“Why can't my son stop yawning?”
My son isn't exactly a morning-riser. He wakes up late in the afternoon and he yawns all the time. Why could this be happening?
1 Answer
I believe that the clue here is that he is waking up late in the afternoon. That is called sleep phase delay. It is quite common in teenage years. A lot of it is behaviorally driven. At night turn off the cell phone/texts and turn off the "screens". No computers and iPads after 9-10 PM. Set a realistic bedtime and a realistic wake time based on leaving 8 hours for sleep. Bed and wake times need to be reasonably constant. This is a hard struggle and requires cooperation from the whole family.
