Hmmm...how to answer this one? I know there are a lot of theories about how much a baby should sleep, but I was told about 16 out of 24 hours. My DD slept more than this is the early, early weeks, but would struggle to make 13 hours these days.
I had/have NO success patting her in her cot, or using the pram, so I just end up carrying her in a sling (although she used to sleep for hours in the hug a bub, now I barely get half an hour).
I just tried to think in terms of "cycles" of about 2 and a bit hours, so feed her, have a bit of awake time and have some sleep time. I could never get it in any order though, and would often feed to sleep, or go awake, sleep, awake.
Its one big guessing game at this stage hun. You're doing such a great job. Try not to think about it all too much and go with the flow (unless you WANT routine..which I thought I did, but baby had other ideas!)
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