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Not trying to be smug!! Am genuinely interested - does anyone else baby sleep this much????

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christmasangel · 07/01/2007 13:40

My dd is 6 months old. On average she sleeps 12-13 hours every night. She then has 2 one hour naps during the day and an additional 2 hour nap either in the morning or over lunchtime. She has always been a good sleeper, sleeping through from 11 weeks, but it is only this last month that she has slept so much! Since I started giving her breakfast and lunch I think.

Does anyone else's baby sleep about 16-17 hours a day (beyond the newborn stage)?

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mears · 07/01/2007 13:41

Beware - my eldest son did. He turned into a shitty toddler and is a grumpy teenager. Enjoy while you can

Piffle · 07/01/2007 13:42

I have a 4 yr old dd who sleeps 12-13 at night and 2.5 hrs int eh afternoon too
I am just happy

PinkTulips · 07/01/2007 13:45

my ds did as a newborn but has now decided he doesn't like sleeping and wants to be awake all the time he's 5 months

calmontheoutside · 07/01/2007 13:47

DD 2 years old, has slept through since 6 weeks old, still does 12 hours at night and 1 in the afternoon. No it's not a reply to your question - there just aren't many places I can admit to how easy she has been SO FAR... Happy mummy...

hunkermunker · 07/01/2007 13:48

DS2 doesn't. He slept well as a newborn, but not so much since he was about 5mo - he's 11mo now.

DS1 can sleep that much though, given half a chance (he's 2.9yo...). He doesn't usually, but some days (maybe once a fortnight) he'll have a four-hour nap and a 12-hour night

CrocodileKate · 07/01/2007 13:50

Hang on you lot, how come my dd gave up day time naps at about 18 months?

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christmasangel · 07/01/2007 13:52

(Oops just posted following message as a new thread.)

Pinktulips - if it's any consolation I think they often turn out very bright when they don't sleep so much. Guess that doesn't help you much at the moment. Hope my dd is better than me at web postings!!

I have been warned about the shitty toddler thing before Will have to wait and see and hope it's not true. At the moment I just count my blessings and never take it for granted!

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christmasangel · 07/01/2007 13:55

Calmontheoutside - this was why I didn't post this message in the 'sleep' section - it may have tipped some mumsnetters over the edge! I don't think that there are enough thread on mumsnet about the joys and ease of motherhood. I found it hell for the first month but have had such a great time since then. When I first started reading posts when my dd was about 3 weeks old I thought I was in for a terrible time! Maybe it will still happen but so far it has all gone rather well.

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PinkTulips · 07/01/2007 13:57

lol, dd definitely seems to follow that line of thought sotheres hope for ds then too i suppose.

CK, don't worry, dd stopped her daytime naps before ds was born when she was 18 months old so your not alone.... i have 2 on the go constantly

lapinrose · 07/01/2007 14:09

my DTs are 3 and sleep 12-13 hours a night plus up to 1.5 hrs in the day, if they can get away with it, have always been good sleepers and it is nice to be able to say so

VeniVidiVickiQV · 07/01/2007 14:12

My DD did - still does sometimes.

Then I had DS, and it appears that DD stole his sleep hours.....

Surfermum · 07/01/2007 14:22

DD (3.6) has always been a great sleeper, in fact she slept so much more than friends' babies that I worried about it at one stage. The good news is she didn't turn into a nightmare toddler, She's never had a tantrum.

I know what you mean about not being able to talk about it. I found it really difficult in our ante-natal group as they would talk about having problems with this that and the other, would turn to me and say "does surferbaby do that" and it wouldn't be something that was a problem for me. In the end they would just look at me and say "no point in asking you", or they just wouldn't talk to me about things. I tried soooooo hard not to be smug about things, in fact I used to make out that things were problems for us too so that I could feel part of the group. Somehow I felt guilty about having such a good baby/toddler.

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christmasangel · 07/01/2007 14:44

Me too! I really don't want to be smug and I end up exaggerating really minor problems as a result. Luckily I have a friend with a baby who is a month older and he is good as gold as well.
Kudos to your dd never having a tantrum! Well done to you

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Surfermum · 07/01/2007 14:48

I don't think it's anything to do with me, I just struck lucky with a very laid back little girl!

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christmasangel · 07/01/2007 14:55

Yeah i'd like to think it's good parenting but I know it's just good luck!!

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jalopy · 07/01/2007 14:59

Swings and roundabouts, I say

NAB3 · 07/01/2007 15:07

My boy used to have 1 hour nap in the morning, then sleep 2-5pm and 7pm to 8am. Up until he was 3 he napped every afternoon and then until he was 4.5 napped every qo days or so. A bomb going off wouldn't wake him now.

LunarSea · 07/01/2007 15:34

A friend of mine had one who at 18 months used to sleep 6pm - 8am, with two more naps totalling about 3 hours. So he was only awake for 7 hours a day. Mine on the other hand would do 8pm-6am and had dropped all naps by then so was awake for twice as long every day! Just luck of the draw I think.

Littlefish · 07/01/2007 15:51

Dd is 2.1yrs. She sleeps for between 12 - 14 hours at night, and also has a 2 hour sleep most lunchtimes. I consider myself extremely lucky!

SoupDragon · 07/01/2007 15:53

Both DSs did. BabyDragon does not

calmontheoutside · 07/01/2007 17:40

I stopped talking about how good she was LONG ago to friends... and nodded knowingly whenever normal mummy conversation took place. I realise that could all change, and I promise I'll be honest here if it does...

Ceebee74 · 07/01/2007 17:49

Ooh a thread where I can admit DS (6 months) sleeps through the night and has done since he was about 3 weeks old (and even before then he only ever woke once a night for a feed). Agree that it is hard to admit it to other mothers - and if I do admit it I always feel guilty about it.

He has been such an easy baby so far (said quietly so not to jinx anything) and even now, will happily entertain himself for ages on the floor - leaving me to spend far too much time on MN

sleepysooz · 07/01/2007 17:57

My DS did this till I had to stop his 3 hour daytime sleep cause he had to start Nursery (being 3.7), took him a while to adjust, but enjoy it while you can, my DS now 11yo and still has 10-12 hours a night, but he is hyperactive in his waking moment!

Put your feet up, watch 'This morning' cuppa tea, have a long luxurious bath, get a mobile hairdresser come beauty therapist or invite friends round to keep you company in dd's sleeping moments! (bugga the cleaning up, that gets boring after a while)

sleepysooz · 07/01/2007 18:00

Lapinrose, I have 3yo twins and they are terrible sleepers, you lucky thing!

LRWG · 07/01/2007 18:02

My DD's the same Christmasangel and has slept through since 7 weeks. I, like others, find myself excusing this to other parents - even if their children are now teenagers - and am getting fedup of being told we'll "get our come-up-ance"(sp)! I know we are extremely lucky, just don't see why we - or others as fortunate should be made to feel guilty for it or told "just you wait"!

Hmphhh - strop over

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