How long should a healthy nap, power nap, and/or cat nap be?
i read somewhere b4 that a 30 min. nap is good for you...it's refreshing, but doesn't leave you feeling sluggish after. my youngest son use to take 5 min. 'power naps,' but that was so hard to deal with. he didn't have a good one, but would always say, 'but mom, i already had a nap!' nothing wrong with a nap to help you through the day, but it's when you sleep too much that it's unhealthy for you! take care!!!
Interested in co-sleeping - but confused about the logistics...?
Ok, I'm moderately interested in trying out co-sleeping for me and my 5 month old who is currently getting me up at night a little too frequently for my taste. We do co-sleep for naps most of the time, for about 2 hours in the afternoon, but I stay there with him. My question is, how do people who co-sleep ever get up out of bed to do anything, even just go to the bathroom, how is the baby safe? I don't want to be pinned to the bed for every minute that my baby is sleeping. I don't want my sleeping hours to be exactly the same ones as the baby's, you know? Is it POSSIBLE to get up and do other things, or do you just...not? Is there some way you can safely physically arrange things so the baby is okay while you're up out of bed, so he's not rolling out, etc? What do people do??
Do naps count towards the overall amount of sleep you get a day?
This is a tough question. It really depends exactly how long you're napping for.Look at this picture:The most restorative parts of sleep are stages 3,4 and REM. People say you should hit 8 hours a night because that leaves you with an adequate amount of time spent in those 3 important stages.The thing is, when you take time out of your day for a short nap you're not really reaching those deep states of sleep. A nap that goes for 30 minutes will only push you through to stage 2 if you're not sleep deprived. That's good for alertness, but we need more than stages 1/2 for healthy sleep.What does all this mean? I wouldn't count short naps as part of my hours. I think they're one of the best ways to restore yourself, but the quality you get just isn't the same.A 90 minute nap is quite long, I'd be more inclined to include it in my hours.If you look at the picture again, you'll see that 90 minutes will push you into some quality nap time. What happens though, is that you've got to cut out the ~14 minutes you actually take to fall asleep... as well as the ~15 minutes of sleep inertia you've just hit yourself with when you wake up. A 90 minute nap is never 90 minutes. On top of that, the sleep quality you'll get in a nap is probably not that great- the room is lighter, the temperature is a bit warmer.... not optimal sleep conditions all in all.Conclusion? Longer naps count, but they're cumbersome in your timetable and probably more effort than they're worth. Count them if you really think the quality is up to par with your nightly sleeps.Short naps don't count, but they're more fun. Do the bulk of your sleeping at night, and use the short naps as a refresher.
How many naps does an 8 month old need each day? and how long should they last?
Every child is different. And the amount they sleep during the night can have a huge affect on how many naps they'll want during the day. My son is 8 months old. He sleeps an average of 10 hours a night. And he takes an average of 3 naps a day, all decently long.
9 month old, slight fever, sleeping a lot?
okay, thats not a fever..at the hosptial, they told me, 99.0 means, over dressed...and 101+ means fever...so relax. if your baby gets a temperature then i would give them infant tylenol. (thats what my pedi told me)..also, just to let uk, there is a virus going around for babies..my baby just caught a stomach virus..she sleeps all day, and not a night ...she just cries and cries..but also, it could be teething...just because you dont feel it, doesnt mean that its not there..