My DS had almost dropped his daytime nap and maybe only had one every three or four days, but recently he seems much more tired so we're putting him down for a nap in the afternoon and he sleeps for 2-3 hours. Yesterday, he slept from 2pm - 5pm when we had to wake him for his tea. And then he went to bed at 7pm as normal and slept for 12 hours.
Do you think its normal for a toddler to have this much sleep? He seems tired by the end of the morning but we try to give him lunch before he goes to sleep.
We don't eat meat and it crossed my mind that he could be anemic which is making him lethargic? Although we do try to make sure he gets a good balanced diet. When he's awake he will run around and throw himself about so he does have energy. I think I'm just concerned about it because he's never had long naps in the day before so this is quite unusual (although does give me a nice break!!)
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2.6 year old started having 3 hour naps in afternoon
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iwouldgoouttonight · 25/03/2009 15:26
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