![]() ![]() This is normal – as long as your baby is growing, gaining weight and is happy at other times. Sometimes newborn babies cry for no apparent reason, even though you have helped to soothe them. These first three months are an important time for you and your baby to start to learn and understand each other. Although they seem to spend a lot of time sleeping (generally 12 to 16 hours in a 24-hour period), they do not have established sleep-wake rhythms like we do. In the first three months, newborns cry a lot because they need your help to feed, change or settle so they can get back to sleep. ![]() Newborn sleep patterns and behavioursĬrying is the way babies communicate with you. In your language: For translated fact sheets go to Information in community languages.
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