How much sleep??

I asked one of the teachers at Isla's daycare for help with Isla's early waking,...and she said Im expecting too much wanting her to sleep from 7-7.30pm til 6am.
I thought I was expecting les than the 'average' child her age.
She normally gets a total or 12 hrs sleep per day,...1- 11/2 hr day sleep and 10 1/2- 11 hrs at night.

So how much sleep was/is your child getting when aged almost 2??

Hmm thats what I thought,....way more sleep than Isla. She wopes really well when sleeping a total of 12 hrs a day,..she just doesnt need as much sleep, but I thought that saying I was expecting too much was odd.
Will be good to hear how much others are sleeping.

Our boy sleeps from 8.30/9.30 ish through to 6.30 so usually 9 hours at night, then he sleeps 1 hour during the week at DC but does sleep 2 hours at home in the weekend. All up 10 - 11 hours a day,

He has never slept more than 12 hours.....always thought he was on the other end of the scale to most kids!

That IS odd Kellz! Maya has always had low sleep needs, even as a newborn, and by 2 she had long since dropped her day sleep but she still slept from 7pm till 7-7.30am so I'd say you're pretty reasonable in your expectations.

Gremlins have much higher sleep needs, they are having a 1 1/2 - 3 hour day sleep plus going down from 6.30pm till 7am but they don't sleep well, they'd probably need less sleep if they actually slept when they were in bed.

Erin goes to bed between 7:30/8pm and wakes anywhere from 6-7am, and most days still has a 1.5-2hr nap.

wow, i must say it's nice to see i'm not the only mummy that puts their kids down later than 7pm. Because vincent sometimes doesn't wake until 5.30pm from a big sleep, he then goes down late. But i'm finding if we put him down much earlier than 8.30pm he mucks around & grizzles or talks for ages. doesn't seem to calm & go to sleep till the nearer 9pm.

Kellz, i do think thats weird that they should tell you that as each child is different. & it is only "recommended" how much sleep they should get. My god-nephew dropped his day sleep at bout 18mths but would sleep 12hrs at night, yet Vincent probably has a total of 13-16hours in a 24hr period.... no one is text book aye

McKayla at two was sleeping for 15 min to an 1 hour during the day. Went to bed at 10 at night (since birth like this and no matter what we did wouldnt go down earlier) and wide awake from 5 in the morning.

Now she is finally starting to cut the day time sleep out. If she goes to bed at 7 she is awake between 3 and 4. At 8 she will sleep to 5 and if I am really lucky sometimes 6.

This child just doesnt seem to need sleep as much as other kids.