It is normal for a newborn to be drowsy and unable to wake up, and it is normal for the stimulus to be responsive, and it is also abnormal if there is no response. Generally newborns can sleep up to 16-20 hours a day, but if the baby appears to eat less, cry less, move less, depressed and other manifestations, need to be highly alert to the possibility of neonatal sepsis.
General newborns sleep for 16-20 hours, in addition to feeding is sleeping, but there are individual differences. Although you can’t wake up, but the stimulation is responsive, and good feeding, good activity, strong crying, this situation is mostly normal.
However, if the newborn appears sleepy, less eating, less crying, less moving, or no response to stimulation, body temperature increases or decreases, this situation is abnormal, need to be alert to the possibility of neonatal sepsis, need to consult a doctor in a timely manner, and comply with the doctor’s instructions for targeted treatment.