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Re: Crying during naps/ daytime sleepiness

Posted by anna on May 14, 2002 at 13:18:27:

In Reply to: Re: Crying during naps/ daytime sleepiness posted by confused mommy on May 14, 2002 at 10:12:05:

I will tell you that my son did the exact same thing! I could start my watch by his naps. It was 45 minute naps and then up for about 1:15 minutes tops and than down for another nap. This lasted until he was 6 months old. There are two seperate parts of the brain that controls night time sleep and day time sleep..so while he is sleeping great at night ( which mine was too) day time sleep is comepletely different.

Some babies' internal clocks dont really develop until they are 6 months old. I was giving my son 5 45 minute naps a day. It was tiresome, but it kept him happy and rested.

Now at 8 months he takes 2 naps plus a third cat nap in the early evening.

Your son will outgrow this. I know this advice is not going to help you immediatley..but I will tell you that those naps will get longer and as they do, the wake time will lengthen as well.

This type of cat napping is VERY common!

Hang in there and I bet come his 6 month birthday, you will wonder what you were worried about.

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