5 hour nap, really?!

spanx21 · December 2013

So the past two days, LO has taken a five hour nap in the late afternoon. I struggled with the decision on whether to let him sleep longer than three hours because I wanted to get him up to feed, but everyone I've been talking to says never to wake a sleeping baby... so I let him sleep.

Needlesstosay, when he sleeps that long, our night time and feeding scheduled are all screwed up. LO is 9 weeks today. Do you think the crazy long naps have to do with a growth spurt? And did I do the right thing by not waking him?

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!

juliane2004 · December 2013

I would wake at the 3 hour mark of a nap in the day time. If your LO is having the longest stretch of sleep in the daytime, they won't at night.

lorelaie10 · December 2013

rsigler is like...

Painterlady · December 2013

Holy shit balls. Between my three kids they have never taken longer than a 45 min nap at one time. Ahhh the things I could get done in five hours *sigh.

spanx21 · December 2013

I agree. Usually this kid doesn't even think about taking a nap anywhere other than my arms...and both of these times was in his car seat. We only had an hour drive in the car, so I had four hours to do whatever I wanted...didn't know what to do with myself!

psychdoc12 · December 2013

I wake to eat after three hours during the day. I want to make sure I get as many feeds in during the day as I can to maximize the amount of time LO is able to sleep at night. Plus I want LO to be able to distinguish day from night, and one of the ways is that she doesn't have super long sleep stretches during the day.

hlb622 · December 2013

Funny you asked this, my kiddo napped 2 days ago for about 4 hours, with a break midway to feed, and he was right back out. First and only time he's done that and that night, he was up every hour and a half. So, I totally agree that sleep begets sleep, but I might try to keep him awake longer between naps if he tries that again. Which punches productivity for me squarely in the face, but oh well.

Michellepiner · December 2013

We also wake after 3 hours. We drove from Indiana to Maryland 2 days ago (8 hour drive) and LO slept for 6 hours during the car ride. We knew his sleep would be messed up, but it made for a quicker trip. We are definitely paying for it now. His sleep is all effed up. For us, waking from naps is the best bet although he rarely sleeps that long during the day, usually 1-1/2 hours if that.

I guess my advice is to wake at least every three hours to avoid nighttime confusion.

EmJ&B · December 2013

Great nap . . .

tpeale · December 2013

psychdoc12 said:
I wake to eat after three hours during the day. I want to make sure I get as many feeds in during the day as I can to maximize the amount of time LO is able to sleep at night. Plus I want LO to be able to distinguish day from night, and one of the ways is that she doesn't have super long sleep stretches during the day.

This what I do!!! But he never sleeps that long day or night!

juliane2004 · December 2013

rsigler said:

I was always told sleep begets sleep, so it's best to never wake a sleeping baby. But I can totally understand how sleeping 5 hours in the middle of the day could screw up her sleep patterns. I know for us, whenever we wake DD during the times she has wanted to sleep long stretches, she's been crabby for the rest of the day. That probably doesn't help much, huh? Sorry. As a side note, I would be wary of taking any parenting advice from @julianne2004. She has very little credibility in terms of making sound parenting decisions. She's been popping out baby after baby, despite having uncontrolled diabetes and being told by her doctor after having her previous baby that getting pregnant again could be detrimental to her health. Yet she made a deliberate decision to selfishly put her own life in danger and risk leaving her children motherless. She was basically run off the November '13 board several months ago, as well as TTGP, because of her careless decisions, and I'm sick of her casually posting here like its NBD. Sorry to call you out, Julianne, but I couldn't sit here and watch you post and give advice anymore without saying anything. To everyone else, consider this a friendly PSA.

Wow. 8-|

Y'all can listen or not listen to my advice. I don't care either way. My kids sleep very well, and I know that's more my doing than theirs. Meaning, it's the techniques I've shared on here that have shaped them into the great sleepers they are. If it works for me, it might work for others, so if people keep asking for advice, I'll keep giving it.

And just to point it out, it's Juliane, not Julianne. That irritates me.

I couldn't sit here and see my name spelled incorrectly any longer.

juliane2004 · December 2013

rsigler said:

@juliane2004 So sorry for the misspelling. Feel free to continue giving advice, and I will continue to side-eye the shit out of you. :-bd

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juliane2004 · December 2013

rsigler said:

8-> I like feisty rsigler, it's a side I've never seen before.
This is actually more true to my personality IRL. I was quite subdued and sensitive during my pregnancy because I was such a stressball the entire 9 months. Now that she's here and healthy and I can finally breathe again, I've begun to return to my old fiesty ways (my dh even commented on this last week, haha!). Plus, my patience has worn thin for people who make careless decisions regarding their children. That kind of shit is incredibly offensive to me as a woman who has lost a baby.

I don't take having children lightly. Yes, I have four kids close together. But I have also had three losses. And while my littlest is okay now, he almost died from a condition he developed in-utereo that NO ONE could've seen coming. It wasn't from my diabetes, or the fact that my kids were close together, it just happened, and no one can find a cause. But he almost died and I know all babies are a miracle.

I am tired of people assuming because I chose to go against my doctor's advice (advice, meaning it can be taken or not), that means I'm being careless with my life or my kids' lives.

juliane2004 · December 2013

rsigler said:

@Juliane2004 (do I get a cookie for spelling it right this time?) Your doctor told you that you could DIE if you got pregnant again, and you chose to take that risk. Choosing to take that chance and risk leaving your children motherless is the very definition of careless. You'll never convince me otherwise. And I'm sorry, but I don't agree that doctors give advice. They (the good ones anyway) guide your medical care based on scientific knowledge of best practices. If we all thought our doctors were just doling out "advice", why even bother seeking medical care? Where's @sooner1981 when you need her to explain the importance of making decisions based on fact, research, and scientific knowledge? Eta: Just wanted to add that I'm sorry for your losses and that you had such a difficult pregnancy with your DS.

Thank you.

And I am so sorry for your loss as well.

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