My son sleeps till noon every day . He wakes up around 12 pm. He goes to sleep between 3 and 4 am. He has always had sleeping problem. When he was a baby too he slept during day and stayed awake at night as if he has to stand guard when everyone else sleeps. I put him to bed the same time every night. When I make him very tired before putting him to bed he would stay much later than when he usually sleeps. Some days he stays awake the whole night and sleeps in the morning. When I wake him up early, the whole day he would be very edgy, he gets scared of regular sounds around the house hold and when I take him outside he reacts by yelling to the noise of vehicles. If he wakes up early as soon as the sunsets he tries to go to bed but I make him stay till the usual time, that day he would sleep very easily but after 2 or 3 hours he would wake up and stay awake. Astonishing thing about my son’s sleeping is he sleeps normally whenever we take him out of the country.
Before he wakes up I finish all my household chores. After his breakfast since he doesn’t attend school I engage him in play activities. After his lunch he goes out for a walk or a ride or to park with me or his father or grandfather. In the evening I make him do activities like coloring, putting blocks, beading etc. After dinner at 9.30 I put him to bed and we both stay awake till he finally goes to sleep. While we are awake I read stories and sing to him. His sleeping habit was a big hassle for me when I used to work. I left my job 3 years back it was a setback for us financially but I wanted to give him all the time I can. With no treatments or therapies available I am trying to cope and doing my best to use any information I get and hoping for a change.
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