https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:36:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1878390 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 06:20:47 +0000 Ajsmommy 1878390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 10 months and did this once around 2-3 months while laying on her playmat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1878336 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:58:09 +0000 shopaholic 1878336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: Mind blown. :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1878317 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:06:03 +0000 MaisyMay 1878317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happened once for us, when LO was under 7 months. She was playing in the living room before her nap, and she laid her head down on her boppy and fell asleep. It only lasted like 20 minutes though..</p> <p>On the other hand, a good friend of mine from church has a son 8 days younger than my LO, and naps in his jumper nearly every day. When it's nap time, her other kids go into their rooms for quiet time, and puts him in the jumper. He gives a few big jumps and just settles in to nap. And I guess he can sleep there for quite a while! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1878269 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:45:42 +0000 lucy123 1878269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I've always wondered about these magical babies. Never happened under my watch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1878258 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:35:15 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1878258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This has only happened once, when my parents were watching her and she fell asleep in her high chair watching TV. She had woken up really early that day and she had short nap. It has never happened again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1878250 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:27:23 +0000 shopaholic 1878250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: @keepcalmcarrie: So pink magical unicorns really do exist! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1878245 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:20:48 +0000 mrsjyw 1878245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never! And he's a sleeper! He likes his crib for sleep. Sometimes an occasional carseat nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1878141 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:43:10 +0000 MamaChin 1878141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Neither kid will do that. They will tantrum instead if they're too tired. Who are these babies?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1878074 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:06:08 +0000 ShootingStar 1878074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D hasn't done this yet, but fairly often when he's playing on the floor he'll just lie down for a few seconds. I wouldn't be too surprised if one day he dozes off for a few minutes. He's definitely not sleep deprived though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877893 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:22:48 +0000 keepcalmcarrie 1877893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: Haha, same here. J doesn't really nap anywhere except his crib or car seat - except a freak nap he took around 6 or 7 months, where he just laid his head down in the jumper and started snoozing. It was SO weird - I picked him up and put him down in his crib after a few minutes but it was crazy how fast it happened. I actually worried for a second that he had some kind of medical emergency, but no, he just hit a wall REALLY fast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877886 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:16:02 +0000 Pirouette 1877886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: I gotta admit I cringed when my lo did it!! Even though I knew she'd just napped and it was a fluke. Still felt like a bad mommy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877877 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:10:00 +0000 regberadaisy 1877877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOL my 29m has only done this twice. And that's only after going to be super late the night before, it's now 4pm and she still hasn't napped and her older cousins are visiting and they Tucker her straight out!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877876 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:08:53 +0000 Andrea 1877876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happens if they are really sick. Otherwise, I think the kids would have to be majorly sleep deprived to fall asleep like that so that hasn't happened. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877874 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:06:59 +0000 Pirouette 1877874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hahaha we must be the crazy exception to the rule because my lo has done this twice! Both times in her jumperoo. She is actually pretty great at napping and we always follow her cues but twice she was jumping jumping jumping and then laid her head down and fell asleep instantly. I think the jumperoo was still moving lol! She hasn't used the jumperoo in months though so these must have been around 5-6 months old? She was still pretty teeny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877830 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:40:42 +0000 Smurfette 1877830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never! I see pics of babies/toddlers asleep in the high chair and that will never happen here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877797 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:17:07 +0000 NovBaby1112 1877797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope- never. I am in awe when I see babies sleeping while eating or playing- but I gotta admit it makes me cringe! I'm sure that baby is utterly exhausted, falling asleep eating spaghetti- put them down for a nap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877788 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:10:01 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1877788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never ever. But i make it a huge priority that he gets the sleep he needs, so he has never had a need to fall asleep anywhere else (except the car. He falls asleep there a lot). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877770 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:00:24 +0000 JerricaBenton 1877770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never ever even close! I dream of that nap! At 19 months LO is decidedly a gal who only naps on mama or in the car. Sometimes when she's playing she'll grab her blankie and pull a pillow off theccouch and I'm thinking, 'oh man! This is it!!!' but it neverrrr happens lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877764 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:57:25 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1877764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yeah.... we're on baby #2 and that still hasn't happened. No idea how to get that to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877707 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:27:01 +0000 winniebee 1877707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um never?</p> <p>T has fallen asleep randomly twice in his whole life. Once sitting up eating lunch while sleep deprived during a road trip. Once when we were at the country bear jamboree at Disney (he was sick) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877693 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:20:40 +0000 Anutka 1877693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamasig: progress! Hope it's a trend for you :)</p> <p>Bedtime happens only with mama cuddles and it's motion naps or nothing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877651 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:50:51 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1877651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think once LO fell asleep during tummy time. She was like 1 maybe 2 months old. I needed to cook dinner &amp; she just laid her head down on her mat so I walked away &amp; she slept a bit. There were a few times where she would be playing on her mat (on her back) &amp; she would doze for 30 minutes or so. All these instances happened prior to 3 months old when her sleep had no pattern &amp; before she hit a regression. I have no idea how it happens with older kids. I'm not even sure how kids just take a nap in their playpen in the livingroom. My LO would never do that. She needs to be in a quiet distraction free environment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877631 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:42:40 +0000 lawbee11 1877631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no idea. But I can't even imagine how tired M would have to be to fall asleep while playing. I'd much rather put her down in her crib before she's that exhausted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877630 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:42:15 +0000 Mamasig 1877630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anutka: Exactly! DS1 just turned 2 last week and has fallen asleep that way once. He fell asleep while eating for my mom in the evening. He was around one. And for bedtime he has only fallen asleep once by himself! The other night he climbed down from our bed to his toddler bed, tucked himself in, and passed out two minutes later. I thought it was a miracle. I doubt it will happen again any time soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877629 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:42:10 +0000 shopaholic 1877629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anutka: bahahahaha yes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877627 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:41:41 +0000 shopaholic 1877627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: hahah - omg that would be posted all over IG and FB if that ever happened. lol. And the jumper thing - yeah, I've seen that and totally dumbfounded. Cuz K was like a spazz in that thing!</p> <p>@.twist.: K will rub her eyes furiously if she is tired and shake her head a bunch fighting to keep herself awake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877624 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:38:49 +0000 Anutka 1877624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I'm sure this happens to some but as a mom of a 2 year old who still can't fall asleep by herself....those sound like magic pink unicorn babies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877622 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:38:23 +0000 tororojo 1877622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never! Actually I think it happened once in the church nursery when she was pretty young, but these days I think L would stay awake all day long if we didn't put her down for a nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877620 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:37:55 +0000 .twist. 1877620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This has never happened to us. Even at times where I thought he was SO EXHAUSTED he could pass out, he didn't. </p> <p>So, I am not sure how it happens either. I would take a guess it's with a more unstructured sleep schedule, but I really don't know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/falling-asleep-while-playing#post-1877610 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:33:34 +0000 illumina 1877610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I clicked on this because I thought it was going to be a funny story about K falling asleep in the playground or something ;)</p> <p>I know what you mean though, I've seen kids asleep in their jumperoo and I don't get how that can happen! S has come pretty close to falling asleep on the changing mat recently when I'm rushing to change her before her nap, but that's all! </p>