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If your kid struggles to wake, is it possible they need more sleep? Is their sleep restful enough? Do they snore or have a tongue tie? (If so, you should have a

If your kid struggles to wake, is it possible they need more sleep? Is their sleep restful enough? Do they snore or have a tongue tie? (If so, you should have a sleep study done, they may have sleep disordered breathing and need corrective surgery like I do. sleep disordered breathing is highly underdiagnosed, almost everyone who snores has it to some degree.) In my view, waking up in the morning should never be a struggle. It shouldn’t even require an alarm clock. If you go to bed early enough, so you’re asleep 8.5h before you need to wake up, and you wake up at the same time every day, and you’re still tired, you probably have something affecting your sleep quality or nutrient balance (iron deficiency, hypothyroidism, etc) you need to fix.

thevagrant 5y ago
It's not so much sleep duration (unless we carry a gene that require 11 hours sleep) Thanks for the info, I'll look into the tongue tie, this I did not know about. Sleep apnea and stuff I've looked at but it doesn't seem to be that. The other aspects, I don't know yet. They are young so doctors would not do much yet as they are fine once they get out of bed (maybe they'll grow out of it, I don't know). I also had this issue most my life. I spent a lot of money checking for deficiencies or known causes. I do on occasion have to supplement b12, vit-d, iron. I came to the conclusion that some people absorb nutrients better than others or if there is a reason then very difficult to find the cause.
- anchpop 5y ago
  There’s an easy diagnostic for tongue tie. Have them open their mouth all the way and then (without closing mouth slightly) try to touch their tongue to the roof of their mouth just behind their front top teeth. If they can, they’re fine in that department. Otherwise, it might be worth taking them to a specialist. Do you or your kid sleep for 11h at a time? If that happens regularly without a clear cause (e.g. getting very little sleep the night before), please have a sleep study done, that isn’t normal and sleep disordered breathing will slowly kill you and make you stupid. Another indication is sleeping with your mouth open.
  - thevagrant 5y ago
    Now I am curious :) I'll get a sleep study as my father most definitely would be a candidate for sleep apnea (can hear him stop breathing, his father the same also). I dismissed it as I rarely snore. A while back asked partner to monitor me, they always said I appear to sleep soundly but move a lot, same as my daughter. 11 hours seems normal for the child. For myself I normally sleep 6-8 hours (no choice) though I don't feel rested without 10-11 hours. We function, but when compared to others I see rise bright and/or energetic in the morning, well it is rare I feel that way.

thevagrant 5y ago

It's not so much sleep duration (unless we carry a gene that require 11 hours sleep) Thanks for the info, I'll look into the tongue tie, this I did not know about. Sleep apnea and stuff I've looked at but it doesn't seem to be that. The other aspects, I don't know yet. They are young so doctors would not do much yet as they are fine once they get out of bed (maybe they'll grow out of it, I don't know). I also had this issue most my life. I spent a lot of money checking for deficiencies or known causes. I do on occasion have to supplement b12, vit-d, iron. I came to the conclusion that some people absorb nutrients better than others or if there is a reason then very difficult to find the cause.

anchpop 5y ago
There’s an easy diagnostic for tongue tie. Have them open their mouth all the way and then (without closing mouth slightly) try to touch their tongue to the roof of their mouth just behind their front top teeth. If they can, they’re fine in that department. Otherwise, it might be worth taking them to a specialist. Do you or your kid sleep for 11h at a time? If that happens regularly without a clear cause (e.g. getting very little sleep the night before), please have a sleep study done, that isn’t normal and sleep disordered breathing will slowly kill you and make you stupid. Another indication is sleeping with your mouth open.
- thevagrant 5y ago
  Now I am curious :) I'll get a sleep study as my father most definitely would be a candidate for sleep apnea (can hear him stop breathing, his father the same also). I dismissed it as I rarely snore. A while back asked partner to monitor me, they always said I appear to sleep soundly but move a lot, same as my daughter. 11 hours seems normal for the child. For myself I normally sleep 6-8 hours (no choice) though I don't feel rested without 10-11 hours. We function, but when compared to others I see rise bright and/or energetic in the morning, well it is rare I feel that way.