how long should a 2wk old sleep when do they start staying awake all day?

Answer 1

They sleep a LOT. What you should find is that after 1 1/2 to 2 hours of being awake he or she will get cranky and show signs of sleepiness...time for a nap. 1 1/2 to 2 hours of awake time is about all they can handle in the beginning (sometimes less!). Look for signs of sleepiness (fussiness, rubbing their eyes, etc)

By 5 months or so, they should be getting into a nap routine... 3 naps a day or so (morning around 8am, another around 11am and another around 3pm....give or take).

By 9 months or so they get into 2 naps.

After about 14 months, they usually are transitioning to one nap a day.

Check out "Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child" by Marc Weissbluth. It's great for understanding a baby's sleep and getting your child onto a schedule.

Here's more info from http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babysleep/7654.html

"Newborns sleep a lot — typically 14 to 18 hours a day during the first week and 12 to 16 hours a day by the time they're a month old. But most babies don't stay asleep for more than two to four hours at a time, day or night, during the first few weeks of life.

The result? Lots of sleep for your baby and a very irregular — and tiring — schedule for you. Your job is to respond to your newborn's cues, so you'll probably be up several times during the night to change, feed, and comfort him.

What's next
At 6 to 8 weeks of age, most babies begin to sleep for shorter periods during the day and longer periods at night, though most continue to wake up to feed during the night. They also have shorter periods of REM sleep, and longer periods of deep, non-REM sleep.

Somewhere between 3 and 6 months, experts say, most babies are capable of sleeping through the night. They're not talking about eight hours, though — they generally mean a stretch of five or six hours.

Some infants sleep for a long stretch at night as early as 6 weeks, but many babies don't reach that milestone until they're 5 or 6 months old and some continue to wake up at night into toddlerhood. You can help your baby get there sooner, if that's your goal, by teaching him good sleep habits from the start.

How you can establish good sleep habits
Here are some tips for helping your baby settle down to sleep:

Learn the signs that mean he's tired.
For the first six to eight weeks, most babies aren't able to stay up much longer than two hours at a time. If you wait longer than that to put your baby down, he may be overtired and have trouble falling asleep.

Watch your baby for signs that he's tired. Is he rubbing his eyes, pulling on his ear, or developing faint dark circles under his eyes? If you spot these or any other signs of sleepiness, try putting him down to sleep. You'll soon develop a sixth sense about your baby's daily rhythms and patterns, and you'll know instinctively when he's ready for a nap.

Begin to teach him the difference between day and night.
Some infants are night owls (something you may have gotten a hint of during pregnancy) and will be wide awake just when you want to hit the hay. For the first few days you won't be able to do much about this. But once your baby is about 2 weeks old, you can start teaching him to distinguish night from day.

When he's alert and awake during the day, interact with him as much as you can, keep the house and his room light and bright, and don't worry about minimizing regular daytime noises like the phone, TV, or dishwasher. If he tends to sleep through feedings, wake him up.

At night, don't play with him when he wakes up. Keep the lights and noise level low, and don't spend too much time talking to him. Before long he should begin to figure out that nighttime is for sleeping.

Consider starting a bedtime routine.
It's never too early to start trying to follow a bedtime routine. It can be something as simple as getting your baby changed for bed, singing a lullaby, and giving him a kiss goodnight."

There's more on the site. Good luck and enjoy your baby!

Answer 2

My dear, a two week old should not be staying awake all day. Have you set up an appointment with his pediatrician? Okay, I think I misread your question....I thought it was one question but there are two.
1. a two week old can sleep up to 20 hours out of 24
2. Only after the age of 2 or 3 years do 'babies' start staying awake all day.

Answer 3

it really depends on the baby...everyone is different...but when i brought my first baby home all she did was sleep and eat...she would sleep for like 4 hours and then eat and pretty much go right back to sleep...she did that for like the first 2 months but normally by 3 months they start staying awake alot longer...my youngest son is 11 months and he still takes a couple naps a day some days so it just depends....if your baby is sleeping alot take advantage of it now cause you will definitely have alot of time where they are awake alot!!

Answer 4

A two week old baby should be sleeping every 1-2hours for 2 hours. They are barely awake at this age! and feeding every 4 hours or so. My kids routine went something like this;

After a couple of months it will go to 3 sleeps a day 9am, 12pm, 3pm then nighttime.

By 7mths+ mths it goes to 10am then 2pm and then night

by 14mths+ one sleep from about 11am-1pm or so

Then 20mths+ sleep from 12-1pm onwards

And by 2.5yrs they can start to cut the day sleep every other day but my 4.5 yr old was still having a day sleep 2-3 a week till she went to school.
My son is now 2.5yrs (exactly tomorrow!) and he is starting to not want to go to bed at luch time so I have to take it day by day as a big day sleep can equal hell at night time!

Good luck and congratulations!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

well when my baby was 2 weeks he would sleep all day and night now hes almost 2 months and he still sleeps mostly all day and if he does stay up its for about 3 hours then goes right back to sleep

Answer 8

my son would be 6 months previous on July 3 and he nonetheless sleeps alot.. he receives up at 7 am for a bottle, then by utilising 8 he's slumbering back, up at 11 for a bottle asleep by utilising midday, up at 2 and remains unsleeping till bedtime at 7 pm..

Answer 9

Here is a terrific article on how much sleep babies need at different points in their development. It specifies how much of it is daytime and how much is nighttime sleep, too.

http://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/how-much-sleep-do-children-need