Hi, sorry, worried/confused FTM here...
I have a beautiful 17 day old daughter. She was in hospital for 2 weeks when born which was the most horrendous experience (think I might have post traumatic stress disorder- but that's another matter) but we are now on day 3 at home.
She, in general, sleeps ok (broken but I can usually get her back to sleep even if it's in my bed or cuddling) and wakes for feeds every 4 hours (bottle fed). My concern is... what do I do with her when she's awake.
After a feed sometimes she falls straight back to sleep but other times she would stay awake for 4-5 hours if I didn't actively make her nap (this only happened once before I realised that babies can get overtired and don't always just nap by themselves!) ... but she's usually so unhappy whenever she is awake and whining or crying. This has led me to try and get her back to sleep almost immeadiately as id rather a sleeping baby than an unhappy one!
I'm worried though that I'm making her sleep too much and she's missing out on awake time...
Any thoughts?
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FTM, 2 week old DD, what do I do with her when she's awake?
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mummarosie1 · 31/10/2017 12:22
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