Does my 6month old sleep too much?

[mush4brains]

Hi,

My DS is 6.5 months old & seems to be sleeping lots at the moment. He wakes at between7-8, is bfed for about an hour then goes back to sleep in is cot till about 11.30. He is then awake for the remainder of the day until about 6.30 when he goes back to bed & sleeps through. I dont mind at all, ( apart from when we need to go out in the morning) but is he getting too much sleep. My faily & friends cant believe it. When he's awake he is very alert, strangers comment on it but he isnt making any attempt at crawling yet as he loves to watch & absorb whats going on.

I think that sounds fine. If he had less sleep in the morning he wouldn't be able to go throughuntil 6.30pm which would mean he'd have to have another nap in the afternoon. I really wouldn't worry. It sounds like you have a perfect routine going - and those long mornings to get ready, or go back to bed, definitely don't change it!

average age for rawling is 9 months so don't worry about that either...

Perfectly normal for a baby to sleep for 2/3 hours during the day at some point whether you choose 1/2 nap times.

thanks, it gives me time to get on the internet!!He seems to have it in his head that once he's washed & dressed he cant sleep till he has had his bath in the evening, so if he misses his morning nap he wont sleep all day & is so stressed by the end of the day.

lol , wish my 10 month ds would sleep to 7am! Seriously though, i don't think he is sleeping too much. Just seems that he is having one large nap in the morning. If it is causing you problems you could try getting him up when he wakes in the morning and try putting him down a little later for his nap. My ds wakes at 6am, naps at 9.30-11ish and has an hour and a half in the afternoon. What time does your lo go to bed?

6.30 to bed, if he has been up early he will go to be earlier as he refuses to sleep ince he's been got up!! he just cries & rubs his eyes till I bath him & put him down to bed.

wow! 6.30-7/8 sounds like heaven! I think you have a really nice little routine going there. Long may it last !

Fine, my dd2 goes up at 5 and sleeps until about 9am, she has done since she was about 6 months too. Its lurvely

Don't worry. My DD (11months) also sleeps for about the same time yours does. Sometimes even more.

She started crawling just before she was 10months and is climbing everywhere! Driving me mad! And just wants to walk. They do their stuff when they are good and ready.

my dd doesnt sleep, never has, my mum smiles quietly in the background as i never slept as a baby.

my dn sleeps alot, at 6 months she would sleep for an hour every two or three hours.

so all babies are different, be grateful but be warned it doesnt gurantee any more you have are sleepers (my db did sleep more than me).

Mush - an average day here is:

6.30-700am - Wake & bottle.
8.00-10.00am - Sleep.
10.00am - Breakfast.
11.30am - 12.30pm - Sleep.
12.30pm - Lunch, followed by bottle.
4pm - Sleep.
5pm - Tea.
6.30pm - Bottle & bath.
7pm - Bed.

DD is 11 months!!! Everyone says she sleeps too much, but she is happy and healthy. One of the few things she cries for is to go to bed and rarely sleeps on me - it has to be her cot!

So don't worry

my son slept more than anyone I have ever known

He would wake between 9-10am, nap 12-2pm, bed 5.30 pm.... between ages of around 6 mths to 18 months. It did mean he was only really awake for meal times and was very slow to reach milestones (no time to learn new things lol)

My parents were so concerned they insisted I took him to GP. GP just said enjoy it while it lasts, as it won't last forever......and it didn't. School age he was a 6am riser but still slept at night ok.

Now hoofing teen, he can sleep for england and we are lucky to see him in time for dinner at weekends and holidays

Enjoy it while it lasts!

You are blessed! At that age, it was a struggle to get DD to sleep a half hour in the day.