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My LO is 3 months old and takes 20 minute naps. I can't get anything done, let alone catch a break!

@sslm: my LO was queen of 20-30 minute naps for ever and would only get about 10hrs of sleep a night. I fretted about it for a while but finally accepted that all babies are different including their sleep needs!

She's 21 months and I've yet to get a 12hr night out of her. Max was 11-11.5.

Yes, my son is like this. He's 16 months now and has never needed a lot of sleep. I swear he's been like this since the day he was born. He wakes up happy and rearing to go every day whether or not he gets 9 hours of sleep or 11.

Yep! G gets a max of 11 hours at night, and about 1.5 hours worth of naps total at daycare. On the weekend I can get more sleep out of her (but that's only if we cosleep for naps, which means I'm stuck there with her). She's a super happy kid, and just doesn't seem to need much sleep. I, on the other hand, am flipping exhausted

My son has slept 12.5 hours total in a 24 hour period since about 8 months old. He's 20 months. Lately he sleeps 11 hours overnight with a 1.5 hour nap. Sometimes it's only 10.5 at night though. Lucky me!

My LO is 11 months. We get 9 hours at night and usually a one hour nap. Some days it's just one 30 min nap. Thankfully she goes to day care. I could not stay home for that.

My LO's sleep got signficantly better after 12m. He transitioned to one nap around 10.5 months with a rocky start and it slowly lengthened. Now he gets about 11 hours over night and typically a 2 hour nap. Which is more sleep per 24 hours than he has had in a long time! Like yours, he was always happy even with less sleep. I'm the same way - it doesn't make it any easier when some LOs sleep 12+ overnight and take 4 hours of nap a day

@scg00387: I have a hard time believing that these magical unicorn super sleepy babies exist for real.

@sslm: as a newborn, my LO always got way less than the recommended amount of sleep and since then he's fluctuated a lot. He binges and purges on a weekly basis and it all evens out to being pretty average. It's hard not to worry and stress about the numbers because it always feels like the moms with the dream sleepers are the most precise (and vocal) with their numbers .

We've gone through phases like that too! I don't know what to say, I have always found it easier to just keep going about our day than struggle with her to make her sleep. If she was cranky then of course I would try again and/or resort to a car nap.

Very helpful to see these comments. I think my LO has low sleep needs and it's tough not to stress about it and keep from feeling like we're doing something wrong.

LO has recently decided naps are for suckers too. She's perfectly pleasant all day long, and also doesn't go to bed until 1030, no matter what method we try to get her down earlier. So, 7am-1030 is a long shift for this mom.

R only gets about 10.5 hours at night, doc wants her to have 12. Then she wants her to have 3 hours during the day, usually she gets 1.5 at the most at day care. They say she is fine all day, happy and playing.

I think around 9 months is when she started napping longer at home.

@sslm: That may be your problem. We can often direct the time and location of their sleep, but the overall duration is up to them. I have found that embracing the idea that she has a radically different than I do to be really helpful. Also, embracing the suck. Whenever someone tells me about their toddler who naps for 3 hours and then sleeps for 12 hours overnight? I die a little inside.

Yes! Mine too! Never seems to meet the recommended since she was a newborn! I've only recently been able to get more consistent 1hr naps (but still this weekend we dealt with 3 - 30 min naps). 12hrs at night is a dream once in a blue moon. The ped even finally conceded at our 9 month appt. that she might be one of the ones that just doesn't need that much sleep.