I just had to wake up my sweet 16 year old, who thinks it’s a great idea to set her alarm for 4am even though she doesn’t roll out of bed until 6 most days, to ask her to turn the alarm off. She had been sleeping through it going off for almost 20 minutes. We have tried (and obviously failed) multiple times to impress upon her that there is no need for such an early alarm, that she’s just training her body to ignore the alarm going off, and that it’s disruptive to the rest of us, but she insists that she needs it.This is just one of many examples of situations in which we try really hard to encourage proper sleep hygiene and it’s totally ignored. We’ve tried letting natural consequences speak for themselves, but at this point one of my two is facing disciplinary action at school for repeatedly falling asleep in class (we’ve checked with her doctor to rule out medical issues). We’ve also tried turning phones in to charge in our room 1-2 hours ahead of sleep, and that did nothing. Trying to establish a “wind down” routine before bed went over like a fart in church. Having not raised these two with good sleep hygiene from the start (we foster), I’m kind of at a loss what to try that we haven’t already. Am I fighting a battle here that I’m even gonna win? Any tips for this exhausted mama at 4am are appreciated. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/332kqxE
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