Ok since my son was 3 months old he has been napping every two hours for 20-30 minutes. During his really bad teething time it was whenever and still only a half an hour. Now it's back to every two hours at 1/2 hour. Is this normal? He sleeps 10-11 hours a night so I know he is getting plenty them, but a half and hour seems so little to me and not normal. I know every baby is different, but this is odd. All my nieces and nephews that I practically raised all slept for 1-2 hours each nap and had 2 or three by they were 7 months. He has 4-5 depending on when he gets up and finally decides to sleep. So I'm just wondering if anyone else has a baby that does this. I forgot to ask my ped when we were in a week ago, and we'll be seeing him again in 3 weeks to get more shots (we are on an alternative schedule) So will ask him then, just want you all's opinion.
Thanks guys! Glad I'm not the only one out there with a cat napper. And yes I am very glad that he sleeps well at night (for the most part)!
My son also only slept in short spurts at first -- 30-40 mins until almost 10-12 months if I recall. (He is now 18 months). There are different opinions about this....from Elizabeth Pantley to Penelope Leach. Some think they should try to sleep a bit longer and some thing that more 'wake' babies, well that is just their temperament for now. Check out Pantley's "No Cry Sleep or Nap Solution" for more information and/or ideas.
HTH.
Hi. My nearly 6 month old does the same thing. He basically is awake for an hour and a half then sleeps 20 to 30 mins. Occasionally he surprises me and sleeps for a couple of hours at lunch time but generally it's the short power naps. I read in the book Baby Love that some babies do this and that they generally do grow out of it progressing to longer naps. I feel that he gets enough sleep (he generally has about 5 naps during the day) but it's just more challenging for me to work our day around them. So i feel for you and can tell you that it is not just your son but I don't have any solutions..I have tried leaving him in his crib when he wakes to see if he goes back to sleep and he will just hang out there for a while but be awake which kind of defeats the purpose as he will still be tired after another hour and a half. I think I have resigned myself to the fact that we get a good nights sleep from him (7pm to 6am) and I would rather have that if I had to choose between the two!
While I wouldn't say normal, I wouldn't say abnormal. One of my grandsons does that. He's 10 months old now. He's fine and healthy. It's a tad inconvenient at times, but other than that no problem.
My 2 1/2 year old cat napped for a looooong time. Probably til a year when he started taking two naps a day. I would say it's normal.
Are you nursing on demand? I did and that would knock him out every time. He didn't sleep well at night either, only in 2 hour blocks. Now he is a good sleeper and takes 1 nap a day.
I think it's normal....I wouldn't worry about it at age 7 months. If he's healthy and happy, I think its nice that he/you are in a position to let him tell you what his body needs.
After he wakes , feed him, diaper him, and he should only be up maybe a small bit after that. The minute he starts to show ANY fussing, he is ready for the next nap. put him down. He may just be getting overly tired- and then it is hard to sleep in that situation.
