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**For those with teens, have you seen changes in sleep patterns?
Particularly if you have/had a morning person kid?**
I have four kids, all of whom are either currently teens or past their teens.
Patrick(14) has always been a night owl, starting in utero. When he hit
puberty he shifted even more to the wee hours. He *can* get up before noon, but
much prefers not to. He'd probably be pretty happy with a job with overnight
hours, we'll have to wait and see till he's old enough to be legally employed past
ten pm. :)
Ted(27) was a middle of the roader - falling asleep easily late evening,
waking easily in the morning. As a teen he became an extreme night owl for several
years, but has shifted to where he is quite uncomfortable when he's held jobs
with evening hours or overnight hours.
Sarah(14) has always needed more sleep than anyone else, starting in utero.
She was occasionally so still for so long that I'd poke at her to make sure she
was still alive in there. Meanwhile, her wombmate Patrick would be making so
much commotion it was clearly visible from across the room. <g> She's always
tended towards the night owl end of the spectrum, but would usually go to sleep
two hours or more before Patrick (and sleep a half hour to an hour after he
woke, as well.) At puberty she shifted farther into the night, staying up often
well past midnight. She is now a few years past puberty and is currently
experiencing another shift in sleeping pattern that she's finding painful. For
weeks she's been waking many hours earlier than her usual, leaving her feeling
groggy and "off" all day. She's trying to purposely shift her going to sleep
time earlier to compensate.
Melissa(21) was a lark as a young child. She'd bounce into my room as the sun
was rising, put her face into mine and sing "Good morning mommy! Isn't it a
beautiful day!" Sometimes she'd pry open my eyelids if I tried to keep them
shut. :) It was really hard for me not to grouch back at her "No, it is NOT a
beautiful day, it is too darn early to be up, go away!" When she hit puberty she
shifted into a night owl routine - for her that meant she sometimes was still
awake at midnight. :) Currently she gets too little sleep by choice, staying
up late to talk to her night owl boyfriend, getting up very early for college
classes.
Deborah in IL
Particularly if you have/had a morning person kid?**
I have four kids, all of whom are either currently teens or past their teens.
Patrick(14) has always been a night owl, starting in utero. When he hit
puberty he shifted even more to the wee hours. He *can* get up before noon, but
much prefers not to. He'd probably be pretty happy with a job with overnight
hours, we'll have to wait and see till he's old enough to be legally employed past
ten pm. :)
Ted(27) was a middle of the roader - falling asleep easily late evening,
waking easily in the morning. As a teen he became an extreme night owl for several
years, but has shifted to where he is quite uncomfortable when he's held jobs
with evening hours or overnight hours.
Sarah(14) has always needed more sleep than anyone else, starting in utero.
She was occasionally so still for so long that I'd poke at her to make sure she
was still alive in there. Meanwhile, her wombmate Patrick would be making so
much commotion it was clearly visible from across the room. <g> She's always
tended towards the night owl end of the spectrum, but would usually go to sleep
two hours or more before Patrick (and sleep a half hour to an hour after he
woke, as well.) At puberty she shifted farther into the night, staying up often
well past midnight. She is now a few years past puberty and is currently
experiencing another shift in sleeping pattern that she's finding painful. For
weeks she's been waking many hours earlier than her usual, leaving her feeling
groggy and "off" all day. She's trying to purposely shift her going to sleep
time earlier to compensate.
Melissa(21) was a lark as a young child. She'd bounce into my room as the sun
was rising, put her face into mine and sing "Good morning mommy! Isn't it a
beautiful day!" Sometimes she'd pry open my eyelids if I tried to keep them
shut. :) It was really hard for me not to grouch back at her "No, it is NOT a
beautiful day, it is too darn early to be up, go away!" When she hit puberty she
shifted into a night owl routine - for her that meant she sometimes was still
awake at midnight. :) Currently she gets too little sleep by choice, staying
up late to talk to her night owl boyfriend, getting up very early for college
classes.
Deborah in IL
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>>For those with teens, have you seen changes in sleep patterns? Particularly if you have/had a morning person kid?>>Both of my kids went into a later sleeping pattern at about 12 years old. Conor was more of a night person to begin with, and it's been more dramatic for him. He often pulls an all-nighter or stays up/sleeps for what seems like days. Qacei was a morning person until puberty started coming. Since then she *needs* to sleep in every morning. It's been a physical imperative for her for sure.
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no limits to sleep for the past 3 years. I know I fought her natural
rhythms all through her younger years because of societal norms. I don't
think though that she has changed all that much, just been allowed to live
her own cycles. She did say, though, the other day, "I wish my friend would
do more role playing during the day. Sometimes she wants to role play until
3 am when I want to go to bed."
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>Emily is 13 and I can't really say since we have only been unschooling with
> **For those with teens, have you seen changes in sleep patterns?
> Particularly if you have/had a morning person kid?**
no limits to sleep for the past 3 years. I know I fought her natural
rhythms all through her younger years because of societal norms. I don't
think though that she has changed all that much, just been allowed to live
her own cycles. She did say, though, the other day, "I wish my friend would
do more role playing during the day. Sometimes she wants to role play until
3 am when I want to go to bed."
--
Michelle
Independent Kitchen Consultant #413652
The Pampered Chef
850-474-0817
http://www.pamperedchef.biz/michellelr
Ask me how you can save 60% on some of our most favorite products!
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> **For those with teens, have you seen changes in sleep patterns?I've seen changes with both my children in the past several years. Brenna
> Particularly if you have/had a morning person kid?**
(16) and Logan (13) used to get up before 9:00 it seemed no matter how late
they were up. It was not uncommon for him to be awake by 7:00.
Brenna had this gradual shift to sleeping later around 13 and 14 and would
sleep till 11:00 unless she asked me to wake her up. In the past year, the
same thing has happened with Logan. He loves staying up till 1 or 2 a.m and
then will sleep till noon.
Brenna occasionally sleeps later in the morning now but more often will
either set her alarm or ask me to wake her up by 9:00. If she's done that for
several days, she needs a day to sleep at least 12 hours.
Unschooling has allowed them to listen to their bodies and both have found
sleep patterns that work best for them. They know when they need to sleep and
make decisions when to go to bed depending on what they have planned the
next day.
Gail
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