Napping/Sleeping question.

My mom watches my DD while I work full time, which im grateful for. But, it seems as all she does is put her down for naps. I feel like Paige sleeps a lot during the day. This morning she took a 3 hour nap and now its going on almost another 3 hours. Lately she has been waking up at 4 am, when she was sleeping through the night. My mom also makes the room dark and i think that she shouldnt do that because she could be confusing day from night.

Do you think that is too many hours to nap?

Re: Napping/Sleeping question.

It doesn't sound like too much to me.

Steven used to nap 2 hours in the morning, 3 hours in the afternoon and 1 to 1.5 hours in the early evening. So, that amount sounds about right to me.

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Hannah napped alot too at that age

2 hours in the AM
2 hours in the afternoon
1 hour late afternoon

Nap time atmosphere should be the same as night sleeping. Enjoy it Jenny Hannah is not napping AT ALL any more. I get 15 minute cat naps here and there and she wakes up at 5 am (except this morning she slept until 9!!)

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That dosen't sound like alot at all. They say babies grow when they are sleeping, so maybe she going on a bit of a growth spurt.

I never tried to get DD to nap in a dark room during the day. I would keep it light in there and there was always noise going on. I wanted her to learn to sleep with noise so that we didn't always have to be super quiet and she does well. She is not a big napper in the crib though she would much rather nap in her swing or rocker/chair.

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mine is always napping. He takes 2 each day that will run over 2 hours, then an 1.5 hour nap in the middle.