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sleeping in the heat

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caeleth · 13/09/2012 11:57

On hliday with 3 month old DS. 29-30 degrees putside, aircon at night though.

His sleep is all messed up, i guess because of the heat. Just not sure how to handle it.

He's much more aleepy, but cant get more than 45mins in pram/cot afteri pit him down asleep. Which is normal. He usually has one long nap on me inthe agternoon -2hrs ish - and short ones after beinguup 60-90 mins. Goes tobedat 2030-2130 and sleeps till4-5 am, then 8-9am. Eats every 2hrs ish during the day.

Seems here he'l start getting tired asearly as 20mins afterwaking up. If i let hi,m sleep on me he'll sleep ages. Just went down for first nap which isnormally 45mins tops and is still sleeping almost2hrs later. He'll wake up hungry in a min. But if i put him down he'll keep to the short nap.

Same in the evening, really tired so have started putting him down 1hr earlier. Last night he woke ar 1am, 5am, 630am and 945am. For the 630one he was up for an hour.

Should i be worried he's tired all the time? Should i let himsleep on me as much as he wants during the day? Or should i puthim down and stick to the normal routine? Is he compensating for less sleep at night (how do i change it?)?

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caeleth · 13/09/2012 12:02

Jesus, the spelling errors. Sorry, blaming the pad..

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MummyDuckAndDuckling · 13/09/2012 18:30

There is a 4 month sleep regression so it could be that he is entering that a little early and it's coinciding with being on holiday? I would just go with what he wants and work on getting back into routine when you are home

MummyDuckAndDuckling · 13/09/2012 18:31

Also, I'm sure a growth spurt around now too. My dd was the same for a few days around that sort of age. She honestly slept for what felt like days at a time!

caeleth · 13/09/2012 18:37

Thanks. Think i should let him sleep on me then? Bit of a hassle, but if he needs the sleep...

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MummyDuckAndDuckling · 13/09/2012 18:46

I'm sure I did, but then it was during winter so we just snuggled up on couch and I watched crap tv I guess if your on holiday, you would appreciate him sleeping elsewhere. I think its what your happy to do. Have you a bouncy chair he may fall asleep in if you bounce it gently?

caeleth · 14/09/2012 09:46

No, it didn't fit in the luggage :(

But oh well, will just have to accept less sun time

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