crappy nappers?

phillyfan929

Anyone else have a crappy napper? DS is home with DH during the day and he does not nap. A good nap day consists of one 45 minute nap and the rare great nap day is 2 45 minutes nap. But then lately he sleeps like a champ at night for me- he'll be out by 9pm and still asleep when I leave for work at 7am. Is he sleeping too much at night? Is that why he doesnt nap? And then because he hasnt napped, he's so exhausted he sleeps for 12 hours? And its all one big vicious cycle? DH works nights so it would help him out if DS napped a little longer so he could sleep too but this hasn't been the case. Should I be trying to adjust his sleeping so that he naps more? Or are long naps overrated? Thoughts?

bigbear

I have a crappy sleeping and napper! Every so often she'll have a super long nap but it doesn't change her night time at all.

She'll nap once maybe twice a day for 45 min to 1 hr every once in a blue moon

Sorry I'm no help

aboynamedbarry

i was thinking about starting a crappy nap post earlier lol. my DD's naps are like 45 minutes but i have being adamant about making her just stay in bed for usually around 2 hours before getting her up lately because I am sick of it. I know she needs the sleep because she is tired an hour later. She usually falls back asleep and I can usually say that out of the 2 hours she naps 1.5 hours... with some crying in there, but it's not bad.

 

from what I know about sleep amounts this age, they should be getting on average 15 hours/24 hour period. mine gets approx 14-16 on any given day with 12 being at night... i kept track of sleep like a nazi with that 15 hour gauge in mind for weeks making sure i got her a good amount of sleep

sanbry

Is he happy during the day when he's not napping? Or is he getting cranky and overtired. My daughters naps are always varying lengths and she averages about 3 a day. But she's been sleeping horribly at night the past 2 months. I wish we could go back to the days of crappy naps and at least 10 hrs of sleep at night lol.

mylove2005

My DS was a crappy napper until recently . Now we get 3 1 hour naps or longer a day. He got a blanket for his baptism that he now naps with and he sleeps like a champ