How Much Should My Newborn Sleep? I Had No Idea Until I Asked an Expert | Baby Sleep Kenya
How Much Should My Newborn Sleep? I Had No Idea Until I Asked an Expert By Mwende Kimweli, Baby Sleep Consultant · Momzy Network · Baby Sleep Kenya Three days after bringing my first client's baby home from the hospital in Nairobi, she called me in a panic. Her baby was sleeping for 18 hours a day and she was convinced something was terribly wrong. I want to tell you what I told her: her baby was completely fine. Newborn sleep is one of the most misunderstood topics I work with as a baby sleep consultant at Momzy Network. New mums in Kenya worry their baby sleeps too much, then worry they sleep too little, then worry they are sleeping at the wrong times and the reason is that nobody has ever explained what is actually normal. Let me do that right now. How Much Sleep Does a Newborn Actually Need in Kenya? Newborns between 0 and 3 months need 14 to 17 hours of sleep every 24 hours. That is a lot but here is the part that surprises most first-time mums: ...