Hellobee Boards Topic: Do your kids have high sleep needs?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do your kids have high sleep needs? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Jul 2026 21:13:36 +0000 Mrs. Lion on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1994989 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:21:02 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1994989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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. NovBaby1112 on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1994922 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:15:50 +0000 NovBaby1112 1994922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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. LuLu Mom on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1994607 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:07:42 +0000 LuLu Mom 1994607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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.) Mrs. Carrot on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1994601 Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:05:48 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 1994601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @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. blackbird on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1991286 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 07:22:45 +0000 blackbird 1991286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She's smack on the chart for 2 year olds, so 11-12 overnight and 2 during the day. SleepyMonkey on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1991277 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 07:17:25 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1991277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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. Purpledaisy on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990894 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 21:38:36 +0000 Purpledaisy 1990894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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. mrsjyw on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990562 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:16:42 +0000 mrsjyw 1990562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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. sorrycharlie on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990559 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:14:03 +0000 sorrycharlie 1990559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Very high! She goes down early at night, sometimes sleeps in and neeeeeeeeeds a nap! Greentea on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990554 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 19:12:47 +0000 Greentea 1990554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Her needs are so so low. Much lower than ours are as her parents. Whomp. If we have more I hope it evens out! sarac on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990538 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:58:56 +0000 sarac 1990538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @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. erinpye on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990528 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:49:27 +0000 erinpye 1990528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Both have low sleep needs. Kimberlybee on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990499 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:07:41 +0000 Kimberlybee 1990499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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. MrsMccarthy on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990312 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:46:12 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1990312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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. spaniellove on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990295 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:37:26 +0000 spaniellove 1990295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @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. illumina on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990158 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:19:05 +0000 illumina 1990158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'd say on the high side; 12-13hrs overnight plus a 2-3hr nap. looch on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990157 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:17:26 +0000 looch 1990157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My son has high sleep needs, it's become magnified as he has gotten older and more active. mediagirl on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990147 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:08:52 +0000 mediagirl 1990147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My daughter needs a LOT of sleep. 12 hours overnight (11-12 these days) plus a 2-4 hour nap. I love it. :) Mrs. Sunshine on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990141 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:05:17 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1990141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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. Mrs. Confetti on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990125 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:58:18 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1990125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrbee: oy the pooping at night thing sounds awesome. Hopefully she figured it out soon for you guys!! mrbee on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990077 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:32:27 +0000 mrbee 1990077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @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!! Mrs Green Grass on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990068 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:29:14 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1990068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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. anonysquire on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990045 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:19:37 +0000 anonysquire 1990045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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. Mrs. Confetti on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990042 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:17:37 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1990042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @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 Mrs. Confetti on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1990040 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:16:47 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1990040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @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. spaniellove on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1989959 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:21:18 +0000 spaniellove 1989959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 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. Mamaof2 on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1989956 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:20:28 +0000 Mamaof2 1989956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ low.... cannot wait for the teenage years when I hope this changes! Mamasig on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1989953 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:20:15 +0000 Mamasig 1989953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DS1 - low DS2 - average to low autumnlove on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1989951 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:17:50 +0000 autumnlove 1989951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ They usually sleep 12ish hours at night and still nap but they are fine with less sleep. mrbee on "Do your kids have high sleep needs?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-kids-have-high-sleep-needs#post-1989945 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:15:01 +0000 mrbee 1989945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @rachiecakes: Low sleep needs sounds awesome as an adult... but not so awesome for their parents!