[heatherdv]

Does anyone else have a LO who doesn't know they are 'supposed' to get 14 hours sleep a day?

My DS is 11 months and I have always given him lots of opportunities to sleep, used lots of resettling techniques (including BF to sleep) but since he was 5 months old he has never once slept more than 13 hours.

It seems like 12 hours a day is his optimum, as he is healthy, happy & energetic. He can be tricky to settle sometimes, but i'm starting to think its just because he likes to be active & awake.

Are there other babies like this? And what sort of toddlers do they turn into?

[tick]

My daughter has never been much of a sleeper. She's happy, healthy and very energetic and physically active. I couldn't tell you how much sleep she got per 24 hours at 11 months, but she was only having one nap a day at that stage.

All children are different and although some people harp on and on about children being sleep deprived if they don't get x hours of sleep, it really does depend on the child. If your child is happy and healthy, meeting milestones and all the rest of it, I can't really see any reason to worry!

[cinnabubble]

Your baby hasn't read the book. My 22 month old hasn't either, as she refuses more than a max of 11.5 hours in a 24 hour period.

If the baby is happy I really wouldn't worry.

[Sunnycat]

14 hours?! Holy sh*t! My DS gets between 8 and 10 hours if I'm lucky.

[Lawns85]

My baby hasn't read the book either! She was a great sleeper until she hit 4 or 5 months when she really started to 'wake up.'

We generally get a maximum of 13hours a day here too.

I have to keep reminding myself every day that every baby is different, and thankful that I get some sleep at night (we did have a dreadful period between 6-8 months though!)

[Gonewiththewind:...]

14 hours?! Holy sh*t! My DS gets between 8 and 10 hours if I'm lucky.

Do you mean your 3 month old gets 8 hours in every 24 hours total (including nights?) That is definitely not enough sleep for a 12 week old bub even if they have low sleep needs.

My one year old used to live on about 10 hours but now does 12 hours and has since he started moving a lot more. I wouldn't worry, 12 is so close anyway!!

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[liveworkplay]

Who says that they have to have 14hrs? I know from my three that kids all sleep different amounts in different blocks of time in a 24 hour period. I have never heard of a set amount a child must sleep at a certain age.

[Tesseract]

My 10 month old gets up 10 hours after she goes to bed at night, like clockwork. Doesnt matter if she wakes up three times or not at all, it's always 10 hours after she went to bed that she gets up. Not a thing I can do about it. She takes two 40 minute naps a day. Occasionally she will go two cycles for one of her naps, but it's a rarity.

So that's 11.5 hours a day.

I'm over trying to get her to sleep more. She's happy, healthy, bright, very active, growing like nobody's business. Those numbers are just an average you know. Like, they say adults need 8 hours, well I need 9 to feel sane (not getting that at the moment), DH needs about 7 - average of 8 but individually different.

[Sunnycat]

Do you mean your 3 month old gets 8 hours in every 24 hours total (including nights?) That is definitely not enough sleep for a 12 week old bub even if they have low sleep needs.

My one year old used to live on about 10 hours but now does 12 hours and has since he started moving a lot more. I wouldn't worry, 12 is so close anyway!!

Yep. Sometimes he does as little as 8 hours in a 24 hour period. He might do 2x 30 minutes during the day, then at night blocks of 3 hours then 2 x 2 hours.

But what can I do? I give him the opportunity to sleep, I encourage him to sleep but if he doesn't want to sleep I don't know how to make him get anymore.