Sleep in the fourth trimester

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Are you in the 4th trimester, struggling with infant sleep?  Are you wondering what is normal and whether your baby should be sleeping longer? Sleep is such a difficult subject when it comes to babies.  Today Dianne and Abby talk about what is normal for the 4th trimester and what is normal for babies when it comes to sleep.

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Things we talked about:

What is the 4th Trimester? [6:29]

Not the time for intervention [8:10]

How many hours do newborns sleep? [10:44]

Active sleep cycle (and the other cycles too) [13:20]

What happens at 3-5 months of age [20:05]

Waking babies to feed [22:14]

Circadian Rhythms [26:12]

Things you can do [29:00]

Swaddling – should you or not? [32:38]

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Links to information we discussed or episodes you should check out!

https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/normal-sleep-behavior-with-rebecca-michi/

 https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/is-baby-sleeping-through-the-night-yet/

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Music we use:

Music: "Levels of Greatness" from "We Used to Paint Stars in the Sky (2012)" courtesy of Scott Holmes at freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott Holmes