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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 254882" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>We're doing the routine pretty much as we always have, but its "formal" now (meaning its on a picture chart on the fridge for difficult child to follow). If he stays up until his actual bedtime, he's following it and going to bed at bedtime. If he doesn't stay awake that long, he's falling asleep wherever he's at. </p><p> </p><p>This is the way its always been with him. Its no different now. He has never fought sleep or going to bed, he just never got on a schedule (ie WHEN he fell asleep) that stuck with him day in and day out. His sleep patterns seem to change every few weeks - for a while, he'll crash at 6pm. Then after 4 or 5 weeks of that (or more or less), he'll start staying up til 11 or 12 every night. After a few weeks of that, he'll shift again. Meanwhile, our routines don't change despite his changes (he has to go to his bed at bedtime, etc). </p><p> </p><p>Janet, they wanted to do the sticker chart and for every 5 stickers, he'd get a fake dollar, then he could "buy" extra video game time, or "special time with mom", or whatever. But he is not understanding the whole fake money/buy game time/mom time thing, he's not motivated by the stickers alone, and we have never had a problem with him either going to bed or getting up (unless he hated his teacher, then the morning routine was a problem), so I'm missing the point of rewarding him for something he's already doing anyway. What he's not doing is falling sleep at the same time day in and day out, and I don't think that's something he can control - when you can't sleep, you can't sleep. Sometimes he'll even ask me to take him for a drive in my truck when he can't sleep, etc, so its not for lack of wanting to sleep.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 254882, member: 1848"] We're doing the routine pretty much as we always have, but its "formal" now (meaning its on a picture chart on the fridge for difficult child to follow). If he stays up until his actual bedtime, he's following it and going to bed at bedtime. If he doesn't stay awake that long, he's falling asleep wherever he's at. This is the way its always been with him. Its no different now. He has never fought sleep or going to bed, he just never got on a schedule (ie WHEN he fell asleep) that stuck with him day in and day out. His sleep patterns seem to change every few weeks - for a while, he'll crash at 6pm. Then after 4 or 5 weeks of that (or more or less), he'll start staying up til 11 or 12 every night. After a few weeks of that, he'll shift again. Meanwhile, our routines don't change despite his changes (he has to go to his bed at bedtime, etc). Janet, they wanted to do the sticker chart and for every 5 stickers, he'd get a fake dollar, then he could "buy" extra video game time, or "special time with mom", or whatever. But he is not understanding the whole fake money/buy game time/mom time thing, he's not motivated by the stickers alone, and we have never had a problem with him either going to bed or getting up (unless he hated his teacher, then the morning routine was a problem), so I'm missing the point of rewarding him for something he's already doing anyway. What he's not doing is falling sleep at the same time day in and day out, and I don't think that's something he can control - when you can't sleep, you can't sleep. Sometimes he'll even ask me to take him for a drive in my truck when he can't sleep, etc, so its not for lack of wanting to sleep. [/QUOTE]
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