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{Routine} Bedtime

Do you stay up too late and find yourself tired the next day?  Whilst it is a great time to get alot done, or rest while the kids are asleep you are only making yourself more tired and miserable the following day.  I recently spoke to my mum about this same topic, she wakes up tired and needs to teach herself to go to bed earlier.  But how can you retrain your body clock:

  • Eat breakfast every morning, it’s a great start to each morning
  • Wind down at the same time each night
  • Turn off the lights or if you need a light, dim it slightly (if possible) or use a lamp
  • Don’t watch TV in the bedroom
  • Read in bed before going to sleep, with a lamp not the overhead light
  • If you get up through the night try not to switch on the light, use a torch or nightlight

 

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  • Julie

    These are really good practices. Thankyou for reminding us – it sounds so basic and simple but the experts are saying about 80% of us suffer from poor sleep habits or lack of sleep.

    There is a considerable body of research linking chronic sleep deprivation to depression and weight management difficulties.

    There is also some great new research linking white(a section of UV) light to correcting your sleep patterns/moods should the above good sense advice not be enough http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_therapy

    I used to do shift work at night and still try to be there for kids stuff like assemblies & sports days.
    Sometimes it takes discipline to not just do that one more thing!
    I know all this yet i still have days (well, nights) when they are all in bed and I act like Gollom with my “precious” free-time borrowed from my sleeptime…. !

  • http://www.facebook.com/Jenamine Jen Turner

    This is a conversation my Mum and I have regularly. I work 4 nights a week till midnight and get to bed most nights around 12.30ish. On the 3 nights I am home I find it hard to wind down for sleep any earlier so find myself awake and alone for several hours a night :( Then my boys are awake by 6:30 in the morning. I wake most mornings feeling tired and grumpy and I know my poor boys cop my bad mood…..So hard to find balance sometimes and be organised :)

    • http://www.theorganisedhousewife.com.au Katrina

      It would be hard to change your body clock. It isn’t a good start to the day when you wake up grumpy. Have you tried reading in bed, lights off just a lamp on, I find this make we weary easily.