NL wrote:
> 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.
But he IS tired when he goes to bed. He COMPLAINS about being tired but
not
able to fall asleep.
> 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.
Except title of the thread "son is often tired."
> 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.
>
Anyone have an insight into learning to meditate?
>>> 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.
>
He IS tired. He tells me so. He is rubbing his eyes and complaining of
being
tired.
> cu
> nicole
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