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Sleeping for little ones?
I'm thinking bed times and nap times here are way off par. I'm wondering
what others are at to see if I really should try and make some adjustments. DS is 6.5 Bed time: Around 8pm Wake time: Around 8am Nap times: None Total sleep: 12 hours DD1 just turned 2 Bed time: Around 730pm Wake time: Around 830pm Nap times: About 11am-1pm, 3pm-5pm Total sleep: 17 hours DD2 is 10 months Bed time: Around 8pm Wake time: Around 8am Nap times: About 10am-1pm, 3pm-5pm Total sleep: 17 hours To me, something doesn't seem right with that. I think DS's sleeping is just fine. It's kind of go with the flow. On occasion he'll pass out and have a nap in the mid-afternoon if he's been real busy playing outside, and every now and then if we have a busy day, he'll pass out in the van on the way home. That's rare for both cases, though. DD1, though, seems to sleep a lot and not have too much time up and about. She normally goes for naps just fine, and she's normally sleepy when I figure it's time to go for a nap. She gets cranky and somewhat difficult (or typical for a 2 year old!) if she misses a nap during the day or something. DD2 seems to be tired as well. So she goes for a nap. She's often tired before the example times, so sometimes she might go earlier or later, but she just seems so tired often. After being up and about for maybe an hour, it's almost like she's ready for a nap already. I try and stretch her out to kinda go with DD1 to give me a slight break to think, relax, catch up on house work or even nap myself while both girls are sleeping and DS is in his room or he used to often watch TV on my bed while I snoozed a bit. Do these sleep schedules make sense? Should I adjust any? I just find, mostly, that DD1 seems to spend, still, most of her time sleeping, yet I sometimes really do see and feel she needs it. Any suggestions? (assuming any of this makes any sense at all!) |
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"xkatx" wrote in message news:gR9zi.491$bO6.136@edtnps89... I'm thinking bed times and nap times here are way off par. I'm wondering what others are at to see if I really should try and make some adjustments. DS is 6.5 Bed time: Around 8pm Wake time: Around 8am Nap times: None Total sleep: 12 hours DD1 just turned 2 Bed time: Around 730pm Wake time: Around 830pm Nap times: About 11am-1pm, 3pm-5pm Total sleep: 17 hours DD2 is 10 months Bed time: Around 8pm Wake time: Around 8am Nap times: About 10am-1pm, 3pm-5pm Total sleep: 17 hours From what you said about kids acting sleepy before naps, this seems to be meeting their needs. If, however, you think DD1 is just habitually sleepy for both nap times and would do just fine on one, cut out the morning nap, move the afternoon nap up to about 1 or 2 and see how she's doing after she's had time to adjust to the new schedule. Some kids just need more sleep than others so it is hard to compare in order to evaluate, so take their cues on it all. Aula |
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Sleeping for little ones?
xkatx wrote:
I'm thinking bed times and nap times here are way off par. I'm wondering what others are at to see if I really should try and make some adjustments. DS is 6.5 Bed time: Around 8pm Wake time: Around 8am Nap times: None Total sleep: 12 hours DD1 just turned 2 Bed time: Around 730pm Wake time: Around 830pm Nap times: About 11am-1pm, 3pm-5pm Total sleep: 17 hours DD2 is 10 months Bed time: Around 8pm Wake time: Around 8am Nap times: About 10am-1pm, 3pm-5pm Total sleep: 17 hours To me, something doesn't seem right with that. I think DS's sleeping is just fine. It's kind of go with the flow. On occasion he'll pass out and have a nap in the mid-afternoon if he's been real busy playing outside, and every now and then if we have a busy day, he'll pass out in the van on the way home. That's rare for both cases, though. DD1, though, seems to sleep a lot and not have too much time up and about. She normally goes for naps just fine, and she's normally sleepy when I figure it's time to go for a nap. She gets cranky and somewhat difficult (or typical for a 2 year old!) if she misses a nap during the day or something. DD2 seems to be tired as well. So she goes for a nap. She's often tired before the example times, so sometimes she might go earlier or later, but she just seems so tired often. After being up and about for maybe an hour, it's almost like she's ready for a nap already. I try and stretch her out to kinda go with DD1 to give me a slight break to think, relax, catch up on house work or even nap myself while both girls are sleeping and DS is in his room or he used to often watch TV on my bed while I snoozed a bit. Do these sleep schedules make sense? Should I adjust any? I just find, mostly, that DD1 seems to spend, still, most of her time sleeping, yet I sometimes really do see and feel she needs it. Any suggestions? (assuming any of this makes any sense at all!) You should adjust them based on their needs. DS needs his sleep time adjusted so he is awake and ready for school. The others sleep schedules need to be so that they are awake and able to learn at home. So their sleep schedules sounds fine, but, because every kid needs different amounts of sleep, they need to be adjusted based on their individual needs. Jeff |
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Sleeping for little ones?
In article gR9zi.491$bO6.136@edtnps89, "xkatx" wrote:
I'm thinking bed times and nap times here are way off par. I'm wondering what others are at to see if I really should try and make some adjustments. DS is 6.5 Bed time: Around 8pm Wake time: Around 8am Nap times: None Total sleep: 12 hours I'm jealous. Mine is the same age but sleeps 9:30-7! DD1 just turned 2 Bed time: Around 730pm Wake time: Around 830pm Nap times: About 11am-1pm, 3pm-5pm Total sleep: 17 hours Mine is 2.25yo. He sleeps 9-6:30 but wakes at least twice a night :-( He also has a daytime sleep of 1-2hrs. DD2 is 10 months Bed time: Around 8pm Wake time: Around 8am Nap times: About 10am-1pm, 3pm-5pm Total sleep: 17 hours Do these sleep schedules make sense? Should I adjust any? I just find, mostly, that DD1 seems to spend, still, most of her time sleeping, yet I sometimes really do see and feel she needs it. Any suggestions? (assuming any of this makes any sense at all!) I don't think they sound unusual. 10mo is still a baby. Is she eating a lot atm? I associate increased sleep and eating with growth spurts. Sooner or later she will drop her morning sleep, but it sounds like it might be "later". I don't think there's any advantage in attempting to make major changes to a child's sleep patterns; it's likely to produce an overtired child, and that's uuuugly! Babies are very mentally active and life is pretty tiring for them. When did she drop from 3 naps to 2? If it wasn't too long ago, she might still be adjusting. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Parenthood is like the modern stone washing process for denim jeans. You may start out crisp, neat and tough, but you end up pale, limp and wrinkled." Kerry Cue |
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:31:40 GMT, "xkatx" wrote:
DD1 just turned 2 Bed time: Around 730pm Wake time: Around 830pm Nap times: About 11am-1pm, 3pm-5pm Total sleep: 17 hours I would say this is quite unusual for a 2 year old. Most children pare down to one nap by 18 months or so. Mine went to bed earlier when they were 2 (around 7 pm, but they woke up earlier too - generally around 6:30 or 7 am). They napped from 1 to 3 or 4 depending on how tired they were. So total sleep at 2 was 13 to 15 hours depending on the day. Here's a sleep chart: http://www.babycenter.com/0_chart-ho...d-need_7645.bc Age Nighttime Sleep Daytime Sleep * Total Sleep 1 month 8 1/2 7 (3) 15 1/2 3 months 10 5 (3) 15 6 months 11 3 1/4 (2) 14 1/4 9 months 11 3 (2) 14 12 months 11 1/4 2 1/2 (2) 13 3/4 18 months 11 1/4 2 1/4 (1) 13 1/2 2 years 11 2 (1) 13 3 years 10 1/2 1 1/2 (1) 12 * number of naps in parentheses -- Dorothy There is no sound, no cry in all the world that can be heard unless someone listens .. The Outer Limits |
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it seems like all your kids have fairly high sleep needs, so I might dig
around to see if there was any reason why this might be the case, so find out from your own family and the inlaws what you and your partner we like for sleeping as children. I think needing a lot of sleep in and of itself is not a problem, but it may be that your DS will struggle with those sleep needs and full time school. You might check over the diet they are eating to ensure they are getting enough of the right kind of things. Children need an awful lot more fat than adults, but it also needs to be the right kind of fat, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6948204.stm It's your DD1 that is most off from average and is probably at an age where she really needs the alert times to be doing things like developing her speech, do you have an annual check up or anything - you might mention it to her doctor, just so it's there, on record, on the off chance that there are any problems with anything else. Cheers Anne |
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The babies are 16mos and sleep from 7:30pm-7am or there abouts and then nap between 2-3 hous. 11am-1-2pm. We just switched to a once a day nap. They are really tired by 7:30 - I wish they could make it past 11am. Hopefully they will adjust and be able to do that soon. Being awake 7.30-11 is pretty good for 16mths old, so don't get your hopes up too high. DD was 16mths when we moved here, and DS started a going to preschool at 12.15, for the first couple of months, I had her nap before that and after pick up, then switched to one that was during preschool and it was HARD to get her to stay awake that long. Not long before she was 2, I decided I needed to switch it to after preschool as we were having grumpiness in the evening, again, HARD to do, such that during the summer I've brought it earlier by about an hour. My experience has definitely been that getting through the morning is more a 2nd half of the 2nd year thing than first half. Hope you are able to work around school and everything - DS is in morning preschool next year and I'm trying to schedule other activities around DDs nap and it's not very easy and of course her needs could change! Cheers Anne |
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"xkatx" wrote in message news:gR9zi.491$bO6.136@edtnps89... I'm thinking bed times and nap times here are way off par. I'm wondering what others are at to see if I really should try and make some adjustments. DS is 6.5 Bed time: Around 8pm Wake time: Around 8am Nap times: None Total sleep: 12 hours Luke goes to sleep between 8:30-9pm and wakes up between 6:30-7am. I think he probably needs a little more sleep but that is what we manage. 10-11 hours. The babies are 16mos and sleep from 7:30pm-7am or there abouts and then nap between 2-3 hous. 11am-1-2pm. We just switched to a once a day nap. They are really tired by 7:30 - I wish they could make it past 11am. Hopefully they will adjust and be able to do that soon. I think the amount of sleep your kids are getting is fine as long as they are energetic etc. while they are awake. If they seem tired all the time, easily fatigued, or lethargic during their awake times I'd talk to your doc. -- Nikki, mama to Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Brock 4/06 Ben 4/06 |
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message . .. Being awake 7.30-11 is pretty good for 16mths old, so don't get your hopes up too high. DD was 16mths when we moved here, and DS started a going to preschool at 12.15, for the first couple of months, I had her nap before that and after pick up, then switched to one that was during preschool and it was HARD to get her to stay awake that long. Luke is on 6yo but I forget these things!! That nap schedule actually works OK with other things. We switched it to once a day so they wouldn't be napping at 3:30 when the big kids get out of school. They are just tired and cranky by bedtime but that isn't to bad. I'm glad to have sort of a time line in my head. I think dh (who is home with them during the day M-F) is just as ready by 11am as they are, lol. -- Nikki, mama to Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Brock 4/06 Ben 4/06 |
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