I sit with my girls while they go to sleep, I sing songs, play podcasts, read books until they drift off… It’s a beautiful time of coziness and peace and love.
My son had the same process until he reached 8 and realized he wasn’t tired before I was ready to get started on my job’s… That’s fine, he plays in his room until he falls asleep now.
He loves the peace of it. That time of absolute silence.
I guess he gets that from me!
‘No screens’ is our only limit as we found they couldn’t focus on their body’s messages when they were busy on the screens.
Now they turn off screens when they’re getting tired and then play or read until they’re ready to go to sleep.
‘Bed time’ can occur anytime between 9pm and 1am…
We wake at different times too depending on what we need to do.
If we have places to be or if we had an earlier night then we wake up earlier… If we are home or don’t have morning plans we sleep in later…
It’s simple.
We sleep when we are tired…
I love the freedom this gives us!
… I love our Autonomous Lives.
Xxx”
**This post was written by Nic Bescoby and originally appeared on her Facebook page. See more from Nic here.
