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- Initially, your baby may sleep about 15 to 18 hours per 24-hour period, waking every two to four hours for feeding.
- By about four months of age, most babies get six to eight hours of uninterrupted sleep at night.
- Ways to get your baby to sleep longer at night:
- Teach them that daytime is for play and nighttime is for sleep. For example, gently awaken them after four hours of daytime sleep and play with them.
- At night, avoid stimulating them with lights, sounds, prolonged diaper changes, or play activity.
- Encourage deep sleep for naps by placing your baby in a quiet, dark room because good quality naps will help them sleep better at night.
- Like adults, babies will show signs of REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. During this period of sleep, they are dreaming, and you may observe them making eye movements beneath closed eyelids, startling, twitching their face, and making jerking motions with their hands and feet. All of these are normal behaviors.