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Re: 3yr old sleeping all the time. is this normal

Posted by Julie on May 04, 2001 at 12:13:56:

In Reply to: 3yr old sleeping all the time. is this normal posted by shannon on May 04, 2001 at 07:56:28:

I would definitely call his pediatrician about this. Not sure if it's normal for a child to be sleeping that much. Sometimes children sleep extra hours if they're going through a growth spurt, but that seems like an abnormally large amount of time spent sleeping for an active 3 year old.

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