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How long of a nap is too long?

apollonia10apollonia10 member
in July 2012 Moms
DS has gone down to one nap, and it's usually a doozy, especially if he gets up early or has a poor night of sleep beforehand. Right now he's coming up on hour 4 of his afternoon nap. Too long? I hate waking him up but I will if I need to.
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Re: How long of a nap is too long?

  • apollonia10apollonia10 member
    Meow84 said:
    K has had 4 hour naps (of course never with me, but at my friend/DCP's house). I just let her sleep because I figured she needed it. It usually pushed her bedtime back maaaaaaybe 30 minutes to an hour but we never had an issue with not sleeping well at night because of it.
    We've never had this issue either. If he wakes up at 3 (it's 2:50 now), he'll be tired by 7.
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  • pinkangelmoonpinkangelmoon member
    We let them sleep. DD has had a few 4hr naps but only when she's gotten sick :( hope that's not the case with your LO!
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  • apollonia10apollonia10 member
    He usually takes 3 - 3.5 hour naps, so it's definitely not uncommon, but he's never hit 4 hours before. I have gotten a ton of work done today, lol.
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  • BubbaJugBubbaJug member
    Ours are at the 3 hour mark lately. Hell, sometimes she takes two of those a day!
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  • alphahelixalphahelix member
    I wouldn't wake her up unless she was close to 2 or 3 hours until her normal bedtime. But if he usually takes longer naps and it isn't affecting his nighttime sleep, I'd just let him sleep - sounds heavenly!

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  • aylafsu88aylafsu88 member
    For me it is not the length of the nap but the time of the day that I worry about more.  I let LO sleep as long as she wants but never past 5 pm.  According to Sleepeasy they should not nap past 4-5 pm because if they do then they will be wound up and to awake for bed time.  LO gets her nap @ 1 and I let her sleep as long as she wants.
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