Raising Children Network: the Australian parenting website
Newborn baby sleeping

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  • Newborns sleep anywhere from 9-18 hours a day - 16 hours is about the 'average'. 
  • When they're awake, newborns are truly alert for about 3 minutes every hour.
  • When newborns go to bed drowsy but awake, they learn how to fall asleep happily on their own, without needing to be rocked or cuddled.