Hi,
Hoping someone may be able to guide me with this question. DS is 16 days old, birth weight of 8lb then a drop of 14% by day 10. Since this point he's been formula fed every 3 hours, feeding well, putting on weight, pooping and weeing a plenty but very very sleepy. We often wake him for his feeds which he pretty much sleeps through and often goes straight back to sleep until the next one! He does have calm alert spells during the day but probably totalling 3 hours, the rest is sleep.
DH & I have different view points on this.
I think we could possibly be over feeding him and due to us waking him we're disturbing his sleep and making him more tired. He was weighed on Monday and had put on 10oz in 5 days so I totally believe he's thriving but perhaps we're exhauting him by constantly shoving a bottle in his mouth! I'd like to move to 4 hourly feeds (unless he's awake and ready to feed before) and see if this makes a difference.
DH is much more concerned and worried that the sleepyness is a sign that something is wrong. I want to reassure him but I don't really know for sure either?!
Can anyone offer some pearls of wisdom or had similar experiences?
Many many thanks!