MD- trying to get to bed earlier, but that's really up to the kids some nights. Drinking water, eating right & making myself keep going. Less PC/phone/iPod time.
If I get to bed before 10, I'm usually awake by 6.30 at the latest. But I'm still tired & if I'm awake that early I usually start going down by 10am. By 3 pm my eyes are burning :/
I've been up & swimming in the mornings. We started at 6, but I'm glad we moved to 6.30 coz it was just too early for me! By 8 I was ready to go back to bed.
I think 12 years of sleep deprivation have finally caught up with me. Dd3 has only recently started sleeping through.
To improve our sleep hygiene we turn off the modem at night and we have nothing electrical in the bedroom (no phones in there and we switched to battery operated alarm clocks that don't emit constant light). I use flux on my computer but to be better you should go screen free for 1 hour before bed and dim the lights in the house at the same time. Try to go to bed earlier and rise earlier. Get outside in the daylight as early as possible- helps your circadain rhythm. You can also use block out curtains if you need them.
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