my baby was born on 24th Dec and is now 13 days old. Initially he was sleeping at night for 4-5 hours but now he is not taking even an hour sleep at night. He just keeping yawning and drinking milk. although he has sleepy eyes but still do not sleep. As soon we place it on bed out of our lap, he start crying again. He is taking good amount of sleep in day time. Pls suggest.

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Dr. Vaibhav jainFather of a 5 yr 9 m old girl4 years ago

A. as baby s sleeping in day time so hence baby is unable to sleep well at night. relax.this s a common issue. just try and keep baby awake aftr evening .still baby will wake up 3 hrly feeds

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