My family and I were out later than usual last night carving pumpkins with our home group. Consequently we didn't get home until after 10:00p. My wife called this afternoon and told me that my daughter is extremely irritable. At first I thought maybe my daughter was only trying to be controlling and manipulative with my wife but then I began to wonder about how much sleep kids need. So, I did a little research at various web sites on the topic of sleep. According to kidshealth.org kids who are school aged pre-teens need about 10 hours of sleep in a day. My daughter went to bed last night at about 10:30 p.m. but in the middle of the night she got out of her bed and came into our room (due to a bad dream) and then later on I sent her back to her bed earlier in the morning. This morning she woke up at 7:20 a.m. By factoring in the trips back and forth from her bedroom I'd say she got about 8 restful hours of sleep. Not enough.
If you are having problem with cranky kids please consider how much sleep they are getting. I recognize that every child is different but getting the right amount of sleep is very important to your child and can make all the difference in how your kids behave around you and others.
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