Power naps???
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Topic: Power naps???
Posted By: EllenMumof2
Subject: Power naps???
Date Posted: 11 February 2008 at 10:21pm
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Was just wondering anyone elses babys have power naps???? Jessics only sleeps for about an 45 minutes to a Hour every sleep and wakes up with big smiles ready to go again and will not go back to sleep. My other 2 slept for about 2 hours at this stage. -------------  
 
Kalem 6! |
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Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 9:17am
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Ellen, how many sleeps does she have in a day? Luke often does this too - I try to get him to go back to sleep but he won't, takes an hour or so of playing/feeding etc before he will go back down... ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids 
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 9:46am
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Jack generally only sleeps for 45min which is 1 sleep cycle. I think that this is more common than people think and is perfectly OK if your baby wakes up happy. All babies need differing amounts of sleep just like adults. I used to stress about it but have given up now and just go with the flow. Although it can be annoying as you don't have much "quiet" time I find it alot easier in some ways as a 45min sleep fits in quite well when we are out, I don't have to be home by a certain time for a 2hr nap or get stuck somewhere waiting for him to wake before we leave. ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: pekemoemum
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 9:49am
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i agree with I think if your baby wakes happy and is content then that'/s ok. My boy did this for a while, but was grumpy and grizzly and would need to go back to bed within 30mins so I did the shhh pat thing for approx 3 days everytime he woke at the 45min mark and within a few days eh went back to sleeping for approx 1.5hrs.. this was about at the 3month and 6month mark he did it I think :) ------------- Gina, Reef 15/6/03, Tyde 12/2/07 http://www.pekemoe.co.nz - Peke Moe - Unique NZ Made Baby Sleeping bags for babies who get out of swaddle/wrap |
Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 2:08pm
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Jessica has about 3 to 4 of these a day and is down at 7.30- 8pm for the night till around 7am so shouldn't really complain but some days i just get nothing down which makes it hard. -------------
Kalem 6! |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 2:14pm
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Ellen, Lauren is exactly the same. I consequently get nothing done at all! She will happily sleep for an hour about 3 or 4 times a day, she has never slept longer than that. But I tend to think as long as she's sleeping through the night, which she does, till about 6 or 7am, I shouldn't really complain!
I use the evenings after 8pm, when she's down for the night to actually get something done. I am normally up till around 11 or 12 at night, just to catch up from the day of managing to do very little!! Lauren is always happy and playful after only one hours sleep, so that must be all she needs!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 2:17pm
Yep, Madison is the same. She has either 3x 45 min naps or 1x45min nap and then another 2hr nap. Her morning ones are always 45mins. She is also fine at self settling and sleep through the night. As the others have said if the baby wakes up grumpy and crying then they obviously need more sleep, but Madison wakes up happy happy happy  -------------  
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Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 2:21pm
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IM so the same i think the earliest i have been in bed lately is 11pm gone are the days of a milo, book and bed at 9.30pm -------------
Kalem 6! |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 12 February 2008 at 10:16pm
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Keziah is the same, and she'll fight sleep too which is really bad.. Her day starts at 7am (usually) I find when I have to break her routine to go out etc her sleeps are no more than 45 minutes and usually that's while we're on the go so it's not proper sleep. If hr routine is stuck to she'll have a really big nap before we go and pick Seth up from school and then a small 'cat nap' in the mid afternoon before her evening routine starts.. If we're sitting around doing not much, she gets bored quickly so I find that I'm feeding just as we're too run out the door to keep her entertained and FULL.. -------------  
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 13 February 2008 at 7:50am
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Yeah I had this with Spencer except sometimes he would wake up after 45 mins a very unhappy chappy. We visited the plunket centre and got some help for resettling those times that he was unhappy, but all the times he was happy to get up and carry on I figured he had had all the sleep he needed. Mostly now he does have 1.5-2hrs but still somedays he only has a cat nap and is then ready to go again.
He tends to do 10min powernaps in the car now  , he seems tuned into the noise of our gravel driveway and is wide awake and ready to go as soon as we get home.
I reckon I must be the only person that wakes my baby up to go out, if I have said I'm gonna be somewhere at a certain time then we are there, I just wake him up get him ready and go, I can't say it has ever caused us any problems with regards to his sleeping. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 13 February 2008 at 4:43pm
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jett does that too he likes his power naps much to the anoyance of his caregiver haha.
sometimes he will have a 2 hour sleep in the afternoon and if i have something to do i wake him up too if im going out which has never been a wory, he still gos to sleep at 7.20 each nite and is awake at 7 ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 13 February 2008 at 9:29pm
| ela was a power napper and sooo alert all day it drove me nuts...but then she became the 12 hour night sleeper for which i am grateful!!! hope you get the same soon! |