Comments on: Sleepless in Seattle

By: Jenny B

Jenny B — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:22:57 +0000

I love sleep!! I get at least 8 hours almost every night, and if I don’t, well lets just say I will be in a MUCH better mood if I get enough sleep. Also I am a night owl and stay awake till at least 11:00 every night, So I sleep in until at least 9:00 most mornings.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:16:44 +0000

sweet babys

By: Rachel B

Rachel B — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:57:30 +0000

Need my sleep, always have. I avoided early morning college classes, and now get to bed before 11, so I can be up by 7. My parents–dad especially–are big sleep advocates, so I have examples of Sunday afternoon naps and pulling cars over on road trips for naps. And we try to ensure that our kids get their sleep too; their in bed early (by 8:00 or 8:30).

By: Ronnica

Ronnica — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:19:46 +0000

I aim for 7 hours of sleep. If I get less than this for more than one night in a row, I’m pretty much useless. I only got an average of 6 hours a night Saturday, Sunday, and Monday nights, and yesterday I couldn’t even slow down enough to read or I’d fall asleep. Since that’s not acceptable as a student (the reading is necessary for passing), I work hard to make sure that I go to bed ontime.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:08:30 +0000

I love sleep. I am also a night owl, but find that staying up too late conflicts with child getting up in the morning. Thankfully, I have a wonderful 15yo dd who is willing to get up and feed her sibs while I drag myself out of bed.

I like to get at least 7-8 hours of sleep a night.

By: Monica

Monica — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:55:28 +0000

I think sleep is a huge part of the health picture though I would agree that people may differ in what they require. I used to work nights and felt 10 years older when it was all said and done because of the lack of night time sleep. It’s just not good for a person, I say.

I think it is particularly important for children to sleep long periods of time in order to grow properly. That’s one thing I love about homeschooling- letting the kids get the sleep they need. They learn so much better when they are awake:).

I think rest is altogether different than sleep. Rest is not necessarily being asleep, but ceasing from ordinary work and exertion. People wonder how we can be so busy with our jobs and family- we tell them it’s all about observing the Lord’s Day as a day of rest. We let all rest and recreation on this day and spend time worshiping, reading, being quiet, being together and just enjoying the Day. At this stage in our lives this does entail naps for all which is a good thing. We don’t make this rest a legalistic thing but rather want to live it out as a blessing that God provides His people.

By: Phyllis@Aimless Conversation

Phyllis@Aimless Conversation — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:39:32 +0000

I love sleeping. I am almost slothful I enjoy it so much. I have been convicted of late that I might be setting a bad example for my children with my night owl/rising later ways. We do get around to ’school’ it’s just not as bright and early as many other homeschool families we know.

Sleep though…it’s a very good thing.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:05:03 +0000

I believe sleep is vital, enjoyable, and blessed. I could never do with less than six routinely, at least not now. And, since God created us to sleep (one must assume that sleep isn’t a result of the Fall), I think it’s good. I, too, wish I had about 48 hours a day and could survive on two hours of sleep, but I can’t. There’s probably a reason that I can’t, and that probably has to do with me being human and all.

By: Kelli

Kelli — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:12:32 +0000

my last two children dont sleep very well, so its been about 4 years since I slept all night (except these last two nights yippee) so I think sleep is very important and miss it so much. Now I feel like I could sleep 12 hours on a weekend just to catch up but that cant be good for you either. I dream of sleeping.

By: gail

gail — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:14:02 +0000

great pics tim! love that lion and bear. sleep is good, it is very,very good. i tend to stay up too late too, but i make up for it on sat morning. luckily my son likes to sleep in sat’s too, so we stay up abnormally late on friday nites and sleep away half of saturday.

and i have discovered naps of late. sunday afternoon is supreme naptime in our family. our son has a sleep disorder and we have to give him meds to get him to sleep and keep him asleep. but every once in awhile he wakes up at 3 or 4am. with his special needs one of his parents has to be watching him all the time so we can both attest to what sleep deprivation does to the human species. its not a pretty sight.