How many hrs sleep @ 7 months?

bumpuser794640 · January 2014

DH and I just adopted a nearly 7mo little boy. I'm not sure how much total sleep he should be getting in a 24 hr period! He's still adjusting to us being his caretakers, so I'm sure he's not resting as well as he could be. Advice is greatly appreciated!

jennme · February 2014

My son is 6 months old this week and he sleeps from around 9pm to 5-7 am through the night occasionally waking for middle of the night feeding and then he is up 2 hours at a time during the day and then gets tired and takes anywhere from a 30 min to 2 hour nap and and repeat until bedtime. Hope this helps. Can you possibly talk to the caretakers before you and see what type of schedule he was on? I don't know your specific situation so…

jennme · February 2014

PS - He is beautiful..Congratulations on being a new Mommy

mrsannie · February 2014

Congrats on your baby boy! On average at this age he should be getting around 14 hours total in a 24 hour period. Every baby is different, but I use the awake times in this post... https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/3944993/it-worked-for-me-re-sleeping-babies

Both of my boys followed these times really well. In my experience good naps = good night sleep!

MagickalNarwhal · February 2014

My older son was a terrible sleeper, getting maybe 12 hours around this age? My daughter is a little better, getting 13 hrs on average.

But what I really wanted to say was come join us on July 2013!! There are 2 adoptive moms there now, including me

kalemi · February 2014

My son, Christian, goes down around 5pm and sleeps until about 7am without feedings in the middle of the night. About 2 hours after waking up he will take a short nap and another nap in the early afternoon. Now if I could sleep while he sleeps...

hunnygirl · February 2014

My LO is 7 months today. She takes a nap about two hours after she wakes for the day, then another about 2-2.5 hours later and usually another about 2.5 later. These naps are about 30-60 minutes.

She seems to be transitioning to the 2-3-4 nap schedule (nap 2 hours after waking, nap 3 hours after she wakes, and bedtime 4 hours later). If she wakes from a nap any time between 2:15-3:00 she does not want to nap and will wait for bedtime. Her naps are getting a bit longer to fit this schedule.

flkong · February 2014

On average 14 hrs per day. This includes naps and at night time, but that's just an average. All babies are different. My LO sleeps for about 15 total hrs a day.

RuralRoots · February 2014

Naps during the day about 2 hours of being awake and active He takes 3 naps a day (usually an hour long) but sometimes the last one is questionable depending on timing!

As far as nights go bottle/bedtime around 8pm. Now that eats more he gets up around 1 or 2 am for another feeding and then back to sleep. We are working on dropping the second middle of the night feeding so wake time is something I never know. Sometimes he is up for good at 5:30 sometimes 7:30.

Congratulations! I always tell myself..... all babies are different. I have so many friends who get to sleep through the whole night!!! It will happen soon.... I hope

thisisyoursong · February 2014

I was told anywhere from 13-18 hours. DD gets 14 hours. Takes 2,2 hour naps, and sleeps 10 hours at night.

luvmygirlss · February 2014

He should be getting 14-15hrs in a 24hr period to be healthy and well rested. These are numbers from the National Sleep foundation, which I am a member of. Good luck, I know finding the right information can be tough.

chiboo9 · February 2014

LO will be 7 months this Thursday and she's getting about 14 hours of sleep within a 24 hr period. She sleeps from 8:30pm - 7am, and takes two 1.5 hr naps and one 30-45 min nap.

Congrats on your beautiful baby boy!!

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