https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 14:49:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1450011 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 01:59:00 +0000 erinpye 1450011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine is 22 months and has always woken up from naps cranky and crying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449960 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:51:50 +0000 pregnantbee 1449960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm. Mine usually wakes up happy (20 mo), but sometimes he wakes at too short a time frame and cries. I let him be in there for a few minutes because he will often re-settle and go back to sleep. Then when he wakes up for good, he is usually quiet, and I give him more time to wake up before I go in and get him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449898 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:55:04 +0000 mrskc 1449898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 16 months and wakes up cranky almost everyday from his nap. He is usually crying when I go to get him. I always just thought it was because he needs some time to wake up. I know when I wake up from a nap I feel super groggy and it takes me awhile to wake up so I figured maybe that's how he feels. I'll usually snuggle with him then see if he wants a snack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449864 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:32:06 +0000 winniebee 1449864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sparkler: that's so interesting. We sometimes do a show after nap (or he snuggles with me while I finish MY show) and then he's fine. He doesn't seem like an overtired kid in general and for at lesasf a year had gotten roughly the same sleep in a 24 hour period (he just sleeps more at night now). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449861 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:28:15 +0000 Mrsjets 1449861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes, usually when he's overtired - he will often go back to sleep if I leave him for 10 or 15 mins. J sleeps from 8 (we start the bedtime routine at 7:30) until 6 or 7 in the morning. We start the nap routine at 10:30 and he's asleep around 11 and wakes between 1:30 and 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449845 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:16:28 +0000 SeptMomma12 1449845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same thing here. LO (17 months) has woken up from naps crying for as long as I can remember. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449836 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:11:31 +0000 autumn865 1449836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had an odd week or two of happy playing in the crib wake ups. Typical wake up though is crying until we get her. After a few minutes of snuggles she's awake and ready to continue her day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449803 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:54:37 +0000 Sparkler 1449803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember some infant sleep book talked about this and called it sleep inertia, so I think it's a real thing. We have this issue most days, so we just do a tv show after nap before a snack and that usually does the trick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449271 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:03:32 +0000 mamimami 1449271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Not really! he's just super grumpy. Sometimes I try to get some juice in him or something in case it's a blood sugar thing, but usually he's so grumpy he won't even accept that special treat! TV works while he snaps out of it but I hate resorting to that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449183 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:30:14 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1449183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Ah...bummer. I thought maybe it was the reason! Do you think he misses you or is afraid? We have a night light in LO's room now and make it a point with him to turn it on every night and during naps so that he wouldn't get scared of a darker room... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449180 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:29:02 +0000 winniebee 1449180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamimami: was he like that as a baby? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449169 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:26:13 +0000 mamimami 1449169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is like this 75% of the time. I think it's just his temperament! He's 3 now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449149 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:20:38 +0000 winniebee 1449149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2PeasinaPod: yeah he is but this has been the way since we went to one nap when he was 15 months old --6 months ago! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449129 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:15:23 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1449129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Is he teething? I find that LO's mood waking up from a nap will depend on whether he's teething. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449120 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:12:16 +0000 Weagle 1449120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO wakes up from most nap as if she had been sleeping on hot coals. She usually takes nice, long naps, so I think it's just her way of doing things. Who knows. It kind of drives me crazy to have such a jarring "alarm" to the end of nap time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449085 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:00:33 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1449085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Liam is sometimes like this. I think it helps if I give him some alone time in his crib before going to get him. He usually wakes up quietly, but if I go in right away (or if I have to actually wake him up), he'll start crying or be cranky. If I let him have some time to slowly wake up, he's usually happier when I go in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449075 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:57:37 +0000 Boogs 1449075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO goes in stages of happy or upset wake ups in the morning and from naps. I wish I knew the reason, but I still don't and he is almost 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-wakes-up-unhappy-from-most-naps#post-1449069 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:56:09 +0000 winniebee 1449069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>T wakes up from most of his naps crying. He recovers but it makes me wonder if he's overtired? He wakes up at 6:30 /7 and starts his nap between 12:30 and 1 (though I usually put him down at 12:15 or 12:30). He goes to bed at 7:30/8. </p> <p>Eta - he usually only sleeps 1.5 hours, which was the length of his morning nap as a baby. </p> <p>Is this normal? As an infant he always woke up from naps happy and cooing. </p>