Sleeping late

Reply to Sleeping late on Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:10:47 GMT

cherrygal — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:10:47 GMT

Yup, I saw that research done on a TV prog shown on OKTO. Insufficient sleep causes the brain to develop slower. They mentioned something like "shrinking brain"? I wanted to get DS to watch it but he switched to Ch8.

Reply to Sleeping late on Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:12:21 GMT

thatsmygirl — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:12:21 GMT

it does affect her health. scientific research shows kids that has habits of sleeping late develops slower as compared to kids who sleep early. the body repairs itself from 10pm to 1am or 2am nightly. hence, it is recommended to be asleep early.

Reply to Sleeping late on Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:28:21 GMT

cherrygal — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:28:21 GMT

But research also says that sleep that takes place between 10pm to 1am is the best for regeneration of cells - aka beauty / healthy sleep. Agree that uninterrupted sleep at any time is good as well to feel refreshed.

Reply to Sleeping late on Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:30:57 GMT

ronseng — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:30:57 GMT

The important thing is quality sleep , not what time you sleep, this is what research shown.

Reply to Sleeping late on Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:34:45 GMT

susu2626 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:34:45 GMT

Choco05:
susu2626:
Hi, any parents have kids that sleep late at night?

Most of the time my DD sleeps late at night sometime she will not go to bed till 3am and wakes up at 11am.
She would either do some reading, homework, texting friends, watching some video clips etc,, have asked her if she has any problems or stress from school works but she said none of these. Afraid that this will affect her health. please share your experience here.
Your DD sounds exactly like me. Even the timings are the same But i only do this during the holidays. On school days latest will be 12am.

During my school days, I only burn mid-night oil during my exam period, other days I sleep like a \"pig\" :rotflmao:

Reply to Sleeping late on Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:13:35 GMT

Choco05 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:13:35 GMT

susu2626:
Hi, any parents have kids that sleep late at night?

Most of the time my DD sleeps late at night sometime she will not go to bed till 3am and wakes up at 11am.
She would either do some reading, homework, texting friends, watching some video clips etc,, have asked her if she has any problems or stress from school works but she said none of these. Afraid that this will affect her health. please share your experience here.

Your DD sounds exactly like me. Even the timings are the same But i only do this during the holidays. On school days latest will be 12am.

Reply to Sleeping late on Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:09:18 GMT

atrecord — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:09:18 GMT

My kids sleep late if we do not chase them to go to bed. on weekdays, we try to push them to bed at 10.30 pm but it often drags till 11+ pm before they keep quiet and close eyes…

Weekends they might sleep even later, but on Sats and Suns, they will wake up as early as 7.30 am (unless they slept real late and had a real long day = need to sleep more therefore wake up later) to watch TV, play computer, etc…

Reply to Sleeping late on Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:57:03 GMT

susu2626 — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:57:03 GMT

cherrygal:
Even during the school hols, we still wake DS up at 7.30am daily. He tries hard to fight for a later sleeping time during the school hols but his eyes can't stay open after 10pm. So Dr Ferber's method works.

Good idea! Thanks for sharing....but it is not easy to pull her out of the BED!!! if you know what I mean.

Reply to Sleeping late on Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:34:43 GMT

Super.049652kiasu — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:34:43 GMT

LOLMum:
does this happen during school terms or only school holidays?

school terms is definitely a big no no. friday nite and school holidays, i am fine with it.

but the bad is huge ugly panda eyes with eye bags to carry around so had put a stop to dd's late nite. got to sleep before midnight.

It happens everyday.school holidays and weekends even later.
My parents used to say there was something wrong because i was full of energy once i wake up.

Reply to Sleeping late on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:28:13 GMT

cherrygal — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:28:13 GMT

Even during the school hols, we still wake DS up at 7.30am daily. He tries hard to fight for a later sleeping time during the school hols but his eyes can’t stay open after 10pm. So Dr Ferber’s method works.

Reply to Sleeping late on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:24:33 GMT

cherrygal — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:24:33 GMT

How old is your DD? If >16yo, then it’s normal for them to be nocturnal and they are too old for you to control. If primary school age, then 3am is a bit late. I used to sleep at 11pm and wake up at 6am in pri and sec school days. I will nap in the bus on my way home.

To tweak the sleeping time for a young child, you can try to wake your DD earlier. Don’t allow her to sleep till 11am. As Dr Ferber said, you can’t force them to sleep but you can certainly wake them up. After a few days of waking early, their body clocks will tell them to sleep earlier as they have a sleep debt to pay.

Reply to Sleeping late on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:22:07 GMT

LOLMum — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:22:07 GMT

does this happen during school terms or only school holidays?

school terms is definitely a big no no. friday nite and school holidays, i am fine with it.

but the bad is huge ugly panda eyes with eye bags to carry around so had put a stop to dd’s late nite. got to sleep before midnight.

Reply to Sleeping late on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:03:38 GMT

Super.049652kiasu — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:03:38 GMT

I used to sleep at 12am everyday and wake up to catch the school bus at 6am. I don’t feel tired though… This was during my primary school days.