Many newborns have such sensitive rooting reflexes, that when their head is touched they turn in that direction. While breastfeeding a baby with a strong rooting reflex it can also be too distracting for them if you stroke their face or head. It is very important to make feeding your baby your number one priority. When a baby is not getting enough calories she gets more and more tired. She may be jaundiced, and if nursing infrequently she is not clearing the bilirubin from her body efficiently.
Jaundiced babies are usually sleepy babies.
This is a self-perpetuating cycle. The more she sleeps, the less she feeds, the more jaundiced she becomes and the more tired she gets. It is normal for breastfed babies to lose up to 10 percent of their birth weight in the days following the birth, but by two weeks most have regained it. Let her HCP know if she is stooling less than two times a day, wetting less than six to eight diapers, or feeding less than eight times in a 24 hour period. Sleepy babies need some stimulation during the day.