How long can your babies stay awake between naps?

[cruisemum1]

my ds is 18 weeks and rarely manages 2 hours (usually 1.5hrs) of wakefulness before needing his next nap. He seems to average 3 naps per day two of which are in excess of 90 mins and the last one usually shorter and then he seems to be able to go longer until bath/bedtime. I am delighted at this development as up until around 1 week ago he could only nap in 30 minute increments but I am really curious as to what your lo's are doing because this doesn't seem long to be able to stay awake. Your views please.....

Good idea JJ. Be interesting to see if they continue to do the same won't it?

Don't beat yourself up Cruise, a walk is good for him. Hopefully he'll grow up an 'outdoorsy' boy and be active and healthy because of all the hard work you're putting into getting him to sleep.

I'm sure we'll be wondering why we bothered in 15 years when they start getting all lippy and giving us attitude.

aDad - DD is in routine but is v cranky if not able to sleep after 1.5 - 2 hrs awake time

GM and Cruise - I will start a thread in Behav/development so we can pop into it anytime and compare notes!! errmmm what shall I call it..????

How about somehing like 'Sleep is for the weak'? That's what we have written on our blackboard in the kitchen, inspired by a particularly bad night!

like it!!!! I shall do it now!

I will open it in sleep topic

cruisemum - could you put him in his outdoor stuff and then in his cot without any heating on if it's cold enough. may sound daft but you never know. then if it does work you could grad change it for another cue. i must admit it's taken a while to get dd into cot-nap thing - there were a few weeks when i didn't go out much - not sure how good that was for me. i'm a bit more relaxed now and don't worry so much if we're out over nap time. it's easy to get obsessive about these things - i guess it's a control thing - i'm used to a more orderly lifestyle!

ginger - love the title idea! I shall follow you all over to our new thread!

Cruisemum - I've been weaning DS for a few weeks now, very slowly (not because of sleeping but for various other reasons). It hasn't stopped him starting to wake at night I'm afraid. If it's the 4 month growth spurt then he'll ride it out and go back to sleeping through I'm sure. I think mine might be going through a doubly huge spurt now as he seemed to skip the 4 month one altogether when he was poorly.

JustJAM - don't be . Just in case my post came across as smug, I think dd2 was super-overtired the other night after a day or two without long sleeps, and she was pretty cranky for the evening.

glad to hear it AD (only joking) I know I'm lucky really that DD sleeps as well as she does, we are just all confused coz at 3 months our LO's were (mostly) little sleeping angels and now they have gone a bit squiffy
We are blaming the 4 month mark and hoping it will pass - we have started a 'support' thread - "sleep is for the weak" lol

Worried about the future!

don't worry, you might get lucky, if not you know where the thread will be lol

lol!

we weren't lucky with dd1. Cute though she always was, she was never a good sleeper.

dcb - just re-read your idea of putting ds in his outdoor gear and putting him in his cot. I must have been sleep deprived when youfirst posted it because it has just occured to me that it is a good idea! I will try next week as we are out and about the rest of this one...

aDad - are you actually A Dad??????????

sorry slow response - yep, sure am.

oooh! Great to see you actively participating in your lo's development. Well done to you!!!

oh well, do what i can.

I work from home anyway, so like it or not I am involved! My work suffers of course!

Hope you don't mind me adding to this thread.

Definitely an age thing - a lot of babies stop sleeping properly around the 4 mth mark. My ds is nearly 6 mths and just getting better now ( but still pretty bad by most people's standards)

I'd be very careful about thinking they need to be weaned - it's not hunger that's making them unsettled. My ds used to wake an hour after a good feed - he just seemed to be temporarily more stimulated at night.

It will get better again - just hang in there x

amijee - I really really really hope you are right! My ds has gone from doing 9 hr nights to sleeping erratically to say the least! If it is a 4mth thing then I can cope knowing it will get better.

inthehouse - you are dofo not alone! we are all sleep obsessed on here! how old is yr little one (lo)

Hi - I have been lurking on various sleep threads as have been having a bit of a time with my nearly 6 month old DS. The last few nights have been better (fingers crossed) so think it may well be an age thing. He is fully bf, and will be starting weaning at 6 months. I did worry that he would only be bf to sleep FOREVER, but we rode it out and it seems ok... until the next thing, teething, illness etc.

Oh and naps in the day time are still a complete nightmare - the boy is bionic I tell you, he absolutely will not stop

maewest - how on earth did you get your lo to stop bf to sleep? my ds will only go to sleep at the boob adn tbh I am worried about when i stop bf.