Don’t even get me started on sleep..
I’d have to dig deep into my archives on my personal blog to find some stories and how they relate to sleep…and wait, I’ll just go do that….
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and….well I’m too lazy to keep searching, but I did find this and this
so the following should come as no surprise to you…
But a study by the National Sleep Foundation’s 2004 Sleep in America Poll, many kids are seriously sleep deprived.
On a personal note, for the last few weeks, my children have played hard, Walker at school then outdoors after school and Jace has been running and ripping like wild all day, napping some days (which he needs) and not napping others. And, when bed time arrives, they give us the usual rift raft about “I want to play this game or that game or read one more book” but once we get them in bed and tucked in, they are out like lights. I mean OUT LIKE LIGHTS.
My oldest son, Walker, doesn’t require as much sleep as his brother. He is definitely his father’s child in that respect. Even as a baby he didn’t need as much sleep. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying he gets by on less than 9 hours, but he can on an occasion swing an 8 hour night as long as he isn’t doing it night after night.
Jace however is his mothers son for real. He requires a lot of sleep. He doesn’t even argue about naps, he will be 4 in November and when I say nap time, he runs and gets in my bed, blink, blink…sleep. At night, he would do best if he could sleep 10 or 11 hours. He doesn’t always get it but when he doesn’t, he will sleep 3 hours during his nap.
People, sleep deprivation will kill you. Knowing that, why would you put that kind of pressure on a child?
I don’t get it. Do you?
November 7th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
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