{"id":"b0d052cafb884c30d456980bfa158142","slug":"newborn-sleep-duration-one-week-old-19ccb7","question":"newborn sleep duration one week old","answer":"At one week old, your newborn is sleeping roughly 13 hours daily on average, though the range is wide—some newborns sleep a bit more, others a bit less. What matters more than the total is the rhythm: they're waking frequently throughout the day and night to feed, and those wake-ups are completely normal and necessary.\n\nWhat you're probably noticing is that your newborn's sleep looks fragmented and unpredictable. That's because they're spending most of their early weeks in active sleep—the twitchy, noisy kind—which helps their brain develop. This isn't the deep, consolidated sleep you're used to, and it's not something to adjust or fix. Environmental things like room temperature, noise, and illness can shift these patterns around, but the frequent wake-ups and light sleep itself are typical newborn development, not a sign something's wrong.\n\nThe encouraging part is that this phase changes quickly. By around six months, your newborn will be sleeping slightly less total but in longer stretches, especially at night. For now, frequent feeding and waking are exactly what a one-week-old needs.","sources":"[{\"pmid\":\"27448323\",\"title\":\"Infant sleep-wake behaviors at two weeks, three and six months.\",\"journal\":\"Infant behavior & development\",\"year\":\"2016\",\"url\":\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27448323/\",\"score\":0.79},{\"pmid\":\"29356197\",\"title\":\"Reference values and changes in infant sleep-wake behaviour during the first 12 months of life: a systematic review.\",\"journal\":\"Journal of sleep research\",\"year\":\"2018\",\"url\":\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29356197/\",\"score\":0.78}]","thread_json":null,"topic":"sleep-norms-by-age","view_count":0,"created_at":"2026-09-18T23:00:58.116Z"}