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Guardian of a 3 yr 6 m old boy3 years ago

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My baby is 5 months old... From past few weeks i forced my baby to sleep in afternoon time for 2 to 3 hours and now he has got a habit of sleeping in the afternoon time for 3 hours... if my baby will sleep for so long in the day time... will this make my baby dumb or lazy?

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Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children3 years ago

A. Sleep Cycle in smaller babies is very different and they have a certain pattern initially whicbuh becomes regularize at around 6 to 8 months of age and if the baby is comfortable with no irritability bjecause of infantile colic nasal blockage any regurgitation etc you should not worry just give a comfortable position to the baby and no medicine is required.

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