https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:15:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-550137 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:32:38 +0000 winniebee 550137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I always think of Charlie's sleep progression when I am down about the 10 hrs of overnight sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-550136 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:32:21 +0000 mynoahbear 550136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Low... LO sleeps about 10 hours a night and takes 2 naps about an hour each. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-550106 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:24:06 +0000 sarac 550106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Low! Mine sleeps about the same as yours. My husband is someone who seems to need less sleep than most people, so I just assumed she was like him. She sleeps about 10 hours over night, and 1-3 hours during the day. Whenever I see people agonizing over how much their babies are 'supposed' to be sleeping I always wonder why. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-550098 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:22:04 +0000 BelugaBean 550098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess she has high sleep needs. She generally sleeps 6:00pm-7:45am (today it was 8:30am) and then she takes three naps a day usually (usually two 45 minute naps and one that's 1-2 hours). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-550084 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:18:58 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 550084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>High - she always seems to sleep more than those charts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-550065 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:14:43 +0000 Weagle 550065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think she has low-average sleep needs. They're getting more average as time goes on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-550043 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:06:56 +0000 cascademom 550043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: This makes me feel so good to hear. For us, 9-10 hours is awesome compared to some of the recent wakeup drama we've had. So, consolidating the naps actually helped your LO sleep longer at night. So good to know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-550035 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:04:23 +0000 Mrs. Bee 550035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: don't worry... your lo may sleep more as he gets older. charlie only slept 10 hours at night for a very long time, but he obviously needed more night time sleep because he'd go down for his first nap after not being up that long, and he could take monster naps. eventually when he dropped to one nap, he actually got more sleep 11-12 hours at night plus 3+ hours of naps in the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-550026 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:00:26 +0000 cascademom 550026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On good nights, my LO sleeps about 9-10 hours with a couple of wakeups. He averages about 2-3 hours of sleep in naps, more on the weekends since we push the 1.5 awake time closely. I'd say that we're on the low end. I'm hoping that he jumps up to more in the future. He's a little over 5 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-550019 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:55:50 +0000 littlek 550019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO sleeps 12 hours at night but his naps at daycare are always insufficient. I try not to worry about it since he seems happy lately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-550016 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:53:29 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 550016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She has high sleep needs, which is why we're taking her out of daycare. She sleeps about 12-13 hours at night and then needs two 2+ hour naps each day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-549999 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:42:23 +0000 Bao 549999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO sleeps 13/14 hours at night and then takes 2 naps a day that range from 30-60 minutes. She is 5 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-549990 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:36:56 +0000 Honeybee 549990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't vot because I think DD has higher sleep needs and DS has lowerd sleep needs. As a newborn, I felt so bad for DS because I thought I was severly failing in getting him enough sleep, but he just doesn't need as much sleep as his sister! The most he has ever slept overnight was 11 hours, but his usual is 10; his daytime naps usually total about 3.</p> <p>ETA: in comparison, DD was sleeping about 15-16 hours a day at his age. She's 2.5 and she still does 13-14 hours total a day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-549939 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:50:32 +0000 winniebee 549939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: It's usually 12.5 or 13! I guess I'm looking at "average" as the sleep / wake chart commonly posted on Hellobee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-549938 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:50:27 +0000 hilsy85 549938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think average...he sleeps 11-12 hours overnight (with one feeding), and takes naps that are very average for his age (right now he's in that annoying cat nap stage!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-549907 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:02:43 +0000 NerdBee 549907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say LO has average sleep needs. He sleeps about 11h overnight and total nap time ranges from 2-3hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-549898 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:50:15 +0000 buffalove 549898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO sleeps about 10 hrs at night, and takes an average of 3 hrs worth of naps during the day. He wakes up happy, so as long as he's not crying, I don't feel the need to force him to sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-549895 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:48:10 +0000 Sammyfab 549895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think your LO has fairly average sleep needs if he sleeps 13.5 hours a day!</p> <p>My LO is pretty bang on average although I wouldn't consider 12 hours overnight to be average/common. When I consider the total amount of sleep my LO gets over 24 hours he is average (so he may sleep more at night and take shorter naps or vice versa). I do actively manage his sleep though so I'll wake him to maintain a certain schedule because he needs a certain amount of awake time to sleep well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-child-have-low-average-or-high-sleep-needs#post-549889 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:30:30 +0000 winniebee 549889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does your child have low, average, or high sleep needs?</p> <p>I thought I was doing something wrong for a long time, but finally came to terms with the fact that my son has low sleep needs. Lucky me!</p> <p>The sleep charts and sleep books don't apply to us. My son sleeps 10-10.5 hours overnight and takes about 3 hours worth of naps during the day (sometimes 2.5). I followed Weissbluth almost to a T, except that we've never eliminated night feedings since my son generally sleeps through the night unless sick. He's 8.5 months and he's been this way for a long time.</p> <p>I consider low sleep needs something like my son, average sleep needs 12 hours plus naps, high sleep needs sleeping more than 12 hours overnight plus naps. </p>