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usuk2004
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Farah
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Please tell me the secret...
...of the two hour nap???
DS is 3.5 months. Mostly he takes three or four 30-45 minute cat naps throughout the day. A few times he's slept for an hour and half to two hours and I can't for the life of me figure out what we did differently to make him sleep for longer. 
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Posted 11/18/09 10:00 AM  |
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Wendy
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Re: Please tell me the secret...
Being tired? 
I have no clue ... Ann either sleeps for 20 mins a clip at daycare or two hours! No rhyme or reason I can tell.
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| Posted 11/18/09 10:01 AM |
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Shorty
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Re: Please tell me the secret...
L sleeps most calmly and soundly on his belly.
eta: he naps for 30 mins TOPS in his bouncy, but will nap for 3 hrs on his belly in a PnP/crib/on any flat surface.
Message edited 11/18/2009 10:13:31 AM.
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| Posted 11/18/09 10:02 AM |
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kerrycec03
Mom of 2 beautiful boys!!
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Re: Please tell me the secret...
DS didn't start 2+ hour naps till 6mos. Once he was really really moving, he got more exhausted for sleep.
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| Posted 11/18/09 10:02 AM |
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Maybe-baby
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Re: Please tell me the secret...
Where does your DS nap?
For DD, she would nap much longer in her crib. I also found the am nap would ususally be the longer nap when she was your DS's age. At that age, I would also consistently put her down for her nap about 1 1/2 hours after she woke up. I always found her nap would average 2 hours when I did this.
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| Posted 11/18/09 10:07 AM |
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usuk2004
I'm ONE!
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Re: Please tell me the secret...
Posted by Maybe-baby
Where does your DS nap?
For DD, she would nap much longer in her crib. I also found the am nap would ususally be the longer nap when she was your DS's age. At that age, I would also consistently put her down for her nap about 1 1/2 hours after she woke up. I always found her nap would average 2 hours when I did this.
Most of his naps are in his crib, sometimes in his bouncy chair though. He also goes back to sleep 1 1/2 - 2 hours after waking up, but that's usually a shorter nap (although on Monday that one was nearly 2 hours!). I think he sleeps best if I'm on the move with him in the stroller. But it's crappy out today, so there's no way I'm going for a 2 hour walk!
But the long naps have happened in the stroller, in the crib - either on his tummy or on his back, and in the bouncy seat. There doesn't seem to be a reason..!
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| Posted 11/18/09 10:11 AM |
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oneday
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Re: Please tell me the secret...
Well, I haven't really started to put DS down for a nap as a routine, but I will try putting him in his swing and he'll fall asleep. We recently got from a friend Dozy Dolphin which is basically a stuffed dophin machine in it. I have been using the ocean wave sound and this seems to help him stay settled. It eventually turns off, but if I find he starts to fuss, I reset it and it'll usually keep him down a bit longer.
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| Posted 11/18/09 10:19 AM |
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sweetie
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Re: Please tell me the secret...
For me the secret was having him sleep on his belly but not everyone is comfortable with that
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| Posted 11/18/09 10:24 AM |
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alisonggg
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Re: Please tell me the secret...
I can't be much help really. DD was the queen of the two and a half hour nap for the first 3 months of her life (always napped in her swing though), she would usually take two 2 hour naps a day plus a 1 hour one in the evening. Once she hit 3 months she literally went on nap strike. Now she is consistently only taking 3 or 4 30-45min min naps a day. Its awful because she gets so cranky by evening when shes had such little sleep. Once and awhile she'll have a nice 2 hour one for old times sake and shes like a different baby. But its so random.
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| Posted 11/18/09 10:29 AM |
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jlk51496
Mom of 3 - YIKES! =)
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Re: Please tell me the secret...
mine catnapped until he got a lil older...I think 6 months!!?!??! But every now and then I still get a catnap.....It will come..hopefully for you in a couple of months!!
Yest my DS took a 3 hr nap
but the day before a 45 min nap...so you never know!!?!?!
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| Posted 11/18/09 10:32 AM |
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waterspout4
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Re: Please tell me the secret...
DS only slept 2x20 minute naps for the first 10 months.  Then the 2 hour naps started. But at the age of 2 he decided that naps are no longer this thing. GRRR!!!!
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| Posted 11/18/09 10:33 AM |
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Janice
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Re: Please tell me the secret...
mine napped 2 hours a day, twice a day from the start...as long as I was sitting in a chair holding him the entire nap. Once I put him down, naptime was over.
This went on for 8 months.
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| Posted 11/18/09 10:36 AM |
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