why is my 6mth old sleeping so much

[Tracy21]

hi laddies im on to ask for your advice the thing is my son makenzie is 6mths old now but he sleeps so much he will get up at 7:30 am for his bottle he will play about until 10:30-11am he will then get his breakfast straight after it he falls asleep he will then get up again round about 1pm he will play about for a while the he will get his lunch which is a small jar of puree fruit he will then get a bottle about 3pm but after 3pm he gets very tired and moody i try to keep him up aslong as i can because i know when he goes into his cot he wont get up until 3am the longest i have been able to keep him up is 4:20pm nd thats him screaming at the top of his lungs i gave up and put him in his cot and within seconds he was sleeping do you think theres anything wrong with how long hes sleeping or is everything fine

he is a very happy baby he never crys unless hes tried or hungry he is very active and giggles all the time
i need help laddies is this normal
thanks  

[heatherlynn22]

no problem. if it continues call his pedi just to be sure. my guys growth spurts tend to last 1-2 weeks and they slept 16-18 hours/day. they'd get up have breakfast, sleep, get up for lunch and play for about an hour, sleep, get up for dinner/bath/play all together about 2-3 hours then back to sleep. i enjoyed the mommy time but boy oh boy did i miss my guys. lol.

[Tracy21]

thank you so much i feel alot better hearing it could just be a growth spurt i just thought it was a bit unusual since my other 2 kids never slept when they were babies they were always up and very active but im glad i dont need to worry so much
thank you again

[heatherlynn22]

he could be going through a growth spurt. my boys can sleep up to 18 hours a day when they are in a spurt. it's completely normal. if you are worried you can call his pedi to let him/her know and get him checked out but i'd say it's a growth spurt.