Sleepy baby

My 6 week old is very sleepy (and has been since birth). She has periods of being very alert during the day, but once I put her down for the night at 7pm I struggle to wake her for longer than a 5 minute feed until 7am despite the usual methods (nappy change, wet wipe, taking off a layer). I always try to wake her to feed after 4 hours, otherwise I expect she may sleep for a very long stretch without eating. She is gaining weight but went down a bit in percentile the last two weeks (from 42% to 33%). Does anyone else have this experience and any advice? I am obviously very lucky she is a good sleeper but I am also focused on ensuring she eats enough which is challenging if she is in deep sleep for 12 hours a day!

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If concerned definitely check with Doctor
My LO was the exact same for his newborn stage
Very little wake windows even though very alert during them.
He slept most of the time.
We would have to wake to feed at times or do sleep feeds.
Now is he complete opposite 🤣 always awake and fights the naps 🫣

My youngest slept through the night from 5 weeks, I didn't wake her as she fed well through the day and put on weight as she should. If you're concerned speak with your health visitor but otherwise let her dream. Mine still sleeps a lovely 12 hours now and she's coming up 5

Thank you, that’s helpful! Any advice on how to get successful dream feeds?

My girl slept theough from 3 weeks but makes up her calories through the day. If she is putting in weight fine let her sleepnthrough x

I lumped at night and gave expressed breastmilk in a bottle when mine was tiny. He was jaundiced and was told he needed more and he was just so sleepy at night. The bottles went down so much better when he was sleepy. When he got to about 3 months, I was able to stop pumping and ge went back to the boob full time

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