How long should a newborn stay home after birth?

How long should a newborn stay home after birth?

Healthy, full-term babies (at least 37 weeks' gestation) can usually go home from the hospital sometime between 24 and 48 hours after birth. Some late preterm babies (born between 34 and 36 weeks' gestation) may be healthy enough to go home after a short stay (at least 48 hours) as well.

How much sleep do newborn parents get?

New parents will get just four hours and 44 minutes of sleep in an average night during the first year of their baby's life, it has emerged. In the first 12 months of a child's life, mothers and fathers sleep 59 per cent less than the recommended eight hours a night, losing the equivalent of 50 nights of sleep.