wide awake 10 week old

[Goldrill]

Lovely DS is 10 weeks old today and (of course) generally utterly wonderful. She sleeps v well at night - goes down around 9 and will stay there till 7, with three BFs in between. She's gaining weight well and is generally quite a happy camper.

She seems to have decided in the past week or so that daytime sleep is just not cool, however. She'll have a big morning nap, usually 9ish to 11ish, but then that's pretty much it till proper bedtime - maybe a 20 minute nap late afternoon if I can persuade her. She will also nap in her sling on our daily stroll which is usually an hour around lunchtime.

I am worried! Firstly because that can't be good for her? And secondly; the more selfish reason; what on earth do I do with her all day?! We spend hours wittering away to each other and playing with all manner of stuff, and she's EBF so we do that together too. She will lie happily in her cot/moses for 15 mins or so but then gets bored and needs distracting, and I feel bad about leaving her. I have a nice cloth sling for around the house but don't use it very often because most of the stuff I need to get on with is on the computer and she's only happy in the sling if I'm moving around. She also objects very strongly to being held on my knee while I so much as look at the screen!

Please tell me: is this normal? Am I doing something wrong with her sleeping? And what else could I do with her when I've run out of ideas?
Thankyou!

[sunndydays]

Sounds normal to me, she has two hours in the morning, one on your walk and maybe 20 mins in the afternoon, that's over three hours in one day. Some babies need less sleep than others, my dd is seven months ans still sleeps over three hours in the day and 13 at night, but I do know some babies who have never napped in the day! Keep doing what you are doing she sounds like a lovely, happy baby

[lurcherlover]

DS is exactly the same but I don't even get the morning nap (envy there!) He is 14 weeks and dropped his daytime nap so long ago that I can't even remember...I can get him to sleep if I take him out, so I try to have an outing planned every day. Other than that, here's what I do with him:

• morning feed (I'm EBF too) in bed, then playtime in bed - bouncing him on my knee, letting him stand with support, silly faces etc
  
• into his bouncy chair in the bathroom while I shower (he loves this now as he's recently started grasping toys, so the toys on the bar attached to the chair keep him amused for ages. This will happen soon for your DD if it hasn't already, and then they can amuse themselves for longer!)
  
• time in his cot looking at mobile while I get dressed (cot in our room so I'm talking/singing to him, and we have one of those moving mobiles with lots of black and white on which he loves)
  
• back in the boucy chair in the kitchen to watch me make my breakfast
  
• usually after my breakfast he's ready for another feed
  
• time on his playmat on the floor for him to kick his legs, bat at toys I hold for him (do you let DD lie on the floor much? They love it! Get a padded playmat if you have hard floors or just put a blanket/towel on top of the carpet), then some tummy time which he loves
  
  I repeat variations of the above throughout the day if I'm at home, and if I have time and he's in a good mood I do a bit of baby massage which I learnt how to do at a postnatal class my health visitor runs (loads of advice online though if you can't get to a class). I drag his bath out in the evening as he enjoys the ritual - I put a towel on his change mat on the floor in the bathroom and give him some naked time first, which he loves, and make a big thing of talking to him while I get him dressed/undressed.
  
  I do try to take him to lots of groups too - I go to a breastfeeding group and a playgroup for babies only (the ones with toddlers flying round are a bit scary!). At first these were really just for my benefit to get out of the house, but DS is at the stage now where he loves looking at new surroundings and people so he enjoys them too (and sometimes they tire him to the extent that he will actually sleep!) I also try to meet up with a friend once or twice a week. I'm finding I'm making friends at the groups, so I've got other mums to go out with.
  
  It's tricky at this age as they can't really amuse themselves - but soon they'll be able to sit up and play a bit more independently. But then they'll be more mobile and we'll be babyproofing, so it's swings and roundabouts really!

[Goldrill]

Thankyou very much for that - good to hear it's normal for a start!

I think we do quite a few of the things you've suggested lurcherlover (not a lurcher linker by any chance...?) but the bit we miss is being able to sit in chair/swing and watch me potter; have therefore just bought one and am trying to get her used to it. I think she's too interested in stuff to be happy in moses basket a lot of the time so am hoping it will be the way forward!

She is actually asleep on my knee as I type for once which is a lovely bonus!