Wake windows

Hello,

My nearly 11 week old just seems like she is hardly awake. Once I wake her or she wakes from a nap, by the time we change nappy, feed and do about 10 mins of staying upright/chatting/songs etc it seems like she is ready to nap again and usually by the 1 hour ish mark I can tell she wants to nap again.
Feel like there is just no time to do any tummy time or much ‘play’.
See so many other babies seem to be staying awake for longer but mine just can’t!
And after the last nap of the day, I do bath and feed and within 45 mins of waking up she is so tired and just wants to go to bed.
Is this normal?
She’s feeding ok and lots of wet nappies.
Anyone else have the same?

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My 9 week old is like this also so any advice on the same situation please

Omg I'm polar opposite. He's awake all day. Not wanting to nap until he crashes. But sleeps like an angel on a night. Xx

Hi, I do! Mine was having wake windows of 1.5 - 2 hours a couple weeks back and now is down to wake windows of 1 hour - 1.5 hours max. She's perfectly healthy and normal, just changing and adjusting to circadian rhythms as babies do! I personally think the more she can see of the world (clearer focus, more colour etc.) the more tired she gets from the sensory stimulation vs. before when she could interact with the world less

Exact same thing, my doctors are actually looking into it as she's also got low growth and want to look into feeds and sugars etc. We are refered to toungue tie team to as they think this is affecting her latch meaning she's working harder to get milk and getting tired x

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