Can a 3 month old sleep too much?

[Bubbles021]

Hi everyone!
I brought my first baby home in August. I am quite an anxious mum. Sadly our first baby was born sleeping last year at 33 weeks. Then only 4 days before our daughter was born in August, my nephew passed away at 4 weeks old.
Our family knows all too much about the very real reality of baby loss, which has left me quite anxious and questioning things that others may not even bat an eyelid at.
I just wondered if it was possible for babies at 3 months to sleep 'too much'?
The past probably 3/4 days my little one has started sleeping a lot longer at night and still taking regular naps during the day.
For example, yesterday she had around 3 1.5-2 hour daytime naps, then fell asleep 7.30pm-12pm (woke for feed), slept again until 4am (woke for feed) then fell asleep and just woke up about ten mins ago at around 8.15am.
It may just be that she is getting into a routine or possibly having a growth spurt? But I just wanted to hear other people's experiences. Thank you 😊

Also just to add, she is very alert during her wake windows and enjoys playing - though she is always yawning!

Oh bless you, what a terrible time you and your family have had. I'm so so sorry for your losses.

I can fully understand why you are anxious but it does sound like your wee one is doing well. Sometimes when they're having a growth spurt, they sleep and eat way more. As long as baby is alert and happy during her wake windows, I would be happy. I'm sure the next phase will be different and she will be more wakeful at night, fighting naps etc so enjoy this lovely phase as long as you can. Congratulations on your 🌈🌈

Hi Bubbles021, I’m so sorry to read about your loss, it’s made me feel incredibly sad to read about your earlier and recent experience. I can completely understand why you’d be more anxious than most.

i wonder whether your 3 month old has always been like this? I gave birth recently to our 2 month old and at the beginning I had concerns too that she was sleeping too much or not drinking enough, especially when I compared her to our eldest who seemed to cluster feed a lot and drink for much longer each time. What seemed to help me was to use a baby tracking app to track how often they’d feed (or sleep) and how long for each time. Over a period you can see if it’s just “their pattern”, and if during that time they continue to put on weight, wee and poo as usual, then that would seem to be proof that they are developing well. I’m no expert of course, but this is what my midwife and health visitor said when I shared my concerns - they weighed my baby and said the proof is there that she is feeding enough so reassured me that it may just be her pattern. They also said it’s hard in the early stages (she was only 2 weeks when I raised my concerns) to identify lethargy as babies sleep so much at the beginning, but perhaps using that baby tracker app will help you to determine what is and isn’t normal for your little one. I hope this helps!!