10-11-2004, 07:55 AM
my older son is like this too...he is 9.
He can stay up and watch tv all night if we let him...I on the other hand have a strict policy that he must be in bed latest 20:30 on school nights. This is not always easy to enforce..and sometimes ends up in arguements..
In the weekends we usually let him stay up a little later..
I do however always tuck him in, and say goodnight. He sleeps with a little light on until we go to bed. If he is in bed early, say 20:00 then he is allowed to read for half an hour...otherwise not. reason for the early bedtime is that we get up between 06:00 and 06:30.
Even though he should get enough hours of sleep he is terrible at getting up in the mornings, I have to resort to all sorts of things. Usually tickling him awake works ok, and he starts the day in a good mood. Otherdays I can be in and out several times to wake him up after which he will go back to sleep the moment I am out the door....this usually ends up with me fetching the vapouriser which has plain old water in it....then I spray him awake....
Sound like torture???? nah not really, its become a sport now, I just have to mention that I will spray him, then he is out of bed in a flash...
I once read somewhere though that some children just don't need very much sleep, and are actually better of sleeping for fewer hours than the regular 8-10.. I also feel that the sleeping pattern of children has something to do with how active they are during the day...like do they do any sports outside of school? do the partake in any other extracaricular activities? and so on..
He can stay up and watch tv all night if we let him...I on the other hand have a strict policy that he must be in bed latest 20:30 on school nights. This is not always easy to enforce..and sometimes ends up in arguements..
In the weekends we usually let him stay up a little later..
I do however always tuck him in, and say goodnight. He sleeps with a little light on until we go to bed. If he is in bed early, say 20:00 then he is allowed to read for half an hour...otherwise not. reason for the early bedtime is that we get up between 06:00 and 06:30.
Even though he should get enough hours of sleep he is terrible at getting up in the mornings, I have to resort to all sorts of things. Usually tickling him awake works ok, and he starts the day in a good mood. Otherdays I can be in and out several times to wake him up after which he will go back to sleep the moment I am out the door....this usually ends up with me fetching the vapouriser which has plain old water in it....then I spray him awake....
Sound like torture???? nah not really, its become a sport now, I just have to mention that I will spray him, then he is out of bed in a flash...
I once read somewhere though that some children just don't need very much sleep, and are actually better of sleeping for fewer hours than the regular 8-10.. I also feel that the sleeping pattern of children has something to do with how active they are during the day...like do they do any sports outside of school? do the partake in any other extracaricular activities? and so on..
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