Hello... I'm a new first time Mum to Darcy, born 10th April by emergency CS. I'm stuck at home with not much support around so thought I'd jump online in one of my spare minutes as I heard the forums here were good. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas about my sleeping issue... Darcy doesn't sleep much at all. In the 24hr period from 5am Tuesday to 5am Wednesday he slept 6.5 hours in total. He's not an unhappy baby, just very wakeful. He's now bottlefed, as I wasn't sure how much he was getting on the breast & thought he may have been hungry, but he's eating far more than most babies his age (150mL per feed, sometimes 180mL) & isn't searching around for it when he's done so I think not. He doesn't cry much, doesn't have "colic", isn't particularly windy, & is generally a happy little boy... he just doesn't sleep! He napped for 1.5 hours yesterday in total (15 mins here, 30 mins there etc) & then only slept 5 hours last night. He wakes most mornings at 2am & is ready to play. We've tried putting him to sleep later at night, but that just means less sleep & then he catches up during the day. I've also tried a "sleepy" baby formula but it made him constipated. My midwife who does home visits says it's normal, as does my doula, but I have read that new babies typically sleep between 16 & 18 hours a day. The longest he has ever slept in a day is 10 hours. Any ideas? My husband & I are rather desperate! Thanks.
Hi all,

Things are going well here, although I think I'm getting mastitis which isn't fun. Have had a really sore boob since yesterday afternoon and started to feel ill mid morning. I just feel like I'm coming down with something. Boo. Apart from that everything is going well. Skye had a frantic feeding day on Monday and then yesterday afternoon settled down and everything is back to normal now (touch wood!). She's waking twice a night, usually about 11 and 3 which I'm very happy about. It varies what time she wakes up in the morning. Amy usually wakes her up at 5am. Gotta love it! All in all, Skye is such a gorgeous baby. I'm so happy. She's pretty easy to settle and feeding quite well. Not piling on the weight but putting on enough so that's a relief. Last time was a struggle.

DM - sleeping...hmmm....Skye has never had the recommended amount. It's a myth with that amount of sleep for newborns! Amy never used to sleep that much either. She naps during the day and doesn't sleep a huuuuge amount during the night. It is normal. If he's happy that's the main thing. I know everyone says that but it's true. The night time thing is different. Sometimes they take a while to get used to day and night. Is his room really dark during the day?

Ok, I have a crying baby. Sorry to miss everyone else. Will try to get on here again soon xxxx Luv Nik