15-month-old + sleep

[NotQuiteCockney]

Basically, he's sleeping too much!

(I know, I know, poor me ...)

Over the holidays, DS2 started sleeping a lot. Like 16 hours/day. He's just over 15 months. I think he used to have about 13 hours/day.

He's well. He's eating well. He's weeing. He's not feverish. He's in a reasonable mood (normal mood, anyway) when he's up.

I'm just struggling with trying to let him sleep this much, while leading a normal life! He's probably down to 15 hours now, maybe even 14.5, but still, that's more than average for his age, isn't it? And fitting that in around school runs etc is tricky. He eats breakfast in the buggy, and I dressed him up while breastfeeding him this morning.

Anyone else's toddler a real sleep monster? I know I should just enjoy it, and mostly I am, but I just don't know how to fit in the rest of my life!

From my experience it wont last forever so make the most of it now if you can. I have a similar situation with 10 month old DD and she goes to school in her PJs with her beaker of milk in her hand.
DS went through a stage of sleeping for England when he was a similar age to your DS. It lasted about 2 months and then just one day it stopped.

DD doesn't seem to mind when I wake her up for school - does your DS complain??

Depends how it's broken up.

Dd2 is 16 months, and sleeps 12 hours each night (though wakes up a lot during those 12 hrs), then has a 2 hr nap in the day, usually the afternoon.

this works out fine with collecting DD1 from school. But if she was sleppuing different times, it could be hard.

Also depends what time he foes to bed.

No, to be fair, he's fine. I actually don't really have to wake him per se, I just have to open his door, and he's up and ready to go. Not even cranky about it.

I guess part of the problem is, holidays are ending, and he's got to get by on a different schedule, and without an hour of lying in my bed feeding every morning.

DS2 is doing 13 hours at night at the moment (and I had to wake him after 13 hours last night), never wakes in the night. And has 1.5-2 hours nap in the afternoon.

I do have the naps/sleep fitted in as best I can to our schedule. I just feel I already have to rush DS1 to bed after tea, as he really needs close to 12 hours per night (he's 4). We've already shifted the bath to before tea, so they have tea and then pretty much straight to bed.

DS2 is awake all morning, so we can go to groups, and then sleeps in the afternoon. Even before this sleep mania, I sometimes had to wake him to go do the school run.

After Easter, he will start at a childcare co-op, two days a week. But that ends at 1:15, so he may well have to get used to pram naps then.

DS (21 months) sleeps on average 14 hours sometimes more. Nighttime = 12-13 hours, plus one 1-2 hour nap after lunch. He has done this since he was around 14 months. He used to sleep less. Think it's probably normal at this age, they are so energetic when awake.

What time do you have to get him up? If he sleeps 7-7 then has 2 hours after lunch, is that a problem?

He's doing 7-8, and 1.5 hours after lunch at the moment. More nap, and less nighttime, would probably be good.

I'm still fiddling with it, we had some really good 8pm - 10am nights over the holidays, which was quite nice really. Often combined with 3 hours in the afternoon, adding up to a scary 17 hours/day.

I'm glad to hear some other people have sleep-mad toddlers.

Sorry x posts!

I always have to wake DS up from his afternoon nap. Never tried leaving him, so no idea how long he would sleep for, as afraid he won't go to bed!

Have to say thought that on odd occasions (visiting relatives etc) he doesn;t have a daytime nap at all, and manages fine without.

My DS2 is 16 months, wakes about 7-8am, has a 1 hour nap 11-12ish in the morning and another nap about 2.30-5.00 in the afternoon, then goes to bed 7-8 and sleeps soundly all night! It's not rigid and he doesn't always have both naps...but he gets really red-eyed and whingy and starts flinging himself on the floor if he gets tired. Is this abnormal? His brother had exactly the same routine and only stopped his afternoon nap a few weeks ago - still sleeps at least 12 hours a night! He's 3.4. When they are up and about they're very active and happy and keen to learn etc.

It sounds like it is normal.

I think Ferber says average sleep for this age is about 14 hours, maybe 13? I'll have to check.