{"id":"6e065d4e1a91bf1ea479240dc4871577","slug":"newborn-sleep-duration-one-week-old-ad5995","question":"newborn sleep duration one week old","answer":"At one week old, your newborn is sleeping around 13 hours per day on average, though the range is wide—some sleep more, some less. What matters more than the total is the pattern: newborns this age wake frequently, roughly every two to three hours, because they need to feed around the clock. This frequent waking is completely normal newborn biology, not a sign anything's wrong.\n\nMost of your newborn's sleep at this age is active sleep—the twitchy, noisy kind where they grunt, twitch, and startle. This type of sleep is actually helping their brain develop and learn. As your baby grows over the coming weeks and months, they'll gradually shift toward longer stretches and deeper, quieter sleep. For now, the frequent night wakings and daytime dozing are exactly what a one-week-old is supposed to do. Trust that this phase is temporary and working as it should.","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":"skin-and-newborn-health","view_count":0,"created_at":"2026-10-08T00:00:30.412Z"}