http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/teens-health/CC00019/NSECTIONGROUP=2
So what do you think? What's keeping you from getting your full 9 hours? Perhaps you're all sleeping really well, what's your secret?
zzzzzz.... Mrs. Jack
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Catching your zzzzzzzs.....
You've probably heard it before, but did you know that girls your age should be getting up to 9 hours of sleep every night? There are many things that might be keeping you from getting to bed (and staying in bed!) for your full 9 hours. Television, texts, facebook, games, ... stress, the list is very long. If you are feeling tired and waking up every day dragging your feet out of bed then it's time to make a change. Sleep is an essential part of making ourselves feel good (and happy). Here's an article to read if you've got a minute,
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Great article and great insight Mrs. Jack. I have posted a link to your blog on my gym blog tool bar.
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ReplyDeleteIt's a good article! I feel tired right now. So I should go to sleep earlier.
ReplyDeleteI'm usually sleepy/tired in the day that usually happens when I wake up in the morning but then later in the afternoon I feel better and full of energy.
ReplyDelete~$onali
Its Nicole! I didn't realize all these factors were keeping me from sleeping! Usually in the night I have so much to do that I instantly fall asleep. But sometimes when I try to go to bed early I just can't fall asleep! I'll try these steps in the article and see if it works!
ReplyDeleteI think I should start to go to sleep a bit earlier than usual because it's really hard to wake me up in the morning.
ReplyDelete@nicole that happens to me too sometimes when I try to go to sleep early I can't fall asleep I keep looking around the room
It's Stanley!
ReplyDelete@Stanley I'm glad you are not asleep right now, oh wait, I think you are sleeping at the computer. WAKE UP!
ReplyDeletei dont even notice if i get 9 hours of sleep but on ething i know is that on the weekends i usually get more then 9 hours of sleep. i get into deep sleep in the morning alot just like $onali. watching tv actual helps me sleep sometimes but reallly late. like if i watch tv until 1 in the morning then im most likely to get sleepy.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate that 5 of my students claim to be full of energy. I think I will record them saying hello in the moring because it sounds something like this "arrgghhhhhhougghhhhhh" and only with a hearing aid can I hear it
ReplyDelete@ sonali i tryed that and it didnt work for me. i even tryed drinking 3 glasses of warm milk but it just wakes me up, but if you read a book for like 2 hours then your eyes get droopy and you feel like sleeping but you have to stay focuse on sleeping
ReplyDeleteI just woke up but trying to do the pyramid challenge.
ReplyDelete@mr.cheney even though we are full of energy ( only a few people) We just don't feel like saying good morning. We're full of energy but we just don't want to open our mouths
ReplyDeleteI have trouble sleeping at night i wake up so tired in the morning and i don't want to come to school but i have to force myself to get up or my mom yells at me to get up. If im tired during school(im almost never tired im always full of energy) when i take a nap when i come back from school it makes it harder to sleep at night. So i stay up a little and im tired in the morning. I usually sett y alarms clock to 6:45 because i come to school late sometimes and its hard to get up.
ReplyDeletei didn't know that we needed 9 hours of sleep. on school days i sleep very a small amount of hours because i go to sleep late and have to wake wake up early for school
ReplyDeletei am usually really sleepy and tired in the morning when i wake up but later in the afternoon i am active!
ReplyDeletei will try using these steps and see if it works because its REALLY hard for me to wake up in the morning, i should try going on the bed abit earlier.
thanx mrs jackson for the great article!
-Tehreem
IM EDEN, YEAH BUDDY!
ReplyDelete@tulsi I know I do that too I read books in the night and that sometimes makes me go to sleep
ReplyDeleteHi girls...(and Mr. Cheney)! I posted a comment last night but it seems I didn't sign in as myself and it didn't stick. BOOOOO....
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, just wanted to first clarify that I am Mrs. Jack not Ms. Jackson (although she might come join us here once in a while).
Next, I wanted to talk about 3 glasses of warm milk before bed....mistake number 1!!! Stick to one glass girls!! 3 will just keep you up all night going to the washroom!
Finally, I think you've all mentioned it, television...it's hard to turn it off but we need to! Our eyes become overstimulated and they have a hard time relaxing even when we close the lids. Try turning off the tv an hour before you plan on going to bed. Have a chat, read a book or magazine, play a sudoku game and let yourself get tired. You'll find yourself more ready to sleep after you've tuned out for a bit. Try doing this for 5 nights in a row, you might surprise yourself (and feel like a million bucks!!). I will post early in the week, am thinking something about nutrition? Any questions or recommendations for discussion??
@Nicole I also have problems waking up in the morning it takes me a while to wake up, Im really sleepy/tired and so my mom has to come to my room and wake me up a couple of times.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mrs.Jack I will try that from now on. Mrs.Jack I always have a glass of milk before I sleep but that doesn't see to help???????? But I will try turning off the T.V an hour before I plan on sleeping and read a book before I go to sleep ( which i do almost everyday) but thanks anyways for the tips :)
Hey Ms.Jack, (i remember years ago i would always call you Ms.Roden)
ReplyDeleteGreat article! Its always important yet many dont realize how important it is and how it effects you, I always count the hours i will end up sleeping when im trying to fall asleep but my bad habit is that i always fall asleep around 11pm, which isn't so great. I sleep 8-9 hours every weeknight but on weekends i will sleep 7 hours, strangely enough last night was rare for me, i fell asleep at 9pm and woke up at 11am the next day, 14 hours of sleep!!! And i still wanted to sleep more.
Well, those are my sleeping habits...
i usually feel tired every morning but then a while like 1hour later even after eating nothing i get energy in myself i feel totally fine
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