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Re: Sleep Paralysis

Posted by Willow on April 13, 2007 at 11:38:59:

In Reply to: Re: Sleep Paralysis posted by Joy on April 12, 2007 at 08:22:54:

He's only seven, but he can wake to an alarm, if you want him to.

I know (and this is not to critique your parenting abilities, because its not) that we sometimes get to where we are jumping through hoops to get our children to do things they are supposed to do.

I had a stepdaughter that created all kinds of havoc in the morning, and we were doing all these things to get her ready in time, and we were never getting things settled, and everything was always an uproar. Until I told her that she was going to school at 8 am, whether she was in her pajamas or not. The first day, she dressed in the car. The second day, she was dressed but didn't have her shoes on. The third day she was dressed and had shoes on, and was ready to get in the car (but she hadn't eaten and hadn't brushed her hair or teeth). Gradually over time, she learned to get ready earlier to get things done. But I never again spent all of my morning getting her to do things.

Right now, you are really just helping him, getting him a sandwich and ovaltine, etc. But as he gets older, be wary of him wanting things his way more and more. He should be taking over his mornings so that you just have to make him the breakfast and he is there, dressed and ready to eat. My kids are in their thirties now, but I realized (over parenting all those years), that the less you do for them, the more they do for themselves. Reading a book to him is not bad. That's just parenting. But if you think of all of the routines you are making now just to get him ready in time, it takes away from the fun of reading him a book just because you want to read to him. It becomes a chore to get him ready. KWIM?

right now, he's young. But you are setting up habits for the future too. And I don't want to make you angry or feeling guilty. But even if he had N, he still has to learn to do for himself.

If you have your own sleep issues, it makes it twice as hard to do for them. good luck.

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