And the idea of letting
kids catch up on sleep on weekends doesn't work because some kids wake up early anyway (as many bleary - eyed parents will attest), or they sleep in really late and then are even less likely to be sleepy at an early bedtime during the school week.
Not exact matches
Once I realized that my expectations for
sleep were unrealistic and I changed my own patterns (i.e. went to bed early so that I could
catch up on my own
sleep and not be so tired myself), I was able to more than cope with how my
kids slept.
I've always been a nervous
kid — for example, not being able to fall asleep before the first day of school — more of the skimp
on sleep during the week and then
catch -
up on the weekend type, but as I became an adult, I was no longer able to do this.
Naps are only for
kids Everyone needs 8 hours of
sleep Teenagers are lazy night owls You can
catch up on sleep on the weekends...
Outside of work, when she's not juggling picking and dropping off the
kids at various schools and sports, you can find Karen — actually, no, you can't, because she's probably trying to
catch up on sleep.