My baby turned 6 months on 21st of September. She has always been a sleepy baby, I could barely see her eyes when she was a newborn. She's now 6 months and awake for longer obviously but she still seems to be sleeping... A lot. I know that for some people this may seem like an "awesome" problem to have but I'm getting slightly concerned. She usually sleeps for 12 hours at night, with a feed around 11pm (used to be a dream feed but she wakes up for it herself now), and then sometimes she wakes for one more feed, sometimes she sleeps through until morning. She's then ready for a nap after around 1.5hrs of awake time. I'm then lucky if I can get her to be awake for 2hrs for the next wake windows without her being overtired. She goes down into her cot wonderfully at night but all the day naps are still on me. She's on the 96% for weight, and seems to be hitting her milestones pretty much spot on. I tried bringing this subject up with my GP but they basically brushed it off and laughed at me as "they have never heard of a parent complaining about their baby sleeping too much" but I'm worried that she may have some deficiencies which cause her to sleep so much? Or could she just be a high sleep need baby? Does anyone have similar experience with their baby sleeping so much?
Just to add as well, I'm going to try the gp again and speak with my health visitor about it, and I'm hoping to get her checked but it would be great to hear if there's anyone who's got a similar experience.