04-01-2008, 11:58 PM
Notice, like many statistics, how many people / children fit into the category of the vague "sleep problems".
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I am leary of reports and statistics going out to the gernal public - do you know some insurance carriers can drop customers for all kinds of arbitrary reasons - they can say it is the general consensus and quote statistcs and WHam out of luck. Poeple can also not be hired for jobs for "safety reasons" related to someone being other health impaired due to "statistically higher" rates of accidnets with tired drivers etc., etc., people with sleep disorders "may have a higher prevalence of ______fill in the blank"
Notice how the American Academy of Sleep suggest all the things for EVERYONE to do to reverse the problem or better yet, to avoid getting sleep problems to begin with. Bad Habits that perfectly regular people end up with from poor decisions. kids with Tv's in their rooms -they go to sleep with them on - no set bed time, highly stimulating images - movies, video games or tv commercial images before bed instead of quiet time, bathing, massaging, reading, or contact with their loved one. Eating too close to bedtime or having caffienated or high sugared drinks etc., etc., . So regular ordinary folks end up with sleep disturbances, but if they change those few things the patterns can be reversed. I submit that if (I say if because I don' think it should just be stipulated) if there is a higher prevalence of "sleep problems" for auties (I agree that there probably is :O)) it is because once habits/routines are formed , changing them, would, I think you know, be more difficult because changes can be particalrly difficult. By the way, John is not in the 50% that doesn't want to go to bed at night, like in the study - come on, if you ask 100 kids do you like your bed time, most would say no, I'd like to go to bed later. Which answer is correct on that, if some say later, does that mean they have sleep problems... Anyway, I find with John, he loves a set bedtime, always has, it has served him and our other kids very well. John will resist mightily if we really have to stay up- even on Christmas eve! He sleeps pretty well, does rock or rythmclly jounce a bit, but gets at least 9 hours, and even away if the timing and routine are not changed he can do well. I just wonder why all the fuss about... and now I have made a fuss over nothing too...
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I am leary of reports and statistics going out to the gernal public - do you know some insurance carriers can drop customers for all kinds of arbitrary reasons - they can say it is the general consensus and quote statistcs and WHam out of luck. Poeple can also not be hired for jobs for "safety reasons" related to someone being other health impaired due to "statistically higher" rates of accidnets with tired drivers etc., etc., people with sleep disorders "may have a higher prevalence of ______fill in the blank" Notice how the American Academy of Sleep suggest all the things for EVERYONE to do to reverse the problem or better yet, to avoid getting sleep problems to begin with. Bad Habits that perfectly regular people end up with from poor decisions. kids with Tv's in their rooms -they go to sleep with them on - no set bed time, highly stimulating images - movies, video games or tv commercial images before bed instead of quiet time, bathing, massaging, reading, or contact with their loved one. Eating too close to bedtime or having caffienated or high sugared drinks etc., etc., . So regular ordinary folks end up with sleep disturbances, but if they change those few things the patterns can be reversed. I submit that if (I say if because I don' think it should just be stipulated) if there is a higher prevalence of "sleep problems" for auties (I agree that there probably is :O)) it is because once habits/routines are formed , changing them, would, I think you know, be more difficult because changes can be particalrly difficult. By the way, John is not in the 50% that doesn't want to go to bed at night, like in the study - come on, if you ask 100 kids do you like your bed time, most would say no, I'd like to go to bed later. Which answer is correct on that, if some say later, does that mean they have sleep problems... Anyway, I find with John, he loves a set bedtime, always has, it has served him and our other kids very well. John will resist mightily if we really have to stay up- even on Christmas eve! He sleeps pretty well, does rock or rythmclly jounce a bit, but gets at least 9 hours, and even away if the timing and routine are not changed he can do well. I just wonder why all the fuss about... and now I have made a fuss over nothing too...