{"id":"a616b2ca6663c20a639c3c88cad97788","slug":"newborn-sleep-duration-one-week-old-8f0f44ce","question":"newborn sleep duration one week old","answer":"At one week old, your newborn is probably sleeping around 13 hours per day, though this is broken into many short stretches throughout the day and night—frequent wake-ups are completely typical at this age. Your newborn is also spending most of their sleep time in active sleep, which is the lighter, twitchier kind you might notice as they make noise and move around. This active sleep is actually important for their brain development and learning, so those movements and brief arousals aren't a sign that something's wrong.\n\nSleep patterns change pretty dramatically over the first year, so where your newborn lands right now—whether they're a lighter or heavier sleeper—is just their natural temperament at this very early stage, not necessarily predictive of how they'll sleep later. Factors like room temperature, noise, and any illness can shift things around too. The main reassuring part: this much variation and these frequent wake-ups are exactly what one-week-old babies do, and it's part of typical newborn development rather than a problem to solve.","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":"newborn-weight-loss","view_count":0,"created_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:45.702Z"}