I'm really worried about my little girl (2 weeks) she sleeps A LOT.
She has had jaundice but midwives etc have seemed unconcerned. She feeds A LOT and has a lot of wet and dirty nappys. I know jaundice can make babies extra sleepy but it does seem unusual how much she sleeps.
When she falls asleep it is near on impossible to wake her up, i try everything changing, taking her clothes off, blowing on her, using wipes on her and tickling her feet and i get there in the end but it's so hard to wake her up.
She feeds really well and usually falls asleep after a feed. Anything from 15-19 feeds a day between 10 mins and 45 mins at a time. Wake windows are pretty short.
During the day we feed on demand and she wakes her self up. However, because she's not at birth weight i am still waking over night and it's so stressful and scary when she won't wake up.
Should we be worried? Any other babies like this?
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Sounds like what we had with our baby. She was born small and jaundiced and would sleep a lot. Even feeding her for a bit difficult because of how quickly she would fall asleep but it gets better as they get a bit older. She's 7 weeks now and is awake a lot more
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