What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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03/08/2023 15:48

Subject: What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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Anonymous

Yesterday DD fell asleep at 5pm (normal bedtime is at 8pm, she doesn't nap). Wanting to let her sleep, we didn't wake her. She woke up three times during the night. Now she has fallen asleep today at 3:30pm. I think I should let her rest and not wake her but DH wants to wake her after an hour so we can all sleep better tonight. I don't know what to do.

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03/08/2023 15:52

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Anonymous

Unless she is super sick, I would only let her take a short nap.

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03/08/2023 15:53

Subject: What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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Anonymous

When she woke up 3x last night was it bc she wasn't tired, she was feeling sickly, had to pee, or what?
If she fell asleep at 5pm yesterday, then, yes, you'd expect her to wake up in 10, 11 hrs or so.

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03/08/2023 15:53

Subject: What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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Anonymous

Start making a lot of noise around 430pm

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03/08/2023 15:54

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Anonymous

Great. Your husband can wake her up.

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03/08/2023 15:58

Subject: What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:When she woke up 3x last night was it bc she wasn't tired, she was feeling sickly, had to pee, or what?
If she fell asleep at 5pm yesterday, then, yes, you'd expect her to wake up in 10, 11 hrs or so.

She has a horrible cough (not croup). I think that is affecting her sleep but I think also going to sleep early probably made it harder for her to sleep.

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03/08/2023 15:59

Subject: What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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Sick kids i always let sleep. No matter how late. Ife had my sick kid sleep 4pm until am. I make sure I go to bed early so im available in the night if they need me.

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03/08/2023 16:01

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Anonymous wrote:Unless she is super sick, I would only let her take a short nap.

She has been pretty miserable, not eating, no energy

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03/08/2023 17:56

Subject: What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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Anonymous

We limit naps to 1.5 hours and ensure they are awake no later than 4pm for a 7:30pm bedtime.

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03/08/2023 18:01

Subject: What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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Anonymous wrote:Sick kids i always let sleep. No matter how late. Ife had my sick kid sleep 4pm until am. I make sure I go to bed early so im available in the night if they need me.

I agree. Even if I let him kids nap til late, when they’re sick they usually still go to bed at a normal time. Night waking that often is probably from not feeling well. If it was because she napped too much, she probably wouldn’t have gone to bed at all instead of waking up three Times

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03/08/2023 18:12

Subject: Re:What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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I'd let sleep at least 90 minutes, then check temperature. My goal would be for her to wake up for an hour or so before official bedtime, to eat something, maybe take a bath, then back into bed. She will sleep better if she has something in her stomach (even just some broth or some toast if her stomach is upset) and she is comfortable (so bath plus clean clothes).

But I'd also tell your DH that a sick 4yo is different from a baby. She didn't wake up last night because she doesn't know how to sleep through the night. She woke up because she's sick. Sometimes kids get sick and it disrupts your sleep. Even if they sleep all night, you might be awake because you have to check temperature or because they are coughing and you need to look in on them. That's life as a parent. Sometimes it disrupts your sleep.

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03/09/2023 23:50

Subject: What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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There is no way I'd wake up a sick child. They need the sleep for thier body to get well. Let the poor child sleep. The sooner she's well the sooner everyone will be sleeping better.

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03/10/2023 09:44

Subject: What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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Another vote for letting her sleep. I do the same with both of my DDs.
The frequent waking at night is likely more due to the actual illness/coughing.

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03/10/2023 10:07

Subject: What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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Anonymous wrote:There is no way I'd wake up a sick child. They need the sleep for thier body to get well. Let the poor child sleep. The sooner she's well the sooner everyone will be sleeping better.

+1

And I'm a baby wise mom who started waking newborns at 2 weeks old to stay on a schedule. But I would never wake a sick kid.

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03/10/2023 15:09

Subject: What do you do when your sick 4 yo falls asleep in the late afternoon?

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Anonymous wrote:Sick kids i always let sleep. No matter how late. Ife had my sick kid sleep 4pm until am. I make sure I go to bed early so im available in the night if they need me.

Same here. I've found no benefit to keeping a sick kid awake during the afternoons as far as improving night-time sleep goes. If anything, keeping them awake just makes mine more cranky and more difficult to put to bed.