Is my baby sleeping too much?

[sesa70]

I promise I am not complaining, but I am actually a bit concerned about the amount that my dd is sleeping.

She is 8 weeks old and has been sleeping long stretches since she came home at 5 weeks. She would sleep from 4-6 hour stretches at first, but over the last week she has been sleeping 7-10 hour stretches at night. It sounds fantastic, but I do not think this is normal.

She is a very crabby baby (see my other thread about support parenting a fussy baby) and cries and fusses many hours per day, though we do have 1-2 hours of awake alert time (not at once, spread through the day in maybe 20 minute sessions) where she seems to be interacting appropriately.

What could this be a symptom of?

[Llyra]

My first question would be about her feeding patterns, I think. If she's sleeping so much, is she missing out on time at the breast, and are her weight gain and your milk supply being affected as a result. That would be the main concern.