Is My 14 Month Old Getting to Much Sleep???

OMG do you know HOW MANY moms would LOVE to have that problem? My son is the same way. Play hard, sleep hard. Let him sleep - some need more than others. My sister and I were that way and my son is that way, I never worried about it, I got LOTS done while he was sleeping though!

That much sleep is fine. If you can get him to go to sleep earlier at night, then he'd be up a little earlier in the day if the 10:30 start is too late for you. My son slept 7:00 pm until 7:00 am easily and also took one nap in the afternoon.

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Enjoy the sleep! My first daughter was like this and then my 2nd daughter doesn't sleep at ALL. Every baby is different. Just double check with your dr, but I would say enjoy the sleep because before long he won't want to sleep. My daughter is almost 3 and she still will sleep about 13 hours at night and take a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon.

I babysat 3 boys fulltime for 4 years. From ages 1-4 they slept 3 hours in the afternoon. Boys require more left than girls - maybe because they play harder. My 3 daughters maybe slept 1 to 1 1/2 hours at that age if I was lucky. You can leave things the way it is if it fits your schedule or wake him up at 9:00a.m. and seeif he will take a longer nap in the afternoon. If he is not fussy during the day then there shouldn't be a problem. Just remember, kids sleep on average 12 hours at night. Everyone is different and sleeper longer for some is o.k. too!

J.,

It does seem like he is getting too much sleep. I am concerned with dehydration. If he is sleeping that much, he goes for very long periods without drinking (or eating). Is his diaper wet enough? Is he pooping? Just ask your doctor! Good luck.

perfectly normal- enjoy it because it will pass.

Make sure he's not dehydrated. This can cause excessive sleep and lethargy.

Don't wake a sleeping baby! Ha, ha! He may be going through a growth spurt or something. Enjoy it while it lasts!

Do you also give him a morning and afternoon nap? My son from about 8 months on would sleep for about 2 hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon every day, then sleep from about 8:30PM-6:30AM. Babies need about 13-15 hours per day, but if you are only giving him time to sleep during the night and not at all during the day, that's probably why he's sleeping so much at night. It's just the schedule you have him on. I would move his schedule and wake him around 7AM...let him be up for a couple of hours, then let him go down for two hours...then around 1:30 or so put him down for another two hours...then put him down for the night around 8PM. Good luck!

Make sure there is nothing wrong with him that would involve pain. When my little brother was born, the dr. tore his neck up real bad. He was in so much pain he slept all the time (more than a normal newborn). That's just how babies deal with pain. He is fine now, but he did earn the nickname Timmy Too Tired when he was little. :)

Yes, it is normal and no reason to worry :) My 6 year old slept that much at 14 mths and he is normal and healthy. Enjoy "your time" while he gets his rest!

If everything else is normal, ENJOY it!

At some point in the near future he will give up naps and you will be thinking back on this and wonder why you were worried! ha.

1/3 of mine were like that. It was GREAT.

It's absolutely normal. Let him sleep as much as he wants. they are expending so much energy at this age that they get tired very easily. At this age, they should be sleeping 14 1/2 hours or more a day. There is nothing wrong with it at all, in fact it should be encouraged. Just make sure that you are feeding him a lot during the time that he is awake. My daughter (15 mo. old) has sleeping patterns very similar to your son's and there are days that she will sleep so much and then when she is up, I am in a rush to run errands and stuff and I will put her to bed at night and start thining back on the day and realize she didn't eat much, but it is because she is sleeping through the normal meal times and then I forget easily to make sure that she eats because she doesn't ever express to me that she is hungry or wants to eat. So let him sleep, but make sure that despite how much he sleeps to make sure that you still get in the 3 meals a day and some snacks and drinks, because when they sleep that much, it is easy to skip meals and stuff accidentally.

When my daughter was approximately the same age as your son, she would sleep alot too. I just thought she was having growth spurts and needed the sleep and would sometimes sleep until 11:30 if we let her. When we took her for her 2 year old wellness checkup, they ran the routine blood tests and it indicated that she was iron deficient and was anemic. I felt really guilty because she had been sleeping long hours for a long time. They had us start giving her the Flintstones vitamins...a half once a day. After a few days, her sleeping habits completely changed and she was much more active. Less sleep for us ;) but we could tell she was healthier. Since then, she sleeps what I would say are 'normal' hours...9:00pm to 6:30am and an hour and a half nap. This is just something you might ask your pedi about.

One of my boys in my home day care requires a lot of sleep but now his just turned three sleeping normal naps with the other kids. He is the last to wake up but he used to come at 4:45 and sleep until 10- 11. He was a preemie and very off with some things. We still have a time getting him to swallow his food. He will crew it then spit out the pulp. But he has grown into one of the biggest children here. His dad wears a 15 shoe. This guy was 1.9 oz when born. He talks now better then the rest all about the same age. I think our bodies tell us what we need. I used to sleep 12 if I would allow myself to. Then over the years 10 but now I do not require a lot of sleep but use to a nap during the day. I think he is quiet normal and enjoy his sleep habits. G. W

Consider yourself blessed!

My 4 year old has always preferred sleeping for a long time through the night and not always take a nap during the day. I have also been told by his doctor that if he is alert and acting normally during the day and the sleep pattern stays consistent then there is nothing to worry about. He added if he had been a child who went from sleeping 8 hours a night to sleeping significantly more a night then that would be worrysome. He still sleeps 10-12 hours a night. I think what your son sleeping is fine but if you are worried give his doctor a call. HTH