We have put our son in a toddler bed. It has been about 3 months because he began crawling out. He has always been pretty well about going to sleep, however lately he wants to fuss and fight when its nap time. He will not stay in his bed he will get up. What can i do? We have tried changing several times for naps nothing works. However, he definately needs the nap other wise he is cranky and cannot stay awake beyond 6.
I did NOT put him in a toddler bed too early. He would climb out of his crib. Therefore it was unsafe!

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At six months, did you still follow a three nap routine? Already moved to two naps? Or did it vary from day to day?

What about the length of naps?

I’m just trying to get some ideas as to what other babies my child’s age are doing.

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Up until a few weeks ago, she would take 2 naps a day for at least an hour each. Now, she takes those 2 naps but they are a half hour at the longest. It leaves me no time to get things done and leaves her fussy. Please help!

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I tend to take naps of an hour or more once to twice a day. Since I’m not working at the moment, I tend to stay up really late, usually getting to sleep between 5 & 6am. So I awake between 12 & 2pm, except on days when I have to go out early. I’ve wondered if sleeping three times a day in this manner is healthy, if eventually it wouldn’t be harmful somehow. What do the readers think?

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no drugs or herbs please

I need tactics to make myself sleepy so I can sleep when I want. Ultimately, I’d like to get into a normal sleep routine, instead of these all-nighter one day followed by multiple naps the next.

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My 4 month old puppy is very active but sometimes in the middle of the day her moods change. What is this a sign of? Should she be taking naps? If so how often?

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My daughter sleeps 12 hours at night and just recently i have noticed she is taking some good naps lasting anywhere from 1-3 hours long, (which she normally doesnt sleep longer than an hour) I have also noticed a second tooth coming in right next to her first one. Is it normal to be sleepy when teething?

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I’m trying to get my daughter on a nap schedule… Her feeding schedule is very regular but her naps are all over the place. She’ll take anywhere from two (and be exhausted by bedtime) to four or five short ones. How many does your 7 month old take?

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My 8 month-old usually wakes around 7, naps in bed with me until about 9:30, then naps again from around 12-4. How do I get him to take a longer nap in the morning and a shorter nap in the afternoon?

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Since about last Tuesday I’ve been sleeping from 2-3AM to 615AM (except the weekend). I haven’t been taking naps, and I’m surprisingly wide awake at work, which I’m usually drowsy during because my job is so demanding. This can’t be normal. I’m usually the type of person that could take an adrenaline shot and then turn around and fall asleep standing up (not really). What could be the reason?

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My son is 11.5 months old (almost the big 1)! It seems like he is starting to eliminate his morning nap. He used to need it and sleep for an hour or so. Now, he’s up after 30 minutes if I even get him to sleep at all. He still take his afternoon nap though, for about an hour or more.

How many naps is your child taking? How long are they? I just want to make sure that if I try not doing the morning nap, it’s alright.

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I did some research about it, and I have the following signs:

Difficulty falling asleep
Difficulty with memory
Poor concentration & focus
Waking up during the night, many times(sometimes every hour or so)
Very tired throughout the day
I take naps when I get home from school
I sometimes am not able to fall asleep for a long time(I will be up at 6 in the morning and not be able to fall asleep until 2-5 in the morning the next day, if that makes sense)
And I am very irritable

I’m 16, by the way.
Are there any other symptoms and do you think I have it? I think I do, and am going to have my mom take me to the doctor soon.
Waking up
Ignore the extra waking up at the end, I don’t know how that got there, lol.

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I sleep really late, most of the time is 2 or 3 and 1 a.m if i am lucky. I sleep so late because i take naps during the afternoon. My grades are slipping. Does anyone know what i can do to stop taking naps? HELLPPP PLEASEE!
i tried running for two weeks right after school around my neighborhood, but i still came home tired and couldn’t concentrate on my homework so i’d knock out.

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Please do *not* tell me I am dreaming & forgetting my dreams!! I know for a fact that I rarely get any REM sleep if at all. Read on for details!!

Here’s some background on my personal experience with sleep:

1. I never wake up rested. At all. Except.. [see #4]
2. No matter how interested I am in my college class material or whatever else I’m doing, I get tired & sleepy, then I doze in & out of naps right where I sit. This happens in the morning & afternoon alike, sometimes even in the evening.
3. When I remember a dream, I wake up drenched in sweat. It can be the most calming & relaxing dream imaginable & I still wake up drenched.
4. Only when I remember a dream & wake up drenched do I feel even slightly rested. This happens maybe once a month.
5. It often takes me 30-60 min to fall asleep, unless I am dead tired already. It doesn’t matter how much or how little I think or let my mind wander, I can’t fall asleep. To be honest, 30-45 min is a blessing for me b/c even just 2 yrs ago, it took me 1-2 hrs *every* night without fail.

I know that I get practically NO REM sleep at all in 99% of my nights b/c:
1. I only feel rested perhaps once or twice a month.
2. I only remember a dream or wake up drenched in sweat once or twice a month.
3. I only feel rested when I have memory of a dream *and* wake up drenched.
.:. Therefore, by inductive reasoning, I feel it is safe to assume that the rest of the time, I either do not dream at all or experience utterly useless REM.
If I experience any REM at all, then I must not go into the deeper sleep beyond REM, where a lot of restful sleep takes place.

So my question is:
What can I do to increase my chances of dreaming restful REM & deep sleep on at least a semi-regular basis? My life is suffering due to lack of rest!!!!!
EDIT; Forgot to mention that I am seriously considering the possibility that I have a sleeping disorder (the 1st answer said something similar before I got a chance to add this. I’ll research hypersomnia, thanks). Anyone else have any other ideas on what it could be or where I could start looking?

I also want to add that the chance of it being a mental/mood disorder is pretty slim. It would have been a factor even just 1.5 yrs ago, but these days, I’m strong, pretty happy, & mentally healthy.
EDIT:
Oh & another thing. Does sleeping on your back, side, or stomach have any effect on REM? I may have heard once that it has an effect.

I find it much much harder to fall asleep on my back & a little harder on my side. So I never fall asleep laying face-up & I usually lay on my stomach rather than my side.

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I get a lot of sleep at night so its not like I’m tired or anything, but when I take naps they’re like 2 hours or more. And I just want a little rest in the middle of the day.

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