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| How much sleep is too much? |
| Hi my daughter is 5 months old and I was wondering how much sleep is normal for a child her age. I hear people say 'don't wake a sleeping baby' but there are days she sleeps for hours wakes for an hour and then back to sleep. |
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| My son slept a lot when he was about that age. He is now 15 mo and fights his nap time. I was concerned so I asked his doctor. She said that for him it was normal to sleep more than be awake. Now that has changed and he is awake more than asleep. Ask her doctor and if the doctor says not to worry take advantage of the sleep she gets now because that will change before her first birthday I'd bet. |
| posted by Regina on 06/21/2008 |
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| If she is not having trouble sleeping at night, she's probably fine. Babies go through growth spurts several times during the first year, and often during those times they sleep more than usual. If she seems alert and energetic during the times when she is awake, that means she's getting an appropriate amount of rest. Try to engage her while she is awake by putting her on the floor with toys and playing with her, talk and sing to her. That will help her get the most of her time awake. |
| posted by Marcia on 06/24/2008 |
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Ladies,
Thank you for your time and support. |
| posted by Marya on 06/24/2008 |
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Brandon did that for about 4 1/2 months, it drove me nuts because I felt like he should be awake more by then but it just depends on the child. I wouldn't worry about it, but if you are worried then try to put her on some sort of schedule(that is if she isn't already on one)
Brandon 6months and he is on a pretty good schedule, I started him on it around 2months...bath time is around 8:45 then bottle at 9 and he's asleep by 9:30 10, he'll sleep till about 2am take a bottle then back to sleep and he'll sleep till 7:30. He'll stay up for about 2 hours as we play with toys and do some tummy time and eat breakfast then its his first nap for about 3 or 4hours(which I go ahead and take a hour nap then) then when he gets up he stays up a long time for lunch and a walk and more tummy and play time, but no matter how long he's awake I make him take a nap around 5 5:30pm but he's awake by 7pm for dinner and more play(we gotta keep happy for when daddy gets home) and then the whole thing just repeats itself. |
| posted by Amers on 06/24/2008 |
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| It's over 2 months later, I hope you took advantage of all the sleeping she was doing. Her job was sleep, eat, poop, and bring you joy. Can you imagine how tired we would be if we grew at her rate? When my toddlers were infants, I woke them up every 4 hours and kept them up 1-2hrs. We started our routine schedule. As they got older it went to six hours. Now they're at 8-10 hrs with a nap at noon. up about 7, in bed by 9. You can tell when they lack rest, they let you know. Depending on how active our day is, my daughter will put herself to bed either at naptime or bedtime. God Bless You. |
| posted by Renee on 09/07/2008 |
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| the sleep time in a baby is part of their development babies require about 15 hours of sleep a day. my daughter now 20 months has slept 12 hours at night with one 3 hour nap during the day. it is completly fine in my book. take advantage of the time i have a four year old boy who does not stop now. enjoy the peace while it lasts |
| posted by Fawn on 09/08/2008 |
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