Child Light Sleeper
During normal sleep you cycle through rem and four stages of non rem nrem sleep numerous times a night.
Child light sleeper. Is your child a light sleeper. It s as if the. And my youngest son is the same. Toronto montessori teacher and mom of four margaret rezza knew right away that there was something different about the sleep patterns of her youngest child marietta.
Stage 1 of nrem sleep is the lightest while stage 4 is the deepest. Try a fan a radio tuned between stations so you get only static or an actual white noise machine. If you re a light sleeper learn why and steps for getting a good night s sleep. Try white noise a steady background sound masks noises that might disturb sleep.
I saw we needed to make some changes to her nursery and our routines so she didn t turn into a light sleeper or worse form bad sleeping habits. If you re the parent of a child who seems to wake up at the drop of a hat you already know how frustrating it can be to have a light sleeper in the house. Knowing how essential quality sleep is to a baby s growing body and brain i pulled out all the stops and my sleep tricks to ensure her room and our home was set up for optimal sleep. I could sleep for england every week once a week i like to have a 12 hour sleep oops.
Stop the microwave before the timer is up. You re always tiptoeing around constantly shhhhh ing people and you live in fear of the telephone and doorbell. People react differently to sleep disturbing interruptions. For instance my mil is a very light sleeper.
These light sleepers can be woken by noises movement nearby or the sun shining in the window early in the morning. We all have different qualities as people and i m sure we all sleep different. During stage 1 you drift from being awake to being asleep. This is a light nrem sleep that doesn.
Who knew that a sound most people don t even notice could be so important to parents of light sleepers. When he s home and napping i don t do anything downstairs that might cause noise. Everything enters slow motion again. Never let it reach the end of its set time lest you want to hear the loudest beep known to man.
I thought it was just him. As with her older kids rezza had marietta s bassinet next to her bed at first for easy nighttime feedings but her newest baby was a very light sleeper.