Sleeping Patterns
Babies usually aren't sleeping through the night at this age. They will likely be sleeping for longer and longer stretches of time, though, and they will probably be awake more during the day.
If it still seems that your baby is sleeping most of the time, it is because he really is.
On average, in his second month, a baby is sleeping about fifteen and a half hours a day. And while there may be one stretch of sleep at night that is four to five hours long, many babies sleep for two to three hours at a time and then want to eat.
If your baby wakes himself frequently when he moves his arms or hands, you might try swaddling him snugly in a light blanket. If you don't feel comfortable firmly folding a blanket around your baby or can't get the swaddling just right, you might buy special swaddling blankets, which are easy to use.
Although the goal for most parents is to help their babies fall asleep on their own and sleep through the night, that isn't going to happen at this age. After six to eight weeks you can start putting your baby down to sleep while he is drowsy but awake, but in these early months, you might have to rock him to sleep or let him fall asleep breastfeeding. The main early goal is simply to help your baby get into a regular routine of sleeping, ideally with more sleep at night and longer periods of being awake during the day.
