R is only now just coming out of the dreaded cat nap phase. Have done some gentle nap training in the past week. He took an hour and 20 min morning nap and has now almost been napping 3 hours for his afternoon nap! While I love a good long nap as much as the next parent, I am always worried it means he is getting sick!! (My other son doesn't nap anymore so he's not a good measure!)
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Mostly nervous, though for different reasons. Ruby was a catnapper until 8-9 months, so when she stretched to beyond 45 minutes, we were ecstatic. But then it quickly became obvious that if she napped for more than 2/2.5 hours, her bedtime would become a mess, so we started limiting naps fairly early. I hate waking her up, but it worthwhile to keep her at a decent bedtime. (she's just about 2 now)
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Wow..... nice naps! Maybe he truly has figured out this napping gig???
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I hope he has just figured the naps out!
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Ecstatic!!
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Love them! They usually don't indicate anything for us, though.
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I'd be thrilled! My LO doesn't nap very well, the longest ever has been maybe 2 hours. It doesn't interfere with his naps so I don't worry about it.
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I am thrilled when she takes a long nap! I can get so much done or get so far in my book, and it's nice to be able to eat without someone always asking for a bite.
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I'd be suspicious. My boys are not sleepers.
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Excited for anything over an hour!! From months 3 - 5, LO was taking a consistently good morning nap, anywhere from 2 - 3 hours. And then we lost that nap starting in May, it just went *poof*. I was seriously bummed out because the 2 - 3 hour nap suddenly became 30 mins or less
But now we occasionally have a 45 - 1 hr nap.
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@Mamasig: hahah exactly!
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@avivoca: you would think I would have gotten a lot done but I had a rowdy 3 year old on my hands!
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super-excited if it becomes a consistent thing and/or if i managed to make good use of the time. most of the time, i just keep saying: "oh, she'll probably be up soon, there's no sense doing X....oh, she'll DEFINITELY be up soon, so there's no sense doing Y." and just waste it all!
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I love it. Especially on days like today, where I'm dead tired from LO basically not sleeping at all last night. I also find that she sleeps a little better for the night if she actually gets in a decent 2nd nap. (Afternoon naps are really hit or miss around here).
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Nervous! They never sleep that long. My mind jumps to SIDS or sickness
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Excited! Bliss! I don't worry about too much.
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It's a mixture of relief and dread- happy she's taking a good nap and I get some peace, but dread bc I know it means a later bedtime!
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3 hrs I'd be nervous. 1-2 hours I'm def okay with!
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Love them! They don't impact the rest of the day.
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Excited ... then nervous (because longer than average sleep means a sick kid 75% of the time in our house!)
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This is funny because on Monday my 13 month old took a 3 1/2 hour nap which is unheard of. He has never been a great napper and about a month ago went to 1 nap at daycare and naps at home on the weekend have sucked. Every weekend I hope for a good nap. The kid finally does and I'm constantly looking at the monitor and wondering what's going on. Go figure!
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@MsMini: ugh exactly. Now I'm waiting for the runny noses to start!
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gahh how did you do it? I'm so excited for long naps but they do not seem like they ever will come
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I LOVE LONG NAPS
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Excited! we know what's normal for our daughter. Since 15 months (now 30 months) her naps are usually 2 hrs, but can range from 1-3.5 hrs. anything more than that we'll check on her or if it's getting late, we'll wake her up so she won't have trouble sleeping at night.
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THRILLED!!!
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Ahh that's awesome!!
I am usually ecstatic. I may worry about what bedtime will be like but generally over the moon and trying not to high-5 DH in case I jinx it.
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I am alllllll about long naps. They are never long enough!
I get more nervous when she sleeps late in the morning. I always worry there is something wrong.
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Love them! They don't happen often enough around here.
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So excited! My LO has been known to sleep from 1-4pm.....gives me time to do my thing and catch up on the internetz, TV, household chores!
I worry more when she has a late wakeup time. She is a 6:30a morning waker and if she sleeps in until like 7:30 or even 8:00 I'll go in there and see what's going on....
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3 hours sounds crazy long! I'm not sure id be able to wake him up from it though, but I'd spend the last hour wondering what had happened.
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@Ginabean3: I'm the same - I start to panic if LO isn't up by 7.30am - but would quite happily let him nap all afternoon!
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Mostly thrilled, but I'm usually holding my breath past 45 minutes because I figure he'll wake up any second. He took a two hour nap over the weekend - maybe the first one ever - it was amazing!
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Yup a cold has developed. I knew it was too good to be true!
But now we occasionally have a 45 - 1 hr nap.
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