to much seep???
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Topic: to much seep???
Posted By: chonni
Subject: to much seep???
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 9:33pm
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hi i as just woundring if mila sleeps to much, she has done the same thin since she was 6 weeks old, wakes up at around 10.30 - 11am i give her breakfast then i find it hard to keep her up ( shes trying to crawl and keeps resting her head and closing her eyes) then i put her for a nap then she wakes up at around 12.30 -1.30pm then by about 4pm shes tired again then wakes up at 5.30 or 6 then i try keep her up for as long as posable but she falls asleep at 7- 8ish pm for the night should i be woried??? ------------- 
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Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 10:55pm
I don't have any useful advice sorry, but that is a lot of sleep!  ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 8:23am
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hmmmm that does sound like alot of sleep for an 11mth old! i remember posting a similar thing about jack when he was the same age but it wasn't as much as mila.......perhaps have a chat to you dr about it and see what he says? ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:18am
| Tom wakes around 7.30 and is back asleep by 9.30. Then he wakes around 11.30 and back down around 2pm. Then he wakes at 4pm and goes to bed at 7pm. Not too different. |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:35am
| So shes only awake like 6 hrs a day? That does seem like a huge ammount to sleep,..but it may be still in the normal range. Isla has always been at the min end of the range for sleep, so that seems like a hell of a lot of sleep to me! I would ph plunket line or your plunket nurse and ask them, o your Dr,..just to check it out. |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:46am
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Hmmmmmm I also think it sounds like a lot. What I would worry about is that she doesn't sound awake and alert when she is up, more like you are trying to keep her awake. I don't think a trip to the docs could hurt, probably nothing and she is just a baby that needs the extra sleep but I always think its better to get them checked out whenever you are a concerned. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: chonni
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 10:12am
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yeah well i talked to the docs about that when she was 9months and she just said dont worry just be thankfull that she sleeeps but this much?? shes alert when she first wakes up but after a while she get really tired and grumpy and i read that only newborns are ment to sleep this much and 1 year olds are ment to sleep 12- 14 hours a day yeah i mite call up plunket line and see what they say. im just worried they mite think im a bad mum for letting her sleep that long.... ohh and shes got really bad exzema so my theory is that she must be awake most of the night scraching -------------
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 10:24am
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no useful advice to add sorry.....but wow I wish Ella would want to start the day at 10.30/11. I still consider sleeping until 7 a sleep in .
I don't think anyone would think you are a bad mum b/cause your baby is sleeping so much.....seems far meaner to keep her up and awake when she is obviously tired and needs sleep. She is crawling or walking yet? I found once Ella started walking she got really tired during the day and needed a bit of extra sleep to keep her going. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: chonni
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 10:55am
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yeah shes crawling since she was 10months old but shes has been sleeping like this since she was 6 weeks so she hasint changed her sleeping patterns at all -------------
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 11:01am
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That does seem like a huge amount of sleep. Jake was a big sleeper when youger, but by 11/12 months was down to one nap of about 1.5hours some days, otherwise 2x 1-1.5hours on days when he was really tired / sick / at daycare.
The only time he slept like that was when he had pneumonia and we ended up in hospital, and even then it was only for about 2 days. I would go to the doc and get referred to a specialist if I was you. ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 11:09am
| Plunket wont think you are a bad Mum. The will think you a being very caring trying to do whats best for your child by finding out if its ok for her to be sleeping this much or not! |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 12:30pm
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Does she get up at 7am ish or does she sleep from 7pm to 10.30am without waking?
At that age Elle would sleep 12 to 14 hours at night then have 3.5 or 4 hours of nap time (over 2 naps). So her total sleep time was averaging 17 hours per day too. I took her to the doc as she was sleeping sooooo much and it turned out she was iron deficient and once she'd had a course of iron supplementation she reduced to a normal amount of sleep. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: chonni
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 3:51pm
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nah she just sleeps right through from 7pm till 10.30 11am -------------
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:11pm
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I would recommend seeing your doctor and talking about an iron test - may not be an issue but certainly worth testing. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |