HOW MUCH SLEEP DOES YOUR TEEN GET/NEED?
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HOW MUCH SLEEP DOES YOUR TEEN GET/NEED?
| Sun, 10-14-2007 - 10:45am |
mY TWO TEEN--DDS--13 AND 15 YRS OLDS--oops excuse the caps--seem to like to sleep late on week ends.

Our pediatrician asked ds15 if he was getting 'at least 8 hours/night' when we went to his checkup in August. That seems to not be enough for him; he's usually getting around 9 and still complains of being tired (he also had mono last/this year). But he also swims over 10,000 yards/day for the HS swim team 6 days/week.
Sue
I don't think you are out of the ordinary at all. My kids both love to sleep in on the weekends. Kelsie now gets up earlier because she is on a schedule due to her sleep apnea and other sleeping problems, but she would love to sleep in late and always has until recently.
I am a late sleeper too, when I was a teen I did the same thing. I've always been a night owl, when I was a teen, in the summer I would stay up half the night and sleep half the day unless there was some reason I needed to be up. If I could now I would be up until 3-4 every night and get up at 11-12. Unfortunatly it doesn't work that way.
So no I don't think you are different than a lot of families.
My 13 yo DD needs 10 hours a night...that's about what she gets during the week.