[blparent] falling asleep?
Deborah Kent Stein
dkent5817 at worldnet.att.net
Fri Feb 5 02:05:54 UTC 2010
Dear Leslie,
In the Summer 2009 issue of Future Reflections we ran an article by the
mother of a totally blind child with what sounds like a similar sleep
problem. A sleep clinic recommended light box therapy which has apparently
helped a lot. You sit in front of the light box for about half an hour at
the same time each morning and somehow it helps the body regulate its sleep
cycles.
Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:54 AM
Subject: [blparent] falling asleep?
> Hi All. I was wondering if you could give me any ideas, as I'm running
> into
> a problem that could be potentially serious. Its happened a few times
> where
> I've fallen asleep with my baby in my arms. The first time it happened,
> one
> of the nurses saw it and she informed me that I could potentially
> suffocate
> my baby by doing this. The problem is that I don't always know I'm getting
> sleepy unless someone tells me I am or until I start nodding off. I had a
> sleep study done in 2004 and the specialist said I have a non 24 hour
> sleep
> cycle and the only way to remedy that is to get a full 8 hours of sleep at
> the same time every night. Well, we both know that's virtually impossible
> now that I'm a new mom. Have you ever had this problem and if so, what
> kinds of things did you do to stay awake while holding your baby? One
> thing
> I've tried was having the radio on and that doesn't seem to help. Andy's
> really worried about me too. He doesn't want me to fall asleep and
> accidentally smother the baby. I don't want that either. I'm just at a
> loss of how to solve this issue. I've heard other blind people having the
> same problem since they don't get the light stimulation.
>
> Leslie
>
>
>
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