Posted: Jul 15, 2008, 9:32 AM CST
i feel bad that im knocking the fun out of the thread but tough
ok reason your angel sleeps so much teenagers and kids hitting puberty need more sleep than we do ,frankly they need at least 9 to 10 hours rather than the average 8 ,this is due to a few things
1)We now know that our need for sleep is not constant throughout life. We know that newborns sleep the majority of the time, day and night. Between 3 and 6 months of age, infants obtain most of their sleep at night supplemented by daytime naps. By age on1, most youngsters require 14 hours of sleep, the majority of which occurs at night supplemented by 2 daytime naps of 1 to 3 hours. By the age of 2, most children take only 1 nap and between the ages of 3 and 8 napping is generally discontinued. Five year old children typically require 11 hours of sleep per 24 hours. Between the ages of 9 and 10, children typically are able to maintain excellent daytime alertness with 9 to 10 hours of sleep per night.
2)Teenagers require more sleep, by 1 to 2 hours, than do their younger 9 and 10 year old siblings, yet most teenagers get 1 to 2 hours less. Teenagers are the sleepiest members of society .Often teenagers have difficulty falling asleep in the evening and difficulty awakening in the morning. There are at least two major reasons for this sleep pattern. It is commonly assumed that teenagers require less sleep than do their younger siblings when in fact teenagers require more sleep. Because of this, teenagers are frequently sleep deprived. To make matters even worse, teenagers typically don't get appropriately timed bright light as the following example illustrates.
>When Michael was 10 years old, he went to bed at 9 p.m. and awakened promptly at 6:30 a.m. to get ready for school. Michael did well in school and was a very responsible young man. Thus when he entered high school, his parents, thinking that he was now nearly an adult, allowed him to stay up until 10 p.m. on school nights and midnight on weekends. On Saturdays and Sundays he was allowed to sleep in and he usually awakened between 10 a.m. and noon when he went outside (in the bright sunlight) to do his chores. By Sunday night, he was unable to get to sleep at 10 p.m. and although he went to bed then he typically didn't fall asleep until midnight. It was very hard for him to get out of bed at 6 a.m. for school and he was often late. In the winter time he went to school in the dark. While in school, the rooms had only 200 to 400 lux of light. He went home after school at 1:30 p.m. in the bright mid-day light.
hope this helps love
