I feel crazy as I've been reassured by 2 doctors that it's normal, but my good friend had a baby a week after me and her baby is 100x more alert than my DS.
I rarely see my son's eyes open... ever. He sleeps all day, every day. He will wake to feed every 2-4 hours, but usually it's just crying and screaming with his eyes still closed because he's hungry. He'll feed with his eyes closed and usually pass out on my breast.
He opens his eyes during diaper changes sometimes, and when I feed him naked to try and wake him up a bit, it's still difficult to rouse him and still difficult for him to keep his eyes open.
Anyone else have a baby like this? My first son was not like this at all. It's kind of alarming.

DS#1: born Dec 29, 2013
TTC#2 since Sept 2014 - unexplained secondary IF
BFP #2: 11.7.14 M/C: 11.27.14 @ 6w3days
BFP #3: 04.19.2015 M/C 04.27.15 @ 4w3days
BFP #4: 10.05.2015 C/P @ 3w4days
Oct 11, 2015: Cycle 13. Starting Femara (2.5mg). HSG this cycle (all clear) - BFN
Nov 12, 2015: Cyle 14. Femara 5mg + IUI - BFN
Dec 10, 2015: Cycle 15. Femara 5mg + IUI #2 - BFP #5! C/P 4w4d
Jan 10, 2016: Cycle 16. Femara 5mg + IUI #3 - BFN.
Feb 10, 2016: Cycle 17. No IUI or meds. Taking a break - Natural BFP Mar 5, 2016!!!! EDD Nov 16, 2016
Moving to IVF March 2016
Beta at 10dpo: 21, Beta at 12dpo: 98, Beta at 14dpo: 264, Beta at 16dpo: 745
U/S 6w6d: single beautiful heartbeat of 121bpm - It's a boy!!!!
Nov 3, 2016: Our family became complete. Welcome DS #2.
Re: 6 weeks old and he's never awake
MMC 01/26/12
MC 12/25/12, D&C 01/05/13
BFP 03/05/13, EDD 11/12/13. HB 175 @ 9w2d. Its a Girl!
DX with EA/TEF Type C & Tracheomalaysia
MC @ 13wks 01/15/15
BFP 1/11/18, EDD 9/21/18
Welcomed baby girl: 06.10.14
Second pregnancy EDD: 06.16.16 MC: 10.29.15
Welcomed baby boy: 11.25.16
Daughter #2 - Oct 2014
Daughter #3 - Nov 2016
Baby #4 - Sept 2018
So it's almost midnight and I was militant with timing the minutes he had his eyes open for during the past 24 hours. It was only an hour and 10 minutes. Do you still think this is ok or does it warrant a trip to the doctors?
Jan 10, 2016: Cycle 16. Femara 5mg + IUI #3 - BFN.
Feb 10, 2016: Cycle 17. No IUI or meds. Taking a break - Natural BFP Mar 5, 2016!!!! EDD Nov 16, 2016
Moving to IVF March 2016
Beta at 10dpo: 21, Beta at 12dpo: 98, Beta at 14dpo: 264, Beta at 16dpo: 745
U/S 6w6d: single beautiful heartbeat of 121bpm - It's a boy!!!!
Nov 3, 2016: Our family became complete. Welcome DS #2.
Welcomed baby girl: 06.10.14
Second pregnancy EDD: 06.16.16 MC: 10.29.15
Welcomed baby boy: 11.25.16
TTC #2 since Mar 2017
DX: MF June 2019, varicocele embolization Jan 2020, good improvement (14 mil, low motility)
IUI#1 Aug 2020 - BFN
IVF #1 Dec 2020 (ICSI) - ER, freeze-all - 15 retrieved, 15 mature, 15 fertilized. 4 embryos frozen, all day 5 blasts!
FET #1 Feb 2021 - BFN
FET #2 Apr 2021 - BFP 5DP5DT!! Beta #1 13DP5DT (17DPO) = HcG 1,238. Beta #2 17DP5DT (21DPO) = HcG 8,269
So first of all, I was absolutely shocked when I opened this thread and saw a picture of my old kitty, Allie, who passed away 6.5 years ago. Of course, that's not my cat, but holy crap do they look similar!
But I actually do have some relevant input! My son was the same way when he was little. We actually had a lot of difficulty nursing because he wouldn't stay awake long enough to eat (and when he was awake and trying to nurse he wasn't latching very well and would scream and push away from me). We'd try stripping him down to his diaper to feed, gently pinching his arms and legs, gently blowing in his face, nothing helped him stay awake. Eventually he started being awake and more alert and now he's a *very* active 9 month old who tends to fight sleep. As long as your pediatrician isn't concerned and your son is getting enough to eat and maintaining his weight I wouldn't worry about it.
I can't get over that cat though...
Me: 33 DH: 34
DS1: March 18, 2016
DS2: due June 7, 2018
Thanks!