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Post by shanniebananie on Nov 13, 2014 17:49:30 GMT
I started seeing a naturopathic doctor to get some advice on how to change some things in my life to positively affect my health. One thing I don't get is enough "good" sleep. I am rarely asleep before 11pm and then have aging pets who need to go out in the middle of the night or meow all the time preventing me from getting good rem sleep. I get up at 5:40 every morning to get the kids out the door at 7am.
Well, she told me that the best rest for our bodies is any sleep before 12am. We sleep deeper and get more rem sleep. She then shared that this kind of sleep is so important to her family that she puts her child (4 years old) to sleep at 6:45 and then goes to bed by 8pm.
Could you do that for the health of your family? Many nights we aren't home by 8 due to the activities the kids participate in. I would love to get that kind of sleep though, so I am considering only choosing things that will have us home early enough to at least try for a 9pm bedtime for us all.
I understand that for people that have to get up in the middle of the night, 8pm is their bedtime, but if you have a traditional schedule, could you make this change? Would you want to?
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Post by padresfan619 on Nov 13, 2014 17:51:43 GMT
No.
But I don't wake up in the middle of the night and I'm not getting up before 6.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2014 17:56:29 GMT
No. I'm a nightowl and always have been, some of my most memorable times have been in the middle of the night
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Post by myshelly on Nov 13, 2014 17:56:33 GMT
No
But I don't get out of bed at all during the night and I don't have to be awake at a certain time in the morning.
Our children's bedtime is 7:30 though.
It does sound like in your case your lack of sleep is affecting your health and you need to figure out a way to solve that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2014 18:01:33 GMT
Between 8 and 9 For me. My whole life I was a night owl like my father staying up till one or 2 AM.and then I broke my knee.
Between the pain meds and the need for extra sleep for healing, I lost a lot of my nocturnal habits and became someone who goes to bed early.
I definitely agree that the better sleep happens before midnight.
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Post by calgal08 on Nov 13, 2014 18:03:18 GMT
Yes, and I do. Most nights dh and I go to bed as soon as the kids do. Last night was a late night for us, we stayed up until 9pm. Then again, we get up early. Our dogs start demanding breakfast from 4:30am
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Nov 13, 2014 18:04:10 GMT
I could not. But my daughter was in bed by 7 for the first 8 or 9 years of her life, and then bed at 7 asleep by 8, now that she is 12 its bed at 8 asleep by 9.
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Post by sillyrabbit on Nov 13, 2014 18:05:26 GMT
I can't but DH is generally in bed by 8 when he works day shift. I enjoy my few hours of quiet time.
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Post by grinningcat on Nov 13, 2014 18:05:33 GMT
No. I think that's completely impractical and I think she'll discover that at 6:45 bedtime for a child and an 8pm bedtime for herself will become impossible in the next few years. There's too much to miss out on if you go to sleep at 8pm. I don't buy that sleep quality before midnight is better than after. Sounds like poppycock, really.
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Post by melanell on Nov 13, 2014 18:06:26 GMT
You know, I'd be willing to try. My kids are typically in bed by 8. Then I do relatively nothing, feeling as though I need to "wind down", but often just feel bored or agitated because I'm too tired to do what I really want to do.
So, perhaps if not 8, then 9. I might try for it a week and see how I feel, actually.
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Nov 13, 2014 18:09:42 GMT
Bed by 8? No way! There's waaaay too much trashy TV to watch, lol.
I could (and try) to get to bed before midnite, though.
Like others, I also don't have to get up in the middle of the night or as early as you are.
A few years ago, I did try to go to bed by 9:00 one nite a week. My body seemed to think it was a nap and I was waking up around 2:00 every nite. Not good.
In your case, I would just try to go to bed as early as I could. Believe me, I know that's much easier said than done.
Good luck!
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Post by georgiapea on Nov 13, 2014 18:09:59 GMT
Really, any of us could do that. It's all a matter of getting accustomed to the bed time. After a few days we would get sleepy at that time. I work with someone who goes to bed around 8 pm. I'm more like an 11 pm person.
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Post by miyooper2b on Nov 13, 2014 18:10:01 GMT
Could I? Yes. And actually I have a few times. Normally we are in bed between 9:00 and 9:30 pm. If I am up later than that I am a walking zombie the next day.
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Post by Nink on Nov 13, 2014 18:12:32 GMT
I can and do. I have to be up between 4:30 and 5 every morning for work.
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Post by bumble on Nov 13, 2014 18:12:33 GMT
8pm is too early for me. I think the earliest I could do is 9:30pm.
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Post by luckyexwife on Nov 13, 2014 18:13:24 GMT
I started seeing a naturopathic doctor to get some advice on how to change some things in my life to positively affect my health. One thing I don't get is enough "good" sleep. I am rarely asleep before 11pm and then have aging pets who need to go out in the middle of the night or meow all the time preventing me from getting good rem sleep. I get up at 5:40 every morning to get the kids out the door at 7am. Well, she told me that the best rest for our bodies is any sleep before 12am. We sleep deeper and get more rem sleep. She then shared that this kind of sleep is so important to her family that she puts her child (4 years old) to sleep at 6:45 and then goes to bed by 8pm. Could you do that for the health of your family? Many nights we aren't home by 8 due to the activities the kids participate in. I would love to get that kind of sleep though, so I am considering only choosing things that will have us home early enough to at least try for a 9pm bedtime for us all. I understand that for people that have to get up in the middle of the night, 8pm is their bedtime, but if you have a traditional schedule, could you make this change? Would you want to? Why is the best rest for our bodies before 12am? Is there evidence to back that up? I thought total sleep time was more important than the actual time you go to bed and wake up.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Nov 13, 2014 18:13:49 GMT
I could not. But my daughter was in bed by 7 for the first 8 or 9 years of her life, and then bed at 7 asleep by 8, now that she is 12 its bed at 8 asleep by 9. Same here My 15 yr old is ADHD with one of her triggers being lack of sleep/tiredness. So she's always had an earlier than most bedtime/rest schedule. Even as a teen she is very good at self regulating her sleep since she knows it's a trigger. She is in charge of her own sleep schedule now and can get herself up at 5:30 am every day for school.
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Post by VanC on Nov 13, 2014 18:14:35 GMT
Absolutely not, but then I'm a total night owl. My usual bedtime is 1:30 or 2 am. I rise about 8am but I'm not fit company until about 10. I've been this way my whole life. I do tend to go in 4 to 6 month cycles where I need less and less sleep and stay up all night 2 or 3 times a week then crash and do nothing but sleep for a week or so. Then it's back to 4 to 6hrs of sleep a night.
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Post by gar on Nov 13, 2014 18:14:51 GMT
No. My dh doesn't get home til 8.30 so we'd never see each other for a start! My kids had what most people considered early bedtimes for a long time, and even if they weren't going to sleep immediately they went up at the same time and read in their bedrooms but that was impossible as they got older and had more/different activities etc. I would feel I was missing out on a whole load of free time if I went to bed then.
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Post by blondiec47 on Nov 13, 2014 18:15:18 GMT
I'm up everyday by 5am so I need to be in bed early. I usually go upstairs around 7:30 and I am asleep by 9ish. In the summer it is later. It seems I am asleep four hours after the sun goes down. To be fair, I do not have children
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Post by Kerri W on Nov 13, 2014 18:16:44 GMT
I used to be quite a night owl but something changed in me (really no idea what) and I would now happily go to bed at 8:00 if I could. I generally go upstairs at 9 to tuck DS in and read for a bit in bed and am asleep long before DH comes to bed around 10. I also get up much earlier than I used to and no longer nap during the day.
I have a friend who gets up to run at 4am. Her kids are in bed by 7:30 at the latest.
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Post by likescarrots on Nov 13, 2014 18:17:18 GMT
No. And I don't get great sleep anyway. But if I go to bed too early (which I would consider 8 to be), I will wake up around 1 am filled with anxiety that I missed my alarm clock and really confused and then it will take me another hour to calm down and get back to sleep. It is so easy for people who don't have sleep problems to be like 'you're just doing it wrong'.. It is really frustrating. As if I just don't want to get a great nights sleep.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2014 18:19:17 GMT
If my doctor felt a change in sleep patterns would improve my quality of life, and I had asked for the advice, I certainly would try it for a month or two. It won't hurt anything.
I go to bed at 6pm but I know I have an abnormal sleep pattern and instead of fighting it I try to go with it. I sleep from 6 to around 10, up from about 10 to 1 am. Then go back to bed and wake up again around 5:30 am which is when I need to wake up to get ready for work.
I've never heard of the best sleep being before midnight. But I guess it is possible for the hormone cycles to affect that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2014 18:20:49 GMT
8 would be a little early for me, but I do go to bed at 9, so I can get up at 5 to work out before starting the day. 8 hours of sleep is super important for my overall health. When I went back to grad school a few years ago, I was chronically sleep deprived. The impact on my health was shocking, despite eating well and exercising regularly.
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Post by papersilly on Nov 13, 2014 18:30:49 GMT
I could definitely go to bed but I would not sleep. I may read, surf, or watch t.v. until 10:00 and that's the earliest I could go to sleep if I had to.
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Post by scrappert on Nov 13, 2014 18:31:51 GMT
Not every night, but I certainly have been known to go to bed at 8.
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Post by loco coco on Nov 13, 2014 18:32:49 GMT
I get in bed around 8-8:30, take my back medicine and watch some TV or read. I normally fall asleep around 9:30-10 though
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Post by mrsscrapdiva on Nov 13, 2014 18:41:58 GMT
I used to be a nightowl but since having my second child I could easily go to bed at 8:30 everynight. My kids get up somewhere between 5 & 6 and I am up when they are...awake but not up I do not go to bed at that time most nights though because my dh gets home from work at 7:30/8:00 and we would see each other during the week. I used to be able to start projects at night but could never do that anymore, I'm way too tired.
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Post by KikiPea on Nov 13, 2014 18:44:36 GMT
Absolutely not. Before we moved, I was trying to go to bed when DH tried to at 9PM (He was getting up at 4:30AM) and I just couldn't do it. I wasn't sleepy yet and it made me restless.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Nov 13, 2014 18:46:34 GMT
Absolutely. In bed by 8pm is a good night for me!
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