Okay firstly let me say I am thankful that in general we have a great sleeper. It's not always the case, when things aren't right or she's unwell she's a shocker for up most of the night and day, but in general she's great with her sleeping. So much so I worry that maybe she's too sleepy? Comments from MIL and friends don't help either.....

DD is just on 18 months old, and usually goes down around 7/7.30pm and until recently would sleep til around 7am the next morning. Lately it's closer to a 6am wake up but hey I'm not complaining. Most nights she'll sleep through, but getting up to resettle her with a quick pat once or twice isn't uncommon either.

Her day sleeps - when at home she sleeps from around 9am - 11am, then down again around 2.30/3 - 4.30ish. If she does sleep til 5 or so she still goes down around 7. On kindy days she'll sleep just on an hour both sleeps, due to a communal cot room, but is VERY tired when she gets home and barely makes it through dinner and asleep by 6.30pm. She does 2 days in a row Thurs/Fri and most of Saturday is spent us waiting for her to wake as she always has such huge sleeps being so tired after 2 kindy days. And I know I shouldn't compare her with the other children in the room but most of them have moved to one day sleep for awhile now.

Now she is a really active little monkey, and has like a 150% energy output when awake, everyone comments on it, so is she just tiring herself out? Someone mentioned I should get her iron levels checked/heart etc because she seems so tired all the time. But the thing is she doesn't seem tired all the time, she's a happy bubbly little kid, but she just needs her sleep. If that makes sense. She eats a balanced diet, and is generally as healthy as a child in child care can be over winter, so am I worrying over nothing?

Once again, I know many would say I'm really lucky to have such a great sleeper, but it's the doubting Mum in me that niggles away in the back of my mind..... I actually feel a bit silly posting it now that I re-read it, but all the sleepy head/is she unwell comments are starting to bug me.