Comments on: Time to Sleep (Because the TV Says So)

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:43:31 +0000

7pm bedtime—–that hasn’t been the case for Charlie in years, years, and years, since he was a toddler!

By: Bonnie Sayers

Bonnie Sayers — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:41:22 +0000

I have then bedroom very dark and for a week or two before the clocks change he is waking up at 3 or 4 am, but does not get sleepy at school although very giggly.

When the clocks change I can barely get him out of bed at 6:30 since it is so dark. He takes his dose of Geodon at 5 PM and is asleep usually at 7 pm, but summertime is hard to get him into the bedroom since it is light out for another hour plus.

Once he goes to sleep we can relax for a bit and go outside to cool off since the only A/C is in bedroom with Matt.

No TV? Will do a search on that.

By: Autism in the Eye of the Beholder (and the Special Master)

Autism in the Eye of the Beholder (and the Special Master) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:41:47 +0000

[...] knees and looked around him from beneath the hood of his blue jacket (yes, he seems to have had a very mild version of the cold/flu I had). Walking down Avenue A and then Canal Street and into Chinatown, Charlie held tightly to [...]

By: Regan

Regan — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:40:43 +0000

Sorry to hear that Charlie is under the weather…’hope he is feeling better soon!

Yeah, I know the feeling. My body shrieks “go to bed” and the tube says “stay up a little longer…that movie is going to be on…”. My husband is even worse–mesmerized; you literally have to turn the television off for him to focus. We got cable for the internet, but the TV part of the bundle has been a bad deal.
You are very lucky that you don’t have TV. I mean it.

By: KimJ

KimJ — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:19:50 +0000

Bedtime is determined and enforced by mom. Waking up is determined by some internal clock, usually. The tv is off by 6pm but there are videogames, movies and stuff to do.
I stopped watching regular tv in high school.

By: FXSmom

FXSmom — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:44:26 +0000

My fragile x/autism kids sleep with the sunshine too. As Rachel is learning to tell time her sleep clock is adjusting. But Matt doesn’t even know that clocks exist so his is still down with the sun and up with the sun. Which means….so is Mom

By: Marla

Marla — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:30:03 +0000

So glad Charlie is feeling better.

Sleep is the promised land! You are so right about that. I still don’t know how you manage without a television. I don’t plan my sleep around it but I sure do like escaping with it on a daily basis.

By: Niksmom

Niksmom — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:55:13 +0000

Wow, I was out in that deluge yesterday…can’t imagine going out to dinner in it! Glad Charlie’s feeling a bit better!

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:40:27 +0000

Thanks for the reminder on changing my clocks. I just changed the clocks in the kitchen and I am ready to head upstairs to change the one in my bedroom. I congratulate you on living without a TV but I don’t know what I would do not having “The Office” and “John Stewart/the Colbert Report” combo.