Sleep Patterns of the Newborn Newborns sleep around 20 hours a day – fact or fiction? Listen to find out about sleep patterns of the newborn. Naline Lai, MD and Julie Kardos, MD ©2009 Two Peds in a Pod® https://www.twopedsinapod.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Episode-2-Infant-Sleep-the-first-6-months.mp3