Should I wake her?????

[mamachops]

I know the old adage "Never wake a sleeping baby", but I just wonder if there are any qualifications.

My DD (who has a very shakey routine at best) will sometimes sleep longer than 2 hours during the day, usually late in the afternoon, especially if she hasn't slept well earlier in the day. Trouble is, that it gets too near bedtime, and I want to do the routine bath and bedclothes before she beds down for the night (especially since she only sleeps in 4 hour stretches at night)

Should I wake her if she sleeps too long?

DD is 4 months

Fank U

[Oscar's mum]

I always go by the rule let the baby sleep! I figure they must need it - besides babies grow when they are sleeping.

But having said that if you have a routine you like to stick by and it really isn't working for you letting bub sleep for a long time in the afternoon, then perhaps waking bub up may be an option, but I think it would make for one cranky bub!;)

[Wivi]

I don't think there is a rule with this one. I have often woken my bub but that's because it works for me and also because I know he is a real sleepyhead and has been from birth. I have always had to be careful that he didn't sleep too much during the day because otherwise he would wake in the night and want to play. I've found I am doing it quite a bit lately but I think he just likes his cosy cot at the moment and lies there when he wakes up!

I think if my bub had been different though and wasn't such a sleepyhead I would probably just let bub sleep when it was asleep. Otherwise yes, you might have one very cranky baby! I think bubs usually fall into some sort of a predictable at around 6 months so just wing it til then with whatever you think works best for you!

[BiLL|z0r]

Mid/late arvo is the only time we ever wake Wyatt so I say go ahead and see how it goes. If he's left to sleep too long in the arvo he doesn't go down at night. We'd much rather a cranky bubby in the arvo than late at night.

[Desertress]

Do what ever works for you. Maybe you can try waking her for a while and trying to establish the bath and bed routine and if this dosnt work then you can always let her sleep again and see if this works better for you. I have found that alot of things are just trial and error. If one thing isnt working or you want to try something different then go ahead. You can always change back if it dosnt work.