Hello all! I began BW with my first daughter at about 5 weeks and she has done beautifully ever since, with the usual developmental/illness/teething bumps in the road of course. Now I have an 11 day old baby girl and have tried to implement EASY from the start. We are actually doing really well, I've gotten her into a rhythm and routine she is coming accustomed to, I am just really alarmed at how much she is sleeping. I am not complaining, just alarmed. My first little girl was the most alert, wide awake baby ever, even from birth. Gabrielle is completely different. I have to fight to get her to wake up to eat. It can take anywhere from 10-20 minutes before she's awake enough to get a good latch, and then she always falls asleep at the breast. She nurses well, has already surpassed her birth weight, etc. so I'm not worried about that. Is it normal to have virtually NO "A" time at her age? I literally have to fight to wake her up a bit before swaddling her and putting her down so she'll fall asleep on her own. Her naps are anywhere from 2-2.5 hours a piece, because she's already sleeping after her feed. Does the feed still count as awake time even though her eyes are shut the majority of the feed? The BWSAYP book says that naps at her age should be anywhere from 1.5-2 hrs, and I feel like we are nowhere near that. Am I allowing her to sleep too long?
Oh by the way, she does pretty well at night, only waking twice after her 11:00 feed. Sometimes she takes a little while to fall asleep after the first night feed, usually 30-45 minutes. I already do all the "wake your sleeping baby" tips for feeding during the day. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Holly