Comments on: Easy Ways to Talk To Your Children about Sleep Habits http://www.sleepdisordersguide.com/blog/baby-sleep/easy-ways-to-talk-to-your-children-about-sleep-habits/ Your Guide to A-Z Sleep Disorders ! Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:09:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: chris http://www.sleepdisordersguide.com/blog/baby-sleep/easy-ways-to-talk-to-your-children-about-sleep-habits/#comment-388 chris Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:55:03 +0000 http://www.sleepdisordersguide.com/blog/baby-sleep/easy-ways-to-talk-to-your-children-about-sleep-habits/#comment-388 "Most of the children try to fight it, when they hear it is time for bed. You ever observe a small child when she is tired, starts crying and getting irritable. Her body is telling her it is time for sleep, but she does not want to. She fights it as long as she can. Sometimes they feel like they are being treated unfair because their older siblings and the adults dont have to go to sleep, so they fight it. Sometimes children are afraid that if they go to sleep, they will miss out on something. They dont want to go to bed, even if they are sleepy and tired. If you dont have to go to bed, why should they. If they go to sleep, they might miss something or someone important. The world as they know it might very well end if they go to sleep, and they will not have any of that. Teach Him Good Sleep Habits Soon enough they will grow out of that stage and then it is time to start teaching them significant sleep habits that they will carry with them the rest of their life." Taken straight from the article, i'm a 17 year old male, and my whole life i've been 'afraid i'll miss something'. Never could fall asleep when i was younger, and i never grew out of it as the article said you should. I've searched, and searched and this is the only relavent thing I could find. It's getting worse as I get older, and now I'm working a 4am until noon shift, and i usually only sleep about 2-3hours a night, and either am dead all day or take 400mg of caffeine(about 4cups of coffee). What the hell is wrong with me? And does anyone know anything thats realtvent to this, to get more information? “Most of the children try to fight it, when they hear it is time for bed. You ever observe a small child when she is tired, starts crying and getting irritable. Her body is telling her it is time for sleep, but she does not want to. She fights it as long as she can.

Sometimes they feel like they are being treated unfair because their older siblings and the adults dont have to go to sleep, so they fight it. Sometimes children are afraid that if they go to sleep, they will miss out on something. They dont want to go to bed, even if they are sleepy and tired.

If you dont have to go to bed, why should they. If they go to sleep, they might miss something or someone important. The world as they know it might very well end if they go to sleep, and they will not have any of that.
Teach Him Good Sleep Habits

Soon enough they will grow out of that stage and then it is time to start teaching them significant sleep habits that they will carry with them the rest of their life.”

Taken straight from the article, i’m a 17 year old male, and my whole life i’ve been ‘afraid i’ll miss something’. Never could fall asleep when i was younger, and i never grew out of it as the article said you should. I’ve searched, and searched and this is the only relavent thing I could find. It’s getting worse as I get older, and now I’m working a 4am until noon shift, and i usually only sleep about 2-3hours a night, and either am dead all day or take 400mg of caffeine(about 4cups of coffee). What the hell is wrong with me? And does anyone know anything thats realtvent to this, to get more information?

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