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• The authors of this paper created a website, www.newborn​weight.org, where you can enter the time of birth of your child, method of birth, method of feeding, birth weight, and current weight and learn where they are in the distribution.
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• Ferber, for instance, says that at six months, a baby should sleep a total of about 13 hours: 9.25 hours at night, and two 1- to 2-hour naps. Weissbluth suggests this same six-month-old should sleep a total of about 14 hours, but with more of those hours falling at night: 12 hours at night, and two 1‑hour naps. This is a 3‑hour difference in the su...
• In addition, the age ranges for the various important transitions are wide and can be vague. The books generally note that around six weeks, infants start to sleep longer at night; at three to four months, naps start to consolidate; at around nine months, the third nap disappears; at a year to twenty-one months, the second nap disappears; and at th...