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Regarding baby's sleep
Hi I have a 5 week old baby girl. She has a very unusual sleep timing. For 2 days she sleeps only for 5 hours and on 3rd day she sleeps for almost 20 hours. The days she doesn't sleep she becomes very cranky and fussy. Should I be worried. Or is it normal. She started this routine few days back. During her 1st month she used to sleep for 20+ hours daily. Kindly suggest what to do it's very disheartening to see baby struggling with sleep
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Babies can have variable sleeping patterns sometimes as they don't have so called circardian rythm before 5 to 6 weeks.
Start preparing her for circardian rythm recognition by keeping the lights dim from 7 to 8 pm ..at night keep sound of her room low, no loud noise or loud toys. Give her massage before putting to bed..
Keep her room fully illuminated at day time..
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