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Super duper long naps

Cheekers2010Cheekers2010 member
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G is taking really long naps this week.  Nice for me, but his naps are so long I'm not able to get him lunch.  It's crazy.  Maybe a growth spurt?

ETA: oh, also, In the last 3 weeks or so G's had HFM and then croup. This is his first healthy week in a month.  Maybe he's catching up? 

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  • jillybean800jillybean800 member

    A is doing this, and they are occurring from about 11:30 to 2, or sometimes longer.  So I give him half his lunch right before, usually just a piece of cheese or a snack bar and then feed him more when he gets up.  Then his dinner has been a little later, at about 6:30.

    Oh crap, it's 6:30 now.  I swear, I could starve this kid and he would never say a word. He's happily playing next to me, not even talking about food.

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  • ChicagoBroad26ChicagoBroad26 member

    ::jaw drop:: 

    I don't think Ava has ever taken a single nap like that. Ever.  

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  • Cheekers2010Cheekers2010 member
    imagejillybean800:

    A is doing this, and they are occurring from about 11:30 to 2, or sometimes longer.  So I give him half his lunch right before, usually just a piece of cheese or a snack bar and then feed him more when he gets up.  Then his dinner has been a little later, at about 6:30.

    Oh crap, it's 6:30 now.  I swear, I could starve this kid and he would never say a word. He's happily playing next to me, not even talking about food.

     G's the same.  I don't think he's maybe ever asked me for food.  Ergh!  He's been sleeping from lik 12:30/1:00 til 4:00 or 4:30.n it's crazy!  So, I've been giving him breakfast and then his morning snack and then a snack when he wakes up.  I'm assuming this can't continue! 

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  • xxbabycakesxxxxbabycakesxx member
    G justwoke up from a 3 hour nap but it was from 2:45-5:45pm. Those are quite rare. I would think your G is just carching up from being sick so much. Poor G!
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  • neenannneenann member
    C does this a few times a week so I just do what jilly said. We give a small snack before the nap and a small snack after with a later dinner. The snacks consist of what I would normally give for a lunch like half a hummus sandwich before nap and cottage cheese and apples when she wakes. I actually noticed she eats a better dinner when this happens which I like because that's usually our most nutritious meal.

    C also never tells me when she's hungry and never really has she's a peanut but I don't worry because she hits all her developmental milestones and her bloodtest never showed any deficiencies.
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  • lrn327lrn327 member

    We do lunch at 11:30/12 and put him down right after so if he sleeps really long then his tummy is full.  (I guess it does sometimes cause him to poop though which of course wakes him up, so I guess you can't win.)  Like PPs said though, maybe just give him a healthy snack before the nap if you think he'll go long?   Glad he's feeling better!  Probably just catching up or growth spurt.

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  • utlawgirlutlawgirl member

    Dude. I call anything over 1.5 hours a long nap. My kid just isn't a long napper! I'm betting it's some combination of growth spurt and catching up for being sick.

    That said, can you feed him lunch before he naps? 

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  • jillybean800jillybean800 member
    imageChicagoBroad26:

    ::jaw drop:: 

    I don't think Ava has ever taken a single nap like that. Ever.  

    Haha, yeah but we deserve it because our kids don't eat haha!

    JK...but doesn't it seem like your kid is either a good sleeper or good eater but never both?

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  • StrunellaStrunella member

    DS is a great 3 hour napper one day, and the next day...no nap.  MIL is watching him this week and said he sat in his crib for 2 hours today blabbing away but did not nap at all.  There really is no rhyme or reason to his napping.

    I always feed him lunch at 12:30 and then he's supposed to nap sometime after that. 

     
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  • theuntaggablektheuntaggablek member
    imageChicagoBroad26:

    ::jaw drop:: 

    I don't think Ava has ever taken a single nap like that. Ever.  

    THIS! And also, mine is always asking for food. Maybe if he slept more and wasn't constantly moving he wouldn't be so hungry! 

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  • IncogNeatoIncogNeato member
    My kid is a 22 lb peanut who barely naps for 1.5 hours. What am I doing wrong here? :P jealous!
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  • shawshaw
    Oh gosh I never let J nap longer than 2 hours.  I am thinking of cutting is down to 1 hour.  How in the world do your kids sleep at night after a long nap like that?  
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  • lindseybell3lindseybell3 member
    T. always takes a 2 hr, sometimes 2.5- 3 hr nap.  He has since he was one and he sleeps great at night too (usually 10 hrs).  Why would you wake your kid up from a nap??? This Mama LOOOOOOVES naptime.
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    imagelindseybell3:
    T. always takes a 2 hr, sometimes 2.5- 3 hr nap.  He has since he was one and he sleeps great at night too (usually 10 hrs).  Why would you wake your kid up from a nap??? This Mama LOOOOOOVES naptime.

     

    I am at work all day so I don't get to enjoy the peace and quiet of nap time.  I have 150 junior high kids running around nagging me.  Haha.  J hasn't been sleeping well at all since about 22 months.  If he takes more than a 2 hour nap he is up for hours in the middle of the night. It's tough to be awake with a toddler from 1-4:30am when I have to get up at 5am for work.   

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