Ok, call me paranoid but Abbey has suddenly (as in over the last two days) had a massive increase in how much she sleeps. I know babies are (theoretically) suppose to sleep an average of 16hrs a day but Abbey has always been a 4-5hr, 2-3hr, 2-3hr routine over night and a 4hr sleep sometime in the afternoon if I'm lucky. Yesterday she fell asleep about 3pm (with a few catnaps before hand) and slept until about 9pm for a feed then went back to sleep until about 3am for a feed then was up again about 630 for a feed and then again at 8 for a shower, cuddle and feed before going back to sleep until about 1pm (so about 3hrs sleep). Went back to sleep about 2:30 for half an hour woke for feed back to sleep about 5pm and is still asleep (now 9.30). As you can see, this is a MASSIVE increase in sleep for her. Should I be worried or is this likely to be linked to a growth spurt? She has no other signs of illness but has been feeding about 2 hourly during the days over the past 4-5 days. She has just gone 6 weeks.

TIA

MG