Not-So-Normal Naptime...

Is there some kind of growth spurt that happens around 7 months??? I don't know what's causing it, but my precious little non-napper has been having "long" naps the last few days. For anyone that's been following for a while, you know that this little guy usually has three, 20-30 minute naps a day. That's it. He's been going down relatively easy for a while, but like clockwork, after 30 minutes those big blue eyes just pop open. He sleeps almost 12 hours straight at night, so the doctor wasn't concerned. I mean, you can't force a child to fall asleep.

Anyways, this week he has surprised us a few times. Monday he took a (nearly) 2-hour nap, 1-hour nap, and a 30 minute nap. A couple of other times during the week, one of his naps was 1-1.5 hours. Yesterday I know he had at least one nap that was 1.5 hours. Right now, he's just about to hit the hour and a half mark!

Here's my precious angel sleeping now... :-)


I also find it a little strange that his longest nap is often the one right after breakfast. All my little baby growth/development e-mails I get every week or month have been saying that many babies drop their morning nap and only have the late morning/after lunch and then mid/late afternoon naps. [At least I think that's right, I forget.] This child is practically falling asleep at breakfast some days. You'd think after sleeping 12 hours, he'd be good to go for a while. But around 9:00am, his body language is practically begging me to just get a bottle and hit the crib. So, that's what we do.

I'm hoping that this isn't just a fluke phase. It would be really nice to have a child with legitimate naps during the day. Let's face it moms, 20-30 minutes just doesn't cut it when we have stuff to do. :-)