Stephanie schrieb:
> NL wrote:
>> Stephanie schrieb:
>>
>>> Many days he does sleep in. Many days he gets up because he is
>>> hungry or has to go to the bathroom. Some mornings his sister makes
>>> too much noise getting up and wakes him up. We basically NEVER wake
>>> him up.
>> Sorry, but that doesn't really sound like a regular routine to me.
>>
>
> I meant a regular go TO bed routine.
Yes, that's not helping him though. If he gets to sleep in he will not
be tired when you put him TO bed. He's not falling asleep when you're
putting him to bed, so he may need a better morning routine as in
getting up at the same time every day.
>> Get him up whenever you get up or his siblings get up. Make it a fixed
>> time, like 7 or 8a.m. or something and put him to bed at a set time,
>> too, like 8p.m. That gives him about 12 hours to sleep in, which means
>> even if he doesn't fall asleep right away he should get enough sleep.
>> Be super rigid for a while (I'd say 2 weeks) no exceptions except for
>> emergencies and a weekend is not an emergency, then see if it has
>> improved any.
>>
>
> That makes no sense. He is already walking wounded, and you want me to
> curtail his sleep further? The problem is not being able to slow his
mind
> down. He has TOLD me this. His difficulty in falling asleep is worse the
> more tired he gets, as is often the case.
Well, you are saying he's not able to fall asleep, which to me sounds
like he's probably not yet tired when you're putting him to bed.
Get him on a stricter schedule and see what happens. My guess is that
his system's pretty screwed up by the rhythm he has now so it'll take a
couple of days until he settles down.
I remember my school holidays, I would read until whenever, keeping
myself up, then sleep in the next day, so it was easier to stay awake
longer and thus I slept in even later the next day and that's how I got
screwed up with my sleep schedule. Not by waking early, by falling
asleep late.
Of course you're free to keep doing what you're doing and hope it'll
produce a different result, but my guess is it won't.
>> Try the relaxation techniques, but if he sleeps in a lot that means he
>> will be awake longer and that's a cycle you need to break, if it
>> bothers you...
>>
>
>
> It is not me it bothers. It is him. I don't care when he sleeps. As long
as
> he does not feel tired all day. The problem is that he is not getting
enough
> sleep.
Yeah. But by letting him sleep in you're making the problem worse.
Because he will not be tired at 8 when he got up at 10.
cu
nicole
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