIS ndb). When your baby is in active sleep, their brain will be processing their day in order to help their cognitive and physical skills develop (NSF nd). Active or rapid eye movement sleep (dream sleep) and quiet sleep or non-rapid eye movement sleep (Maclean et al 2015). What happens when my baby falls asleep?Just like you, your baby goes through cycles of different types of sleep (Maclean et al 2015).īabies have two sleep stages. However, if they spent time on the neonatal ward, where they became used to being touched and fed often, they may find settling to sleep at home more difficult (NHS 2019). Twins and multiples have sleeping patterns roughly the same as single babies (BASIS nda). Whatever other people may tell you, most babies don’t sleep through the night, every night, until they are at least a year old (BASIS nda). By the time they are about five months old, they may have started to sleep for an eight-hour stretch on some nights (BASIS nda). In their first few months, they will probably sleep for blocks of about two to three hours in the day, and around five hours at night (BASIS nda).Īs your baby gets older, they'll probably sleep for longer periods at night. The length of these sleep cycles depends on your baby.
From when they're newborn to when they're around three months old, your baby will rest in sleep-wake cycles through the day, with slightly longer spells at night. At first, they'll need to wake up for feeds. Your baby won’t take all their sleep in one long stretch, even at night. Even at three months, your baby will need to sleep for about 14 to 16 hours every 24 hours (NHS 2017). Over a 24-hour period, the average newborn sleeps for 16 and a half hours (NHS 2017). How much sleep does my baby need?Your baby needs a lot more sleep than you do.
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