I think our kids have pretty average sleep needs. Our daughter is maybe a little sleepier than our son, but these days she's going to bed late and waking up in the middle of the night... so maybe she has lower sleep needs than I thought!
Do your kids have above or below average sleep needs?
coconut / 8279 posts
J can survive on very little sleep, is always happy as a clam and non-stop energy. My mother says I was exactly the same as a kid.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Our older has always had lowish needs. Our second - TBD!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@rachiecakes: Low sleep needs sounds awesome as an adult... but not so awesome for their parents!
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
They usually sleep 12ish hours at night and still nap but they are fine with less sleep.
honeydew / 7916 posts
He's very high sleep needs although it's not obvious to most people. Even at 6 months he can't go more than 2 hours between naps and sleeps 12 hours a night.
blogger / pomegranate / 3491 posts
@spaniellove: mine was like that as a baby. Makes it hard to get out. It gets better as they gets older, even with still having high sleep needs.
blogger / pomegranate / 3491 posts
@mrbee: if olive is up later and waking middle of the night, the late night wake ups could actually signal that she is overtired and should go to bed sooner/a bit earlier
cantaloupe / 6923 posts
No. She never sleeps but is always her happy, crazy aelf. And if we're out or at my parents around her bedtime, she will try and stay up all night. There is no way that girl is sleeping when there is fun going on.
pomelo / 5628 posts
High which I am very thankful for. He sleeps 11-12 at night and still takes a 2-3 hour nap. But I have pretty high sleep needs too.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Mrs. Confetti: She's been pooping during bedtime or in the middle of the night lately... it's driving me crazy!! But yah you're right, I definitely think she's overtired... but we tried moving up her bedtime but weren't able to get it to work.
She had dropped her nap a while ago, but we had to reinstate it because she hasn't been sleeping enough lately! Yesterday she didn't want to nap at daycare though, so she fell asleep earlier than usual and even slept in a bit this morning!!
I'm hoping this all gets easier when potty training is completely finished? Sure hope so!!
blogger / pomegranate / 3491 posts
@mrbee: oy the pooping at night thing sounds awesome. Hopefully she figured it out soon for you guys!!
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
I'd say average? She does alright on less but usually gets about 14 to 15 hours per 24 hour period (12 hour night, 2 hour nap OR 11 hour nigh, 1 hour nap, 2 hour nap). She wasn't always a good sleep though so she used to just be a little crabby pants all day until we got her sleep ironed out.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
My daughter needs a LOT of sleep. 12 hours overnight (11-12 these days) plus a 2-4 hour nap. I love it. 
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
My son has high sleep needs, it's become magnified as he has gotten older and more active.
honeydew / 7916 posts
@Mrs. Confetti: Yeah, it sounds awesome in theory! But he gets so overstimulated being out that even if we make it home without missing a feeding or nap (kind of tough with such short windows) he will be so off that he'll refuse sleep and feedings for the rest of the day and eventually start throwing up.
honeydew / 7295 posts
I'd say my son is pretty average. In some areas he is way easier. For example he can nap in his stroller or the carseat no matter where we are. He gets to sleep pretty easily but I am not a CIO mom so he does need me to lay with him and sing to him to go to sleep. He is also not sensitive to noise at all when he sleeps! he can sleep through anything once he is deep enough in. Some nights can be hellish but he isn't super high maintenance here.
grapefruit / 4997 posts
My DD loves her sleep! Today she woke up at 10:30am so we didn't take Santa pics yet. I want to go early in the morning to avoid the afternoon crowd. I am super glad she takes 1 long nap (2-3 hours) now verses 2 long naps. It is much easier to plan things around her nap time.
pomelo / 5093 posts
@mrbee: Yeeeeeep. My husband has pretty low sleep needs, and it's been really useful in all of our lives. Our daughter, however, is the same way. And that's hard sometimes.
She's three, and she sleeps for 10-11 hours overnight. If she naps more than about 30 minutes during the day, she's up until 11. So she usually doesn't.
pomelo / 5678 posts
Her needs are so so low. Much lower than ours are as her parents. Whomp. If we have more I hope it evens out!
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
Very high! She goes down early at night, sometimes sleeps in and neeeeeeeeeds a nap!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
A is a good sleeper, but he's also not cranky on shorter nap days so somewhere in between i guess.
He gets 13-14 normally.
nectarine / 2973 posts
High. Sometimes I feel like she sleeps all the time! She's 21.5 months and sleeps 12-13 hours over night and usually takes a 2 hour nap. Then sometimes she will go up to about 3 hours. But occasionally she will skip her nap but then she will sleep like 15 hours over night.
grapefruit / 4006 posts
Low. she has only slept 10-11 hours every night since she was a baby. Total sleep has been 12 hours or less for awhile.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
She's smack on the chart for 2 year olds, so 11-12 overnight and 2 during the day.
blogger / nectarine / 2043 posts
@mrbee: Low! At 18 months, she gets 9-10 hrs at night at most, and a 2 hour nap. Sometimes I worry that it's not normal (and was actually coming to ask on this board whether I'm overthinking this or it's just how she is), but she seems happy and thriving.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
not anymore, she used too until around 18 months and she would happily drop her nap if we let her and she's fine with getting 10 hours a night. I wish she would take a good nap (not in the car.)
grapefruit / 4066 posts
I would say average to low. She typically gets 11 hours at night and a 1-2 hour nap, but lately she does totally fine if she skips her nap all day.
blogger / grapefruit / 4836 posts
Extremely high...and they can't all be at night because he plays and runs so hard during the day his wake time can't be too long. He is very susceptible to getting overtired, which causes all kinds of problems. He gets 11-12 at night plus a 3 hour nap at almost 22 months.
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