"Stephanie" <haaa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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.
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>
> 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.
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>
> 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.
I've been thinking about this, and is it possible that he has a medical
condition like sleep apnea, low blood sugar, or anemia?
Also, is he getting enough mental stimulation in addition to physical
exercise?
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