| One concern of a new set of parents is the pattern in | | | | Always watch for changes in your baby sleep |
| which their newborn baby sleeps. An average | | | | pattern. If your baby is usually a sound sleeper then |
| newborn baby sleeps for most of the day and night | | | | suddenly starts to wake up during his sleep there may |
| and they will wake up only for feeding times. However | | | | be something wrong. It could be anything such as an |
| there is no set schedule for sleeping and sometimes | | | | ear infection or some other kind of infection. When |
| babies can get their sleep mixed up by sleeping in the | | | | your baby is in a light sleep his now will start to move |
| day and being awake at night. | | | | rapidly under his eyelids. This is also the time when the |
| Usually newborn babies sleep around nine hours during | | | | baby starts to dream. There are four stages of non |
| the day and about eight at night. It is not until around | | | | REM sleep. Stage one the baby is drowsy. At the |
| they are around three months of age when they sleep | | | | beginning of stage two the baby moves and may |
| throughout the night without waking up. For the first | | | | startle or jump with sounds. By stage three the baby is |
| sox weeks it is best to no allow your baby to sleep | | | | in a deep sleep and at stage four the baby is in a very |
| for more then five hours at a time. | | | | deep sleep and does not move at all. |