https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 21:53:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-924563 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:45:45 +0000 Ree723 924563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely!!! This holds 100% true for our LO and has since she was a newborn. The better she sleeps during the day, the better she sleeps at night. If she is having an extra long nap, I assume she needs it and let her sleep. After the initial week or so where she had her days and nights mixed up, I was firmly in the camp that naps of any duration, at any time, are good. We still found that even if LO took a long nap and woke up quite late, relative to her bedtime, she would still start exhibiting her sleepy cues at the normal bed time. Even now at 12.5 months, if she has crappy day time naps, we prepare ourselves for somewhat crappy night time sleep, and vice versa. So true for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-924447 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:24:54 +0000 MrsStar 924447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If lo doesn't get enough sleep during the day then it definitely results in more wakeups at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-924428 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:21:48 +0000 winniebee 924428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They are so cute!!!</p> <p>Well I think as a young baby when my son had bad naps he slept worse at night. But if he slept too much during the day he was also up at night. I never woke him though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-924420 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:20:40 +0000 IcebergMom 924420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely agree! Unless its a late afternoon nap ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-924405 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:18:57 +0000 yerpie110 924405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep definitely begets sleep for my LO. </p> <p>@Trailmix: Too cute!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-924330 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 19:03:09 +0000 Smurfette 924330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trailmix: Adorable! I love her tongue sticking out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-924297 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 18:56:27 +0000 Trailmix 924297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@smurfette Well, since you twisted my arm... :) Here's the best I could get for their one-month pic! </p> [attach=979/13/mpsqi4.449x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923969 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:51:31 +0000 Smurfette 923969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Trailmix: um, we need an updated picture of your peanuts!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923965 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:50:49 +0000 hummusgirl 923965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I'm a big believer. Yesterday my 9.5-month-old took a FIVE AND A HALF HOUR NAP, from 9:30am-3pm. He was super happy! (and it turned out to be a one-nap day) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923938 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:44:32 +0000 sarac 923938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That was the case for us at that point. By about a year, more than a few hours of sleep in the day took it right out of night time sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923819 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:56:20 +0000 MrsMaine 923819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a 6wk old and the couple of times he's taken really good (i mean 3-4 hour) naps during the day, he has done 6-8 hours straight at night. I am a big believer in this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923805 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:52:42 +0000 loveisstrange 923805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923794 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:49:39 +0000 Andrea 923794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 was always a crap napper but she slept 11-12 hrs at night from 8 weeks on so I don't always believe in it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923599 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:59:28 +0000 Trailmix 923599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks so much for the responses, I guess I'll try to chill and appreciate when LOs take long naps!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923203 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:43:51 +0000 T-Mom 923203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep begetting sleep is definitely true for us. I put my DS to bed 15 min earlier last night (reading his cues) and he slept in an hour past normal. If one of them took say a 4 hour nap in the middle of the day though, I might be in trouble. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923189 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:41:18 +0000 immabeetoo 923189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH always pokes fun at this whenever we have a great day and awful night. Honestly we've never seen a correlation that was super strong. If he gets way overtired he naps poorly but otherwise its usually completely random. He's not a sleepy kid but I've never woken him and figure if he's sleeping longer he needs it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923152 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:36:10 +0000 Torchwood 923152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely! The only exceptions would be, as mentioned, sleeping too late in the day, and if they slept just an insane amount during the day (like 10 hours or something). Otherwise, I would never worry about too much daytime sleep when they're little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923091 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:26:18 +0000 edelweiss 923091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i don't feel that whether LO gets more/less naps during the day affects his nighttime sleep. and the few times i put him to bed early, we got mixed results. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923056 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:20:03 +0000 regberadaisy 923056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923048 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:19:04 +0000 heartonastring 923048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely agree that sleep begets keep. Remember that for young babies daytime and nighttime sleep are two separate and unique entities.</p> <p>At 11 weeks, DD takes three long (2 to 3 hour) naps each day, and sometimes a short evening nap as well (30 to 45 minutes). She then sleeps between 7 and 8 hours at night without waking.</p> <p>ETA: Some of the best advice I received from my LC (who does a ton of work with babies that goes beyond BFing, and who has advanced degrees in babies' cognitive development)is that babies are way smarter than we give them credit for. They know what they're doing and what they need. If they're sleeping, let them sleep. I used to wake DD up to eat every three hours. My LC convinced me to just let her wake on her own. It was really hard to do at first, but that's what I do now and she is a better sleeper than ever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923046 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:18:44 +0000 blackbird 923046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You know, I worried about this *so much* in the beginning. We always had a good night sleeper (up every 3 hours like clockwork, then up every 4 hours, then finally she sleeps from 9-3, then down until 630) and I was *always* worried that a day of all-day-sleeping would make her NOT sleep at night. It simply never happened. Now, if she napped from 3pm-6pm, she wouldn't go to bed at 8pm or 9pm easily. </p> <p>Usually, yes. If she doesn't sleep well that day and is crabby, she generally doesn't sleep well at night. BUT...i don't know that the issue is SOLELY related to sleep. I usually chalk it up to a growth spurt, where she sleeps like shit for a 48 hour window, then suddenly sleeps good again at night. Let them sleep, I say :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923032 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:14:11 +0000 MsLipGloss 923032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep Begets Sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-923013 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:10:43 +0000 heffalump 923013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it depends on the baby. My LO tends to be a good sleep no matter what. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-922990 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:07:57 +0000 T.H.O.U. 922990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. To a degree though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-922987 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:07:26 +0000 MrsHotDog 922987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep begets sleep every time! </p> <p>That has been the experience with both of my kids. The better they nap, the better they sleep at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-922983 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:06:59 +0000 Adira 922983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that at that age, they still sleep a lot. That being said, I have no idea. I always woke up Xander if he napped for two hours, because I was afraid he'd get his days and nights reversed. You'll have to let us know how tonight goes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-922978 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:06:43 +0000 hilsy85 922978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. In general, for us, sleep begets sleep...because when babies are overtired due to not napping well, it's harder for them to fall asleep at night and it leads to those every 2-3 hour wakeups--so bizarre that they wake up MORE when they're tired, but babies are weird!</p> <p>The only thing I do is I don't let him nap too close to bedtime. </p> <p>FOr your LOs 6 weeks is a HUGE growth spurt time so I would guess that they really really need the sleep!! It's super normal for them to have periods of crazy long naps when they're that young. My LO would often take 3 2+ hour naps and still sleep ok at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-922977 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:06:36 +0000 Weagle 922977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely. Too much sleep during the day didn't start affecting nighttime sleep for us until probably 11-12 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-922975 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:05:46 +0000 maybebaby 922975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Subscribing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-begets-sleep-yay-or-nay#post-922972 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:05:17 +0000 DillonLion 922972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO only has trouble sleeping at night when she gets bad naps during the day. Otherwise, she is golden. </p>