The Sleeping Child

[countrymom]

I`m at a loss. I have an 18month old who for the last 2 weeks wants to nap every morning for hours if I let her. I can`t figure it out. last week she was sick but only for 2 days but today again she will lay on the rug and sleep. I can`t entertain her all day till nap time. Oh she is impossible to wake up too. She is also the child that doesn`t talk (I posted about her before)

[Blackcat31]

More than likely being sick took a lot out of her and her schedule is now messed up,

Did the parents let her sleep all day while she was home sick? Nothing messes with a kids normal daily routine at that age, than a couple of sick days.

Have you asked her parents what nighttime sleep habits/patterns are?

I would just try to do your best to help her get back onto the regular schedule you had her on. It may take a couple days.

I read somewhere that child care providers spend on average 3x as much time undoing what parents do to their child's eating, sleeping or behavior patterns.

[countrymom]

she started this before she got sick (nothing major last week, just the flu) now her older brother who has a disability is the same way. He would sleep all day too, now she's doing it too.

[Cradle2crayons]

Is there a particular concern with letting her take two naps a day??

I've had children before, even up to age 2 that still needed two naps.

[Soccermom]

I`m at a loss. I have an 18month old who for the last 2 weeks wants to nap every morning for hours if I let her. I can`t figure it out. last week she was sick but only for 2 days but today again she will lay on the rug and sleep. I can`t entertain her all day till nap time. Oh she is impossible to wake up too. She is also the child that doesn`t talk (I posted about her before)

I have a 22 Month old DCB who sleeps from 12h30pm-4h30pm most days and DCM says he still goes to bed just fine at 8pm! It's great LOL!

I think some kids just need a lot of sleep, especially when they are going through a little growth spurt or healing from illness.

[Childminder]

Are they having trouble with her sleeping at night? If she won't sleep for them her inner clock might be out of whack.

[countrymom]

I have a 22 Month old DCB who sleeps from 12h30pm-4h30pm most days and DCM says he still goes to bed just fine at 8pm! It's great LOL!

I think some kids just need a lot of sleep, especially when they are going through a little growth spurt or healing from illness.

yes she slept from 12pm to 4pm and still goes to bed without a problem. I'm glad someone else has the same kid.

[permanentvacation]

I think you very well might have figured it out. If she is sleeping just like her brother who has a disability that includes him sleeping like she is now, it is very possible that she is beginning to show signs of having the same disability.

I would make sure to tell the parents about her wanting to sleep so often, when she sleeps, days, times, how long she sleeps as well as keep a written log for yourself in her daycare file.

Just out of curiosity, what is the disability that includes sleeping a lot?