Lazy 2yo?

[LissyGlitter]

My 2yo goes for her nap at about 2pm, and often doesn't wake up till 5 or even 6. If I come into her room to wake her up before, she does things like open one eye, mutter "lying down" and goes back to sleep! If I then insisit on her getting up, she has a massive tantrum and doesn't stop crying and throwing herself around for about half an hour. Should I just let her nap? She's sleeping fine at night, goes to bed at 7 or 8 and wakes up, well I'm not exactly sure when, as she plays quietly for a while, but she starts shouting for me and dp at around 9.30-10am. Is this normal for a 2yo? Maybe she's having a growth spurt or something.

[FluffyBunnyGoneBad]

It doesn't sound right to me. Has she been unwell? I'd pop her to the GP if she's needing this much sleep.

[LissyGlitter]

She seems to be thirsty all the time too...I bet dp will say I'm making a fuss over nothing, but I may take her for a check up.

[FluffyBunnyGoneBad]

Has she lost weight?

[FluffyBunnyGoneBad]

I'd take her to the GP, tomorrow if you can and ask them to test her blood sugar. Diabete in children can be the cause of these symptoms so it needs checking sooner rather then later.

[LissyGlitter]

I don't think so. I don't really weigh her, as she seems too big for baby clinic, and, well, I don't know what weight she's meant to be so it would be a bit pointless! She's a lovely chubby little girl, she eats brilliantly, and when she is awake she's alert and happy. She seems to be about the same size as other children her age, if a little taller. If I sleep in the same room as her (eg I stay over at my mums with her about once a week) she wakes me up at about 8am.

[FluffyBunnyGoneBad]

If she's always been like this then this could be normal for her. If this is something new I would get it checked. Diabetes in children should always be investigated with symptoms like this. If she's drinking alot and sleeping alot I would ask the GP to test her blood sugar to rule this out.

[LissyGlitter]

I've always been quite lazy myself, so I always just but it down to genetics. I will make an appointment with the GP though, just to check it out. thanks.

[nappyaddict]

Sounds exactly like my DS! What's the latest you leave her to sleep when she has her nap?

[LissyGlitter]

a couple of times she has gone to bed about 4 and i have had a nap myself and been woken at 8 by her shouting my name, which of course means I then have to let her go to bed late as she has to have tea etc.

I'm not exactly sure how she sleeps, as she has her own room and is in a cotbed turned into a bed so she could be getting up and playing in the middle of the night or when she is meant to be napping. i'm so tempted to stick a webcam in there, but my friends and dp say that would be weird...

EG this morning (about 10am) I got up for a wee (I'd been lying listening to her moving about in her bed which is next to the wall between our bedrooms for a while) and as she heard me walk past her room she shouted hiya, so on my way back I went to get her and she was completely naked! The PJs and nappy were in her bed with her, but the bed wasn't wet so she couldn't have got undressed too long ago. I popped a nappy on her and asked if she wanted to come into the big bed (since I've been pregnant my dp has got into the habit of bringing us both breakfast in the big bed if he's not working) but she said "this one" and tucked me in, so we must have spent about half an hour just cuddling quietly in her bed before she seemed to wake up properly and asked for the big bed.

Also often if we leave anything in her room within her reach (especily packets of wipes) she always has them all over her room by the morning! So she's definitely getting up at some point. Whenever I go in to check on her she's asleep though.

I'm kind of grateful that she sleeps so much as I'm exhausted by being pregnant (I know, I shouldn't be up at this time, but mumsnet is addictive!) but I don't want to miss the signs of illness just because it makes my life easier!

[nappyaddict]

Lissy - i don't think it would be weird at all to put a camera in there. It would be useful to know if she is in fact sleeping 14 hours at night or is she sleeping for a more norma; 12 hours and getting up and playing for 2 hours? If you don't know if she's getting up then how can you knock it on the head?