she has a nasty cold and a bad throat - GP saw her yesterday and gave antibiotics, more preventative than anything else, as what she has is viral. She is very unwell, but she is feeding, she isn't dehydrated, she is producing dirty nappies. But she is very very sleepy - we are having to work hard to wake her for feeds and to keep her awake during them. We have a referral letter for A+E which we were told to use if she either stops feeding or develops a temperature. The sleepiness worries me a bit, although she is presumably trying to sleep herself better.
What do you think? Should we just wait it out? She had a good feed this morning, but went immediately back to sleep. When she is awake, she is alert, smiling, but not for long (she was a pretty sleepy newborn, sleeps deeply anyway, but had started to be awake for longer periods before the nasty cold arrived)