Sleeping too much?

[namechangefail2020]

At 12 weeks has anyone got a baby who isn't awake for more than an hour at a time during the day? Cant work out if I should worry. Everything else seems fine

Mine were all the same, it’s completely normal.

My DS did this. I spent ages excessively googling to try to find the answer. I was really worried it was a sign there was something wrong - particularly as DD was the polar opposite.

He slowly started to spend more time awake. He's 1 now and has two 1.5 hour naps (morning and afternoon).

I'm sure your baby is fine. You've just got a sleepy one

Following! Trying to get my 12 week old into a routine of maybe 3 or 4 naps again and still doing many many short naps and no long awake times

I had a sleepy baby too, @namechangefail2020 - in the very early days it was because we were having feeding issues and very nearly ended up back in hospital. I can't see this being an issue with a 12 week old, though, especially if the baby is a normal weight, growing well and following the centile curve?

At 12 weeks their awake time is still quite short. 60 to 90 minutes awake time is about it. Any longer and you hit the overtired territory!

@RedPandaFluff that's my concern that maybe they're not eating much and I can't tell as bf. I'm not sure about the curve as we havnt been weighed since week 2. I will do it at home today then keep checking that's it's increasing. Thanks

@Pinkflipflop85 good to know, thank you

@Bixs

Mine were all the same, it’s completely normal.

Thank you

@BlackKittyKat

My DS did this. I spent ages excessively googling to try to find the answer. I was really worried it was a sign there was something wrong - particularly as DD was the polar opposite.

He slowly started to spend more time awake. He's 1 now and has two 1.5 hour naps (morning and afternoon).

I'm sure your baby is fine. You've just got a sleepy one

Great, thanks

@PeggyMoo

Following! Trying to get my 12 week old into a routine of maybe 3 or 4 naps again and still doing many many short naps and no long awake times

I'm not too fussed about a routine yet just I feel like once fed and had a bit of a play they want to sleep again and I don't remember this with my first. Good to see am not the only one tho

I had the same with my first. It carried on until she started school (at 4 she'd sleep 13hrs and still want a hefty lunchtime nap 😂). I remember googling this exact thing while all my Nct friends hated me for wondering about too much sleep.

Fair warning - I paid for this BIG TIME with number 2. Try not to worry and enjoy it xxxx