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Is there anyone out there who has a toddler that lies in

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Babysleep1302 · 22/09/2020 20:44

My toddler (16 months) sleeps 7pm till 10-11am they sometimes play for 30 mins at 7am and will doze right off again. Has been doing this for a month. All my friends are really shocked, is this quite unusual?

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UserFriendly14 · 22/09/2020 21:30

My nearly 2 year old had to be woken up at 10am this morning, but it’s very rare and he was awake earlier but kept falling back to sleep. He will normally do 8pm-8/9am.

Is your LO settled through the night?

GunsAndShips · 22/09/2020 21:30

Mine are 9 and 13 now but since 2 or 3 yrs old, both have preferred to sleep in. I have to wake them for school at 7.45am but during holidays and at weekends, they're never up before 9am. They don't sleep until at least 9pm though. The 13yr old usually goes to sleep at 10-11pm ish.

IsAnybodyListening · 22/09/2020 21:30

Well, my DD is now 20, but she was the same. I remember her first Christmas, and my family woke her up for breakfast at 11.30! She slept 12hrs per night from about a month old, then a good 12-14hrs until she was basically 16!

My second. Well. He didn't like sleep! He's a teen now, and catching up on it! I wouldn't worry as long as comfortable, watered and fed.

howsoonisnow85 · 22/09/2020 21:33

My DD is 8 months & sleeps until 9-10am most days, she usually gets woken up by me pottering about I think! Now shes started weaning it is hard to fit in all the meal times as she doesnt have breakfast until about 11 😬

notasoutherner · 22/09/2020 21:34

Probably 4 days a week my 18 month old sleeps in til 9/10. I try to wake her up to keep her in a routine but sometimes I relish the lie in and just let her sleep.

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Babysleep1302 · 22/09/2020 21:42

They have no trouble fitting food in ! Just have lunch at 12-1. We do have to stay home in the morning but I’m not moaning as I love a lay in after nearly a year of sleep deprivation. If we go out there will be a struggle to have a nap as doesn’t nap on the go very well , probably 30 min cat nap in the car.

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carly2803 · 22/09/2020 21:51

thats a lot of sleep!

i used to live by 12 hour wakes?so bed by 6pm, expect a wake up at 6am.
or 7-7 etc

also a day nap too anything upto 2 hours.

thats a lot of sleep OP!

treetopss · 22/09/2020 22:11

Mine slept in to 9/10am. Now waking them for school (having slept 12 hours). No underlying health concerns.

mirror9 · 22/09/2020 22:18

My son slept a lot. Frequently sleeping 14 to 16 hours a night and also napping for 2 to 3 hours in the afternoon. He also got every by going. He was diagnosed with iron deficit anemia and then cealiac disease.

People were very jealous of how much he slept but it didn't feel right to me.

He started to fall behind esp with his speech.

It's worth having him checked out. I was dismissed as being an over bearing first time mum!

Notashandyta · 22/09/2020 22:21

Our first slept like this!
He was 98th centile for height and weight, and had a lot of growing to do! He was also very high energy and never stayed still!
He is a very long, lean 6 year old now, very healthy and clever so didnt do him any harm.
He will still sleep in till half 9 or ten if he can.
Count yourself lucky!

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Babysleep1302 · 22/09/2020 22:23

@mirror9 oh wow really , did he have any other symptoms other than the sleeping ?

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yevans · 22/09/2020 22:24

I had a friend whose daughter did this for a few months around the same age. She eventually went back to 7/8am and they put it down to a growth spurt. Didn't seem to be any lasting damage!

Fallowdeerhunter · 22/09/2020 22:33

If he’s sleeping 7-11 and then a 2 hour nap that’s only 7 awake hours. I would definitely see a doctor as that’s not normal and surely he wouldn’t be getting enough time to develop.

Fallowdeerhunter · 22/09/2020 22:36

A lot of people are reassuring with children that slept 9-9 or similar. The ops child is sleeping 17 hours a day

OnNaturesCourse · 22/09/2020 22:37

My daughter is 2.5 now and sleeps 8am-8:30/9am easily... At home, if she stays at her grandparents the tyke gets up at 4/5am!

We do keep her room super dark, cool and there isn't much noise which I think helps. I've seen her wake up any time between 5 & 8am, tuck herself back in and snuggle back down. She does love her "comfy cosy bed"

When she was about 12-18 months she would sleep 8pm - 10:30am easily. 10:30am was the cut off though, I'd wake her at this time.

She dropped her naps around 12 months so I just assumed she was happy getting all her sleep at night.

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Babysleep1302 · 22/09/2020 22:41

@Fallowdeerhunter Had a health visitor review recently and not behind in any areas of development. 75th centile for height 98th for weight but will check with gp.

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OnNaturesCourse · 22/09/2020 22:42

That should read 8pm - 8/9:30am!

Id not be pleased if she only slept 8am - 9:30am lol.

mirror9 · 22/09/2020 22:43

He was pale. He was tired when he was awake despite all the sleep. He stopped wanting to walk and wanted to go back in his buggy. He also got picky with his food. He started to refuse to eat things that had gluten in them. He had worked out before we did that his body did not like it.
Lots of bugs and each time he got an infection.
He wasn't well at all but I had to fight to be listened to. We really started to think he was going to die because he was so weak.
I don't want to panic you but a blood test can just double check that it is just a growth spurt.

VestaTilley · 22/09/2020 23:08

I’ve never heard of this, and my DS (nearly 18 months) has never done it yet.

Does yours nap in the day as well?

I’d be a bit concerned and would ring the health visitor.

MolotovMocktail · 22/09/2020 23:23

I would be worried about obstructive sleep apnoea, better check with the GP.

bumblenbean · 22/09/2020 23:24

My two are like this sometimes. Just turned 2 and 3. If left to their own devices they usually wake around 7/8, chatter to themselves and will often go back to sleep (especially DD). DS will usually want to get up shortly after waking but will sometimes go back to sleep if I’m in the shower or whatever when he wakes.

If I don’t go into her my youngest has been known to sleep until 11.30am, and even then will be happily chatting and singing until I actually get her up!

I usually go in to them And get them up when I hear them first wake now, though occasionally I take advantage of their lie ins and have one myself!

They’re rarely asleep before 8pm (we’ve now made bedtime a little earlier but they always talk to themselves/sing/take a while to fall asleep if we try putting them down too early)- so that might be why they’re later risers than some.

They don’t nap in the day (well occasionally DD will have an hour in the afternoon if she’s woken earlier than normal, like 7ish) and are generally very energetic, good appetites and sleep through the night. No concerns at all with their development but it is a bit unusual that they ‘sleep in’!

DesOck · 22/09/2020 23:26

My DS did the same at that age until he went to preschool. God it was brilliant. He was fine, he just needed more sleep. Maybe making up for the 8 months he woke up almost on the hour every hour!

mummymeister · 22/09/2020 23:49

I feel awful posting this but I am going to have to say this to you or anyone in a similar position. Go with your gut instinct. If it doesn't feel right then go to your gp or Health visitor. Push for them to look into this. One of my children has a rare heart condition. They slept like this. It took four months to eventually get to the cardiologist. So many times I was almost fobbed off.thank goodness I wasn't. I am not saying your child has this but do go with your feelings.

jessstan2 · 22/09/2020 23:51

Mine did. I was very glad too. It was lovely at weekends.

SarahAndQuack · 23/09/2020 00:03

I have to admit, my first response was to treat this lightly and say how much I envied you, OP, but I do realise reading the thread that it is actually a problem despite what we might expect.

If it helps with the worries, I had a child at the other extreme and it's really worth getting some reassurance. My DD slept ok as a newborn but then didn't, for a very long time. We had a hellish year where she wanted to go down around 11pm and wake at 6, and she'd also wake in the middle to scream for an hour, and we were exhausted. People tell you all sorts of scary stories about how your child might be developing abnormally, or it might be a warning sign of something abnormal. Of course it might. And of course there's no harm getting things checked out. But people do say a lot of rubbish, too. We kept getting told she wasn't sleeping enough to be ok and we needed to do all sorts to force her to sleep, or that she was harming her development by not sleeping. These days I really am convinced it was just her. She's come out of it now, and she is just fine.

I think check with the GP there's nothing wrong, but also don't worry too much, and don't let yourself get scared. Someone's child has to be the one who sleeps far more or far less than the norm!

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