Long afternoon naps

twoitalians

Lately DS has been talking long afternoon naps, like today was from about 12:30 till 4:30. He woke up to eat and now he's back asleep again at 5. His eating is normal. The only thing I can think is that we've been running errands in the afternoon and he sleeps well in his car seat. I hate waking him to take him out of his car seat when we get home but he just seems to sleep forever when I leave him in it. I'm just worried that if I let it continue this way it is going to start messing with his night sleep schedule and he won't sleep as long at night. Is it normal for 2 month olds to take long naps like this in the afternoon?

HeiferBaby

Normal. Just let him sleep when he wants, good sleep promotes good sleep. In a few months you will be wishing he would nap like this again!

Neener73

DS doesn't sleep for stretches that long in the afternoon, but he does still sleep most of the day.  He wakes up every 2-3 hours to eat.  Once he's done eating, he plays for a little bit.  Then he's ready to go back to sleep.  He sleeps for 6-7 hours at night before starting his "daytime routine." 

buffyverrban1

HeiferBaby:

good sleep promotes good sleep.

This.

The more they sleep, the better they sleep. When DD was about that age, I took her out for the day to a farm with some friends and she was in her stroller all day. Because of fresh air and movement she slept the whole time (I woke her up 2x to eat). I was so worried she was going to be up all night, but she slept really great that night.