Is this normal? (Sleep related)

randimarie86 · August 2013

DS and I ran the roads today and he napped pretty well in his carseat, which is out of the ordinary. Then when we get home, he took his normal 30 min nap around 4:50/5 o'clock (normal time as well). When he woke up from that, I attempted to feed him his sweet potatoes (I started these a few nights ago and he's not interested), then switched to his peas (which he loves). Still pitching a fit I stopped an popped a boob in his mouth and he fell asleep nursing within 5 minutes. I let him lay on me for maybe 15 minutes then put him in his bed. And he's been sleeping now for 2 hours and some change. His 4:30 nap is typically his last nap of the day, then he'll get a bottle around 6-6:30, bath around 7, then a boob to top him off and he's out for the night by 8. I'm not going to wake him bc I'm part of the never wake a sleeping baby club, but just kind of worried. Is this a growth spurt? The beginning of teething? I don't recall his past spurts like this. And he's been drooling like mad and chewing his hands since he was 2 months old, so that's nothing new. Sorry this was long, but just not sure if I should be worried. ETA he wasn't overly fussy today. In fact, he was in a fairly good mood overall.

Mandmeesh · August 2013

I'd say that sleeping like crazy is normal. We've had some days where each nap was two hours long. M woke up two nights ago from a 2.5 hour nap at 8 p, we took a bath, put on pjs and went to bed

. It think sleeping is great for them, a time for development ...let him sleep

JSS1002 · August 2013

Well, my little guy is almost exactly the same age adn we've had almost exactly the same day - so hopefully we won't both be up in the middle of the night! He slept through the night last night, napped for almsot 4 hours at daycare, had a bottle after work, some tummy / activity mat time, fell back asleep, I woke up for another bottle around 8 PM and he crashed out like a light almost immediately. Fingers crossed... I should jsut go to bed in case he is up in 2 hours!

sms04j · August 2013

For the past 2 days, my little guy has been super sleepy in the evening. He usually takes a nap til 6 ish then up til 9. Bed at 9 then usually up only once during the night. But past 2 days he has been napping til 6 then passing back out around 7 pm. Last night he slept 7-1, then 1-4, and up at 7. It's after 11 pm now and he is still sleeping. Looks like I will have another night like last night.

randimarie86 · August 2013

Thanks ladies. I'm happy to report not long after I posted we woke him up, but didn't want to-he was only in a diaper when I put him down so I covered him up for his nap. Didn't want him sleeping with a blanket while I was sleeping. Well he woke up in a good mood and I gave him a bottle and a bath and he went right back to sleep. Slept all night and woke up at 6 am in the best mood.now he's on the boob 20 min later and sleeping again.

JSS1002 · August 2013

randimarie86 said:

Thanks ladies. I'm happy to report not long after I posted we woke him up, but didn't want to-he was only in a diaper when I put him down so I covered him up for his nap. Didn't want him sleeping with a blanket while I was sleeping. Well he woke up in a good mood and I gave him a bottle and a bath and he went right back to sleep. Slept all night and woke up at 6 am in the best mood.now he's on the boob 20 min later and sleeping again.

Wish I could say the same - little dude woke up at 4 AM for a diaper and a bottle, thankfully my husband did it so I could sleep, but 4 AM is a tough time because it is too early to stay awake but too late for anybody to have a normal schedule. Annoying. Of course then he was crashed out and I had to wake him up for daycare. We had a little chat and I asked him if he could just start sleeping until 5 AM because then I'll get up and stay up no problem but 4 AM is too early! :-)

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