Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much?

Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much? by bzbarsky on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:05AM (#18609479)

It's possible. They are generally in bed by 8:30. We have tried experimenting with pushing it back to 8 and that did not have an obvious effect on their mornings and did make evenings a lot more miserable. Going even earlier than 8 is not really feasible given that dinner generally can't happen until 6pm.

(Our no-longer-elementary-schooler, by the way, never really had this problem. He just seems to sleep a lot less in general.... kids are different.)

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Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much? by TimTheTinker on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:19AM (#18609621)

Just an idea - you could try putting them to bed 15 min earlier every few days, and if they have trouble sleeping put on a short kids audiobook. Two of the most peaceful I know of from Audible are “The Tailor of Gloucester” read by Meryl Streep and “The Little House”.

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Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much? by cbzbc on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @12:02PM (#18610120)

Also depends on how young they are, if they are of reading age, then putting them to bed a little earlier and then allowing them to read for 15-20 minutes on their own can also be another way of calming them down.

Some of the kids mindfulness podcasts (Peace Out as an example) are also good for this kind of thing

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Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much? by bzbarsky on Thursday December 06, 2018 @01:18AM (#18615842)

One is of reading age, one is just about there.

The one of reading age is already reading after he's in bed. The hard part is getting him to stop and actually go to sleep.

I will look into the podcasts; thank you for the suggestion!

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Re:Why Do Hospitals Hate Sleep So Much? by TimTheTinker on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @05:59PM (#18613608)

Scripture Lullabies is really great too - very peaceful & soothing.

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