{"id":"c5f537bceec6b767c7732b54f9e6cccc","slug":"newborn-sleep-duration-one-week-old-8f0f446","question":"newborn sleep duration one week old","answer":"At one week old, your newborn is sleeping around 13 hours daily, though it won't feel consolidated—they're cycling through frequent wake-ups around the clock as they feed, which is exactly what they need right now. Most of that sleep is active sleep (the twitchy, noisy kind you might see), and that's doing important work for their brain development. The sleep they're getting is normal newborn sleep, even if it looks nothing like adult sleep and even if your baby seems to be awake constantly.\n\nThe pattern will shift noticeably over the coming months—night wakings decrease especially in the first six months, and your baby will gradually start sleeping in longer stretches. For now, what matters most is that your one-week-old is feeding regularly and sleeping when they need to between feeds, rather than hitting any particular sleep target. You're in the most unpredictable phase, and that's developmentally right on track.","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":"safe-sleep-environments","view_count":0,"created_at":"2026-10-16T23:01:24.638Z"}