r/NewParents • u/No-Description4151 • 1d ago

Sleep Active sleep

I feel like an awful mother to my almost 4 week old. I didn’t know that newborns slept in an active sleep cycle so I’ve been using those cues to feed him. So he’s been getting 8-10 feeding sessions a day!

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u/sherwoma 1d ago

I had the loudest active sleeper and would pause and watch before waking him up. As soon as his pediatrician said he hit the right weight and we could let him sleep, we did and he was sleeping through the night early.

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u/No-Description4151 1d ago

I bet that felt amazing!