4 month old sleeping amounts
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Topic: 4 month old sleeping amounts
Posted By: Katie.S.Williams
Subject: 4 month old sleeping amounts
Date Posted: 29 August 2012 at 10:29am
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Hi,
My 4 month old sleeps 12 hours at night and then has 3 to 4 45 minute naps during the day. This is our current flexi routine. In your seminar you put a fair bit of emphasis on resettling your baby so that it sleeps through two cycles. Is this necessary if they nap so often? Thanks so much, Kat |
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 29 August 2012 at 12:05pm
I think you're asking the baby-whisperer-lady, but my two cents for what it's worth: I've have two catnapping babies. The first one, I tried everything under the sun to get him to sleep more than one sleep cycle. Nothing worked (except for very limited success with a dummy) and I thought he'd be ruined for life  Of course, he grew up, at about age one when he dropped to one nap a day and started sleeping much longer.
Number two is also a catnapper. This time, I'm not stressing. She can sleep in 45-minute blocks if she wants. It's a much more pleasant experience, and I know she'll grow out of it with time. So if baby is happy and you're happy, do remember that chosing not to worry is a valid option  -------------   
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Posted By: Katie.S.Williams
Date Posted: 29 August 2012 at 12:43pm
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Thanks Hopes,
I am a real fretter and considering this is NOT WHAT I want my child to become perhaps I should chillax. It's so easy to get caught up in the rules (or lack of). Cheers. |
Posted By: Danda08
Date Posted: 29 August 2012 at 1:49pm
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Have to say I'm with Hopes on this one. My twins were catnappers and I tried every trick I could find to get them to sleep longer during the day, nothing worked and once a week they would each have a longer sleep unaided by me.
It was so stressful always trying to get them to sleep and in hindsight not worth the drama. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Buntingsmum
Date Posted: 29 August 2012 at 8:03pm
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I'm with Hopes and Danda.
I remember the plunket nurse telling me that if I couldn't get DS to sleep more than one sleep cycle during the day he'd never sleep through the night - despite the fact he already was!!! (sounds like yours is too!). He happily has 2-2 and half hour naps during the day now. The hours I wasted trying to get him back to sleep ... I agree, not worth the drama. He got there in the end. ------------- [URL=http://lilypie.com][IMG]http://lb2m.lilypie.com/OCHup13.png][/URL] [URL=http://lilypie.com][IMG]http://lmtm.lilypie.com/sz8Fp12.png][/URL] |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 29 August 2012 at 10:28pm
#3 here is the cat napper but sleeps all night so I can't complain 
Like the others say she throws in the longer sleep in the arvo sometimes. No idea how or when or why she does it  ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: HuMum
Date Posted: 03 September 2012 at 7:35pm
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My advice, put the jug on as soon as he goes down, that way you have 40 minutes to enjoy the cuppa tea....
Mum to a catnapper.  ------------- 
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