Saturday, June 7, 2008

No sleep for mere mortals

Well, my autistic son is up again in the middle of the night. This kid has the worst sleep patterns but we are used to it after years of this. I have to wonder if half his problems stem from sleep deprivation?! I know I do not do well without sleep and I am literal when I say he has rarely had a full nights sleep. How much does that mess with you when you are already sensory overloaded??

Well...guess I had better get back to attempting to get the boy back to sleep....LOL!

1 comment:

Cap'n Ergo "XL+II" Jinglebollocks said...

Whoo-boy, do *I* have tales to tell of a lil' person who needed only about 4 hours of sleep before he was rarin' to go and up for hours.

I've heard tell of lots of Autie families who have set up a "safe room" for their children-- bolted a TV down to a dresser and cut the top 1/3 off of the bedroom door so the kid could get up and play in the watches of the night without getting into trouble. Ever tried melatonin??