Can a 5wk old baby sleep too much in the day already???

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I keep waiting for my ds to spend a little more time awake, but so far he can manage about 5 mins of grizzling, a nappy change, a breastfeed (feeds for about 20 mins average), a quick winding, then he's off to sleep again! Just wondered if i should be 'amusing' him to keep him awake a bit longer, or just let him get on with it? (Though, TBH, no idea how to amuse a 5wk old!!)
Don't get me wrong, am enjoying it all, & v chuffed that he sleeps well between feeds, but i know he needs to learn difference btwn day & night soonish. I keep it relatively noisy in the day, then 7pm he has bath, book (with his big sister) & bf in the dark & quiet before i put him down. He wakes every 2.5/3 hrs thru the night for a feed, which is fine.
I realise i should know all this, having already been thru it with DD, but she was a colicky, restless baby who was always a rubbish sleeper, & i spent most of our days outside for my sanity, so we had no structure. Am not looking for a routine, just to know am doing the right thing, & to stop feeling guilty for just sitting on my bum watching him sleep!
Any advice????

Nope, just thank your lucky stars and watch tv and doze entertain dd in peace while you have the chance

DD slept all day for about the first 8 weeks and them wham! Sleep is for wimps!

Will look forward to 8 wks then

Thanks xx

Same here. Ds1 slept all day between feeds and a lot of the night for the first 6 weeks and then that was it.....

My DD also seemed to be asleep most of the time until she was past 8 weeks. Im sure every one at our baby groups thought I was slipping a little whisky into her feeds.... Just make the most of it because it is a bit of a shock to the system when they need occupying for longer chunks of time. Sounds like you are doing everything you need to...

wow I could have written this question! Indeed, I came here to post something very similar. My just-under-6w DS sleeps a lot, and I feel like I should be keeping him awake or something during certain periods, in order to get him on some kind of nap schedule (not so much because I want a schedule, but because I want to make sure he's sleeping enough during the day, but not taking away from sleeping at night, if you see what I mean?)

Anyway, I'll keep looking around for ideas. He 'usually' sleeps enough at night (2-3 hours between feeds) but he is more wakeful on nights after he's been sleeping more during the day, which is where he differs from OP's son I suppose.

My ds2 is 7 weeks now and we have hit the 'switch over'. He has gone from a very quiet, sleeping all the time, wouldn't know he was there baby to a constantly crying colicky baby .
Ds1 was awful from the moment he arrived, he cried constantly for 4 months!
I'd say enjoy the peace while you can and relax. You may see a change in his waking/sleeping after the 6 week growth spurt. FWIW I'm not sure what to do to entertain such a young baby either as like I said, ds1 cried all the time so I just held him for comfort, now ds2 is uncomfortable most of the time, I'm trying to do the same but not easy with a 19mo

My DD was the same. In fact, on our antenatal group photo, when we met up after our babies had arrived (they were between four and six weeks), we propped them all up on the sofa for a photo. The other six are howling. Mine has toppled over slightly and is fast asleep. Enjoy it while it lasts!