How much sleep does a 3 month old need?

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asked Jul 10, 2020 in Baby/Newborn by Kpup89 (300 points)
How much sleep does a 3 month old need?

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answered Jul 10, 2020 by Gracy (125,580 points)
At nighttime a 3 month old baby needs between 9 hours to 11 hours of sleep.

As long as your 3 month old baby is sleeping at least 9 hours per night they are getting enough sleep and also the 3 month old baby will sleep some during the day as well.

A 3 month old baby sleeps between 9 to 11 hours at night.

However at 3 months old they may wake you up in the middle of the night to get a middle of the night feeding.

So be prepared to wake up in the middle of the night and either have the bottle of formula ready to feed the baby or be ready to breastfeed the baby.

3 month old babies will sleep some through the day as well but they sleep quite a bit at night too.

A 3 month old baby should eat between 4 to 6 ounces of formula or breast milk every 6 to 8 hours.

You can try feeding the baby every few hours and some are hungry during those times and others are not.

If the baby is hungry they will take the bottle or the breast with ease but if they are not hungry then they will refuse the breast or the bottle.

Also babies will usually cry to let you know they are hungry and when they cry and they have a clean diaper then try feeding them.

A breastfed 3 month old baby should have between 4 and 5 very wet soaking wet diapers per day.

The baby may have a few more wet diapers which is also normal.

As long as the baby is producing 4 to 5 wet diapers per day then they are hydrated enough.

Once you completely stop breastfeeding your baby your breasts will usually continue to hurt for around 10 days but after 5 days the breasts should not hurt as much.

It's normal for breasts to hurt while breastfeeding and hurt a little after you stop breastfeeding.

After 10 days the pain from stopping breastfeeding should be gone or least near completely gone.

A breastfeeding session for a newborn lasts between 25 minutes to as long as 45 minutes.

Your newborn will stop feeding when they are full so you should continue to feed the baby by breastfeeding until the baby pulls away from the breasts.

Once the baby pulls away from the breasts they are full and then you can burp the baby to remove any possible trapped gas.

It's okay though if the baby does not burp after feeding because not all feedings give the baby gas in their stomach.

But you should try burping them after the feeding just in case.

You won't overfeed the baby and the baby should be done breastfeeding within 45 minutes.

Just like when you bottle feed a baby they may drink the whole bottle of formula and then be full and then sometimes the baby may only drink half of the bottle of formula which is okay as well.

The baby will push the nipple of the bottle away as well and refuse to take the nipple again until it's hungry.

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