This is REALLY freaking me out! - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

mjbrandon · 07-16-2007, 12:08 PM

Please don't think I am posting this to brag, I am REALLY concerned about it.

For the last 4 weeks (my DD is 10 weeks) my DD has been sleeping 9-10 hours a night, which is great. Well, that was in her Miracle Blanket. For the last two nights she has resisted being swaddled so I have let her sleep on her tummy.

Well, to my fright she slept almost 11.5 hours the first night, and this second night she slept 11 hours. Both times I have had to go in and wake her up. I don't know how long she would have slept if I hadn't.

Even after she sleeps that long she still acts like she is overtired after just an hour or so of awake time.

What concerns do you guys have about this? I talked to the pedi about her sleep (before when she was sleeping 9-10 hours) and she seemed like she thought that was a lot of sleep. Isn't 11 hours without a feeding a LONG time for a LO her age? When I talked to the doc, she said that she wouldn't even know what to test for if there was something wrong with that much sleep.

Any suggestions? Should I keep waking her, or should I just let her sleep.

mkgbrook · 07-16-2007, 12:22 PM

Look into hypopnea. Sleeping on her belly may be depressing her breathing and thus resulting in a longer sleep cycle with lower O2 blood concentrations. Main symptoms:
* Inability to achieve dream and restorative sleep.
* Chronic fatigue and inability to wake up.
* Predispostion to respiratory ills.
* Snoring/Mouth breathing

This is a varient of sleep apnea and is common in predisposed belly and back sleepers. The best position to sleep in is on ones side. Also one does not have to SNORE to have sleep apnea or hypopnea. However if a child under the age of eight snores or mouth breaths in their sleep, there is an 85% they are suffering from obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea.

Please read my post on Sleep disorders in children on the parenting issues board. This will outline the major signs you should look for and be worried about. Six out of a hundred children have a sleep disorder.. two out of a hundred have sleep apnea. This is normally the result of enlarged tonsils and adnoids.

Respectfully,
MG

meechieny · 07-16-2007, 02:27 PM

Jaundice babies tend to sleep a lot. I hope a dr would of picked that up by now, but hey you never know. How is her color? Especially the whites of her eyes and her gums. Bring her into the sunlight to really look.
Also, are you breast or bottle feeding?

mjbrandon · 07-16-2007, 02:54 PM

She is FF and gaining really well. She is in the 75-90th percentile for her weight and height. She isn't jaundiced, I know this because she had jaundice when she was first born.

Good thoughts though...

koukla3 · 07-16-2007, 08:27 PM

Hi mj,

I wound't worry about it at all! Elliana is a sleeper too. She sleeps from 10pm until 8am and then takes great naps throughout the day 2-3 hrs. I called the doctor b/c I was so concerned about how much she was sleeping and they said not to worry about it. They told me never to wake a sleeping baby unless she is going to sleep through 2 feedings which through the night is fine. They told me as long as she is eating and having wet diapers than she is fine. Every couple of weeks I notice for a couple of days she is extra sleepy...I think that is a growth spurt b/c she snaps right out of it. Enjoy it...we are one of the lucky ones!

Koukla