Well, for the people who have watched that movie, its definitely a thing. you have the emotions all clinging to the scene where tom hanks is in his radio shack talking to the lady and stars are twinkling in the above sky. its giving me a sort of goose bumps right now. WOW.
But really this chapter is not about that romantic flick at all. The sleepless nights caused because of our young ones- that’s a lot and deserves a special mention in this book.
When the children don’t get enough sleep, or if their sleep is of poor quality it affects these young ones so negatively and has an impact on their behavior, mood, school performance, and energy levels.
Rohan, a 7 year old boy, loves to collect Pokemon’s . He wait the whole day for his dad to come back so that he gets his hands on his iPhone to play the Pokemon go. He’s fast like a breeze and he jumps up and down the glass staircase which is very well placed in the drawing room of his grandparents.
Rohan is awesome at his studies, probably a second ranker and sports is his passion. He’s taking classes to learn guitar. And he’s probably a talk of his group for his socialising skills.
Doesn’t he seem to be perfect. A dream of every mother. Well, he doesn’t like to sleep. I would say pretty nocturnal. He’s a sort of a person who would play music in the night. Its not unusual for Rohan’s mother to wake up at the wee hours of night to the noise coming out from the kitchen. Yes, Rohan loves to snack. MIDNIGHT SNACKING is somewhat considered cool by the current generation.
To make the matter worse, he’s an internet addict now. Though he is bright but what happens behind that closed door, nobody knows. And with the advent of games like BLUE WHALE and sorts, its definitely not safe to let a child be awake at the late hours in night and do whatever he wants to. YES, that’s scary.
Over the last few months waking up Rohan has been the most tedious job. He doesn’t wake up because he is sleeping too late.
How did it all start?
Rohan like others used to retire to bed at 9 pm after his supper. He would read a book in his dim night reading light and doze off. But then , on his 10th birthday, his parents gifted him a Computer. Its definitely necessary for today’s generation to have one. But then , his bedtime started taking a shift, From 9 pm to 10 to 11 and when it reached past midnight, nobody knew.
To compensate his Lack of sleep ( since he sleeps late and wakes up early for his school) he sleeps in the afternoon , this further pushes his bed time.
Now since he hasn’t got the right amount of sleep in the night, he feels sleepy in his class, and recently Rohan’s mother has been called by his class teacher to tell that Rohan’s performance is being deteriorated and he’s becoming rude with his friends.
Does this scenario sounds familiar.
It’s very simple to sort this thing out. Just remove the day time napping from his schedule. You can put him in a lesson or a class the enjoys. Napping in any form needs to be stopped. This includes tiny naps in the school bus or on the way to the guitar class or even snoozing in front of the television set. He is bound to become restless by night. TIRED. but he still won’t sleep on time.
When you do this repeatedly his sleep deficit will start increasing and sooner or later he will be bound to sleep at night at 9 pm.
Dealing with the computer usage is also significant in this scene. Keeping the limit for the usage, or shifting the computer to the common area will be a good idea. You can always say that you or your spouse also needs to use it.
Sometimes turning off the central WiFi router also helps. see what suits you and act accordingly.
Just in case if your child is just 6 months old and keeps you awake the whole night, there’s a pattern for you to set too. Its okay to interrupt there nap during the day, wake them up gently, give them a stroking stimulus under there feet or behind there head, play with them afterwards. give them a good stretch sleep in the night.
Of course there are different school of thoughts for the same but please feel free to consult your pediatrician for there same.
It has also been observed that some children sleep for late over the weekends. though this sounds completely harmless, but in turn it disrupts there sleeping cycle. By taking the extra sleep over the weekend, there sleep deficit decreases and thus they don’t really feel sleepy at night and thus the cycle starts the next morning by difficulty in waking up.
Thus it is imperative that sleeping and waking times should be very same irrespective of weekends, holidays or parties. Even if someone has to sleep late, they should wake up at the same time the next day.
There’s another relation seen with respect to sleep is of Caffeine intake. We need to limit the caffeine intake, and they should not be allowed to take anything having caffeine at least 4 hours prior to bedtime.
Sources of Caffeine:
- Sodas / soft drinks / energy drinks.
- Coffee.
- Some hot chocolates/ chocolates.
There’s another scenario I would like to discuss in this chapter: Read More [NEXT]
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