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.
Eta - he usually only sleeps 1.5 hours, which was the length of his morning nap as a baby.
Is this normal? As an infant he always woke up from naps happy and cooing.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
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!
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
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.
coconut / 8498 posts
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.
pomelo / 5524 posts
@winniebee: Is he teething? I find that LO's mood waking up from a nap will depend on whether he's teething.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@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!
grapefruit / 4120 posts
My son is like this 75% of the time. I think it's just his temperament! He's 3 now.
pomelo / 5524 posts
@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...
grapefruit / 4120 posts
@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.
kiwi / 548 posts
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.
persimmon / 1147 posts
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.
pear / 1849 posts
Same thing here. LO (17 months) has woken up from naps crying for as long as I can remember.
pear / 1699 posts
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.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@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).
bananas / 9357 posts
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.
grapefruit / 4717 posts
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.
pomegranate / 3706 posts
Mine is 22 months and has always woken up from naps cranky and crying.
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