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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!

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!).

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.

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!

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.

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.

@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.

High - she always seems to sleep more than those charts.

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.