angelique, your daughter is not abnormal at all. A study found that 'sleeping through' for a newborn was on average 5 hours - and think about it - to get an average, some babies would have slept more and some less. Unfortunately if you have a baby that sleeps less, it can be very energy demanding! Babies are designed to wake often as a survival instinct.

As I mentioned above, many women do choose formula and those babies can sleep more, but only because their body is struggling to digest it. So perhaps your friends have babies on formula? But some babies are just programed to need more sleep and some less too. Pinky told me of her son who was exactly like my daughter, stopped sleeping through the day before hitting one year of age, very little sleep overnight but always stacks of energy. They are still like that to this day, only Pinky's son is an adult and my daughter is 4. Some are just like that. Some are just being babies and will grow out of it. Some are going through developmental milestones.... its the joy of parenthood LOL but just the stuff they didn't tell you I guarantee that your friends aren't being that all accurate too, all babies have settled and unsettled periods and I bet you it wont last. My second bub slept really well until about 4-5 months and we've had rough sleep since, but I know he'll get there. He still has a nap during the day at 2 years of age, but it's getting less. But I can too relate of all my mothers group having peaceful showers, cooking to their hearts content, gardening etc and I couldn't put my baby down to go to the toilet. Its very hard, harder without support. Have you tried a sling?