Do yourself and your marriage a favor and develop
the habit of going to bed at the same time.
I have a terrible
habit of going to bed with makeup still on!
A lot of people are in
the habit of going to bed just after dinner.
I also have
a habit of going to bed late at night to get some extra time for myself.
For example, the longer you wait to get your children into
the habit of going to bed at a set bedtime, the harder the time your children will have getting up for school in the morning.
This mama is trying to get in
the habit of going to bed close to baby's bedtime so I can enjoy that «long» stretch, too.
If your baby could be in
the habit of going to bed a little too late and is experiencing disturbed sleep in the night, they'll be overtired and even though waking is the issue introducing earlier bedtime may help your baby to sleep later in the morning.
Not exact matches
Even adults can work on walking back some
of their bad
habits like checking your phone right before you
go to bed.
I used
to have a
habit of looking at Social Media last thing before I
went to bed and often set my mind into overload or get carried away scrolling.
I've gotten into the
habit of asking myself if there's anything that needs
to be soaked before I
go to bed, and sometimes I'll just soak a cup
of some bean / lentil / grain without even knowing what I'll do with it the next day.
Children's books, especially picture books, often reinforce the familiar events
of a child's world:
going to bed,
going to school,
habits of hygiene and nutrition, etc..
This meant
going to bed with a fuller belly, breaking the
habit of waking every 2 hours
to eat and certainly contributed
to him sleeping for longer periods at night.
I think there might be a causal relationship both ways with sleep and depression in teenagers (speaking as a qualified software engineer)-- and one
of the first things the psychiatrist had us / the teenager do was make sure that he had good sleep
habits (e.g. your
bed is only for sleeping,
go to bed at a decent hour, watch out for caffeine in the hours before bedtime, regular stuff).
Sleep expert Jodi Mindell, author
of Sleeping Through the Night, says that if a child has poor sleep
habits or refuses
to nap or
go to bed before 10 at night, his parents often assume that he just doesn't need much sleep.
Get into the
habit of adjusting the foam or towels you're using
to fill the gap every night when you and your little one
go to bed.
However, experts often advise against this because it means that your baby will fall into the
habit of eating before
going to bed.
Roenneberg and his colleagues surveyed the sleep
habits of 25,000 Germans, aged 8
to 90, and found that as the teenage years wear on, the hour when kids
go to bed and get up drifts later and later.
What about the
habit of parking on the couch in front
of the TV for a few hours before you
go to bed?
It is simple repetitive
habits, practicing exercise regularly and consistently so you don't burn out on it, practicing eating whole, real foods every day — with room for life
to happen and some deviation occasionally when you choose it — it is accountability and taking responsibility
to keep
going every day and making it as much a part
of your LIFESTYLE as brushing your teeth and reading your kids a
bed time story.
They were also quizzed about their
habits of snacking after dinner, eating dinner within two hours
of going to bed, and skipping breakfast in the morning.
Her problem was her
habit of eating chunks
of cheese just prior
to going to bed.
Even parents
of older children engage in poor sleep
habits by choosing
to stay awake for a few hours after children
go to bed.
This
habit of having dinner and spending evenings with my family is important
to us, though there are plenty
of nights when I end up burning the midnight oil after everyone has
gone to bed.
The
habit process has also helped me establish the routine
of going to bed at 10 pm every night (with exceptions), wake up at 6 am every morning (no exceptions), not use any electronics after 8 pm, and begin
to learn French.
Generally speaking,
going to bed early and waking up early makes you more productive, so clearly we can use the power
of consistency
to our advantage
to develop the powerful
habit of getting enough sleep and having more productive days, all by
going to bed at a consistent time each night.
My bad
habit of many years standing was eating late at night before I
went to bed.