sidmand
12-20-2006, 09:56 AM
DS has always been a great nighttime sleep and I'm very thankful for that! Naps have been on and off, but he just started doing something that seems very peculiar to me and I thought I'd check with some of the more experience mamas here...
So, DS sleeps about 12 hours at night. Last night he went to bed around 8:00 p.m. and woke up at 8:30 this morning. For the past couple of weeks, at least half the time, he wakes up, has a cup of milk, gets dressed, and then goes back into his crib for about an hour (so he's there now at about 9:45 a.m.)! I don't even think he sleeps any of that time, but he just chills out there with his thumb, lying down, swinging his puppies (stuffed animals, not real!) around.
Before that he had started moving his nap later (he only ever had one), so it was about 1:00 p.m. And that's still about the same time and lasts for 1-3 hours depending on the day. Usually closer to 1 hour.
I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but he did get tubes in his ears about two weeks or so ago. He's also started shrieking again, which, thankfully he had stopped awhile ago and we're trying to work on that too! But this morning he was actually rubbing his eyes. Usually he just seems a bit cranky/off and I see if he wants to go back to bed. Usually saying, "Do you want your puppies?" If he's tired will elicit a thumb, so I know! Or we go into his room and he sticks his thumb in his mouth (he only sucks his thumb when he's tired, so it's a good clue!).
What's up with this? I don't mind it, although it's making it a bit difficult to go to any of our activities at 10:00! We've missed quite a few over the past couple of weeks, but I don't know if this is just a quick stage or something longer? He just slept 12 hours! How can he need to lie down again? I guess adults are wired differently, huh?
Debbie
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So, DS sleeps about 12 hours at night. Last night he went to bed around 8:00 p.m. and woke up at 8:30 this morning. For the past couple of weeks, at least half the time, he wakes up, has a cup of milk, gets dressed, and then goes back into his crib for about an hour (so he's there now at about 9:45 a.m.)! I don't even think he sleeps any of that time, but he just chills out there with his thumb, lying down, swinging his puppies (stuffed animals, not real!) around.
Before that he had started moving his nap later (he only ever had one), so it was about 1:00 p.m. And that's still about the same time and lasts for 1-3 hours depending on the day. Usually closer to 1 hour.
I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but he did get tubes in his ears about two weeks or so ago. He's also started shrieking again, which, thankfully he had stopped awhile ago and we're trying to work on that too! But this morning he was actually rubbing his eyes. Usually he just seems a bit cranky/off and I see if he wants to go back to bed. Usually saying, "Do you want your puppies?" If he's tired will elicit a thumb, so I know! Or we go into his room and he sticks his thumb in his mouth (he only sucks his thumb when he's tired, so it's a good clue!).
What's up with this? I don't mind it, although it's making it a bit difficult to go to any of our activities at 10:00! We've missed quite a few over the past couple of weeks, but I don't know if this is just a quick stage or something longer? He just slept 12 hours! How can he need to lie down again? I guess adults are wired differently, huh?
Debbie
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