I read an interesting article in Family Circle. Kids who are more active fall asleep more quickly at night. Kids who were not as active took up to 45 minutes longer to fall asleep. This means that child is "losing" 45 minutes of sleep time, causing them to be more tired the next day.
I have two kids. One seems to always be tired, the other is often more rested. And wouldn't you know it, my less active daughter is the one who seems to always be tired.
Audrey :)
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Interesting! Well, they say to adults that if you want to improve your sleep, you should get plenty of exercise, so it makes sense.
That's interesting.
We have a few kids that have a hard time falling asleep but they are fairly active. Not probably as active as kids should be though. We had one son who would lie away until 3 in the morning and not sleep. This is not due to inactivity (although, if he were working in the fields every day all day that might solve the problem anyway). We finally started having him take a melatonin before he goes to bed and what do you know he's asleep within 30 minutes, usually. He also does much better paying attention in school because he's sleeping better.
I think people were meant to move around though. When we don't move around enough, our bodies don't function like they are supposed to.
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