[blindkid] extremely difficult to wake child from nap

[Brandy with Discovery Toys]

Hi, it is not unusual for a child to need a 2-3 hour nap at the age of 5. I 
also imagine he slept a lot in the orphanage out of boredom. Bran


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Fayre" <jfayre at gmail.com>
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 6:54 PM
Subject: [blindkid] extremely difficult to wake child from nap


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> Hello,
> First, let me say thank you to everyone who responded to my earlier
> questions about our adopted child.  I have another one.
>
> Our child, who is 5 years old, usually takes an hour or hour and a half
> nap in the afternoon.  It is almost impossible to wake him up from his
> nap.  When we do try and wake him, he will often begin crying.  However,
> it appears that he is not actually awake.  If you lay him back down, he
> will instantly go back to sleep.  He will also not interact with us
> during these episodes.  It can litterally take an hour for us to wake
> him.  When he sleeps at night, he will wake on his own without any 
> trouble.
>
> This sounds similar to the description of night terrors, but I'm not
> sure.  We tried just skipping his nap, but he will fall asleep on his
> own at around 3-4 in the afternoon.
>
> Has anyone ever experienced this?  Thanks!'
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