At what point does "don't wake a sleeping baby" end?

CopperT0p

Last night L slept from 8:30pm-10am, so 13.5 hours.  He has no signs of being sick, but we did have a busy day yesterday with a lot of outside time sight seeing in Niagara Falls.  

Typically he only sleeps about 10 hours at night, so this was quite out of character for him.  I didn't know whether to wake him up or not.  I was worried about it throwing off his schedule and considered waking him but didn't.  This made his his nap late and short, so he went to bed about half an hour later than normal.

Would you have woken him up?  I figured he was just extra wiped from all the outdoors time yesterday, but like I said I was worried it would throw his schedule off.

missymo

I would not have woken him up.  Not in a million years. 

 

The only time I will wake my kid is if we have to go somewhere. 

NotSharknado

Never wake them! I agree with pp, possible growth spurt. Btw, I'm very jealous.

bearfootz

Well, how absorbant is his diaper?

If you had a busy day I think it's ok to let him sleep in.  Usually when I wake mine they tend to have a crabbier day. But there are times when I need for them to keep their naps on schedule so will wake them. 

MandaPanda518

DS does this periodically, probably a growth spurt or catching up on the sleep he missed having fun during the day. 

Last night he fell asleep at 5:30 and woke up at 7 the next morning. I did give him a sippy of milk (he missed dinner) and changed his diaper around 11pm so he wouldn't wake up at 3am to start his day. This works well for us. 

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Well, I'm 37 and unless there's somewhere really important to be, you still shouldn't wake me up.  I'd let the kid sleep. 

CopperT0p

Sounds like I did what most people would do then and let him sleep it out.  I am really hoping he will do it some more this week, since I could get used to sleeping past 6:30am!

MrsSR

Nope.... I would have let him sleep.

The only time I wake DD is if she takes a second nap (which hasn't happened in FOREVER) and it's getting close to dinner.  I wake her so she can still go to bed at her normal bedtime.

PeonyPumps

My DS routinely sleeps crazy hours. Last night he slept 15 hours and woke at 10:30a. After we had his bedtime established, I stopped waking him in the morning. There was a little while where he had really funky naps so I started waking him at 9:30a. But now, if he sleeps in like that, he'll just take one nap and be fine. I'd say let your babe sleep. And as for when the don't wake a sleeping baby ends?  I'd guess when they are teenagers. Lol

Sherbet Lemon

sofamonkey:

Well, I'm 37 and unless there's somewhere really important to be, you still shouldn't wake me up.  I'd let the kid sleep. 

Change the age, and this is me too. My mom bought me an alarm clock in kindergarten because I was such a pain to wake up. DD is the only one who gets away with it.

laurakaz13

Never!  Unless we have to go to work. 

ATMmom324

I never wake up DD unless it is an absolute emergency.  Hell I have ate dinner in my car because she fell asleep and if I moved her she would wake up.

stdldb29

We still don't wake up our 4 year old--he needs the sleep.

AlexKate45

Ok so I'm the exception.  I haven't let DS sleep longer than 1 hour past his normal wake up time unless he is sick, had a rough night etc.  But my son needs a schedule or he gets cranky, big time.

But if your son is more flexible than mine (likely) than enjoy the sleep in yourself!

melandjudd

Unless we have an appointment to be at DD gets to sleep as long as she wants.  I try to keep her naps on schedule by doing something really busy on the days she sleeps in, so she is ready to take her normal nap.

Hesterlicious

I don't wake DS unless we have somewhere to go, or it he wants to nap past 5:30 pm, and that is mostly for eating purposes. He goes down at 2 so it has to be a good nap by then!

CopperT0p

He slept another 13 hour night last night, so I'm thinking it is probably a growth spurt.  I won't be waking him up if he keeps this up.

hmp1

I never wake him in the morning. He has slept 13-14 hours before. If he takes a really late nap and long nap and it is after 5pm, I'll stop being quiet and do things like put clothes away in his room. But I never go in and wake him up unless we have to go somewhere.

ougrad1

Never.

Seriously, the only time kids grow is when they're sleeping.  

Enjoy it...it won't last forever.