when will she sleep less (5 month old)

[happygilmore]

My 5 month old DD seems to sleep loads - last night for example she slept 6pm-5am, had a short feed then slept again til 8am, although that is about an hour longer than normal. During the day she sleeps approx 9-945am, 11-11.45am, 1.30pm-3pm and 4-4.30pm.

I only put her to bed when she starts rubbing her eyes/looking glazed, and if I keep her up beyond that she gets very whingey. Anything I've read seems to say she's sleeping loads for her age, so wondering when she'll start sleeping less, any ideas?

BTW hope no-one things am being smug with this, I'm really not - have had a complete nightmare with my health since she was born and am hugely grateful for an 'easy' baby, I think I would have cracked up otherwise!

It's a lot of sleep, but not excessive - she's still very young. I wondered how mine survived with so little. I feel quite jealous. But seriously, if you're worried ask your HV. Write out her schedule including feeds and see what the HV says. Pick an HV you have trust in.

It can all change so do enjoy it while it lasts.

Hope your health improves soon. You obviously needed a 'good' baby.

Thanks. Seriously don't be jealous - my health has been ridiculous and if she'd not been easy to look after I think both my DH and I would have gone insane. Just hoping the terrible twos don't make up for it now! I'm fairly sure she'll start sleeping less now, just wondering when they start dropping naps I guess.

HV is useless, you have to go to the clinic (which is quite a lot of effort for me when ill) and they're not interest in answering your questions, just stripping the babies off and weighing them. I've no desire to get her weighed, she's gaining weight and clearly thriving, but that's all they seem to do. Can't see the point of going to the clinic really.

My DD (2.3) still sleeps 12 hours straight through at night and has an up to 2 hours nap.
She used to be a real good and quite long sleeper when she was a baby too, don't worry!
Just count yourself lucky, as long as she seems happy and switched on when she's awake, I think there's nothing to fret about.

Thanks NIM, not worried as such, just wondered when she's likely to start dropping naps I guess. I suppose they're all individual though so who knows?

I hope mine will NEVER drop her nap! The only time I get things done or read a book

Oh yes, I'm quite happy to hear she'll never drop it

I just read your comment about going to clinic. Mine are similar (and don't even get me started on the bad advice and lack of privacy! ) But when I went for DS's 1 year check, I'd only had him weighed the week before. They would have weighed him again but I just said (quite firmly!) 'I don't need to weigh him. He was weighed last week.' And it was fine (although I have to say I still wouldn't bother to go for advice! I'd come here!)

And FWIW my DD slept all the time til she was at least 4 months. Then dropped her nap entirely at 18months. They all do what they need to!

Do we have the same HV?! No privacy here either, again another reason why not I don't go. You have to be seen with another parent and their child, and the one time I went I wanted to discuss what I could do when feeling a bit better to stop me being so isolated. No way I could have had that conversation in front of another parent so didn't bother...

Anyway, serves me right for posting this thread, DD has been late for two naps today and only just managed to get her down after some over-tired tears :( Guess it proves they know what they need!

I have no doubts I'll be posting on here in a month, desperately asking how to get her to sleep more....

Only one other parent and child? Our waiting area is a semi-circle of chairs facing the HV at her table about 10 feet away Everyone can hear!

Hope dd's ok today!

That's awful, why on earth would anyone go to talk about something like PND etc?!

My friend's PND check consisted of the HV calling across to her at the changing table 'and how do you feel?'

wtf

how would they feel with something like that? Just strikes me as a complete waste of resources. I wish I had a decent HV/clinic as it would have helped me through the last few months, but I guess mumsnet is better for the advice in any case...