Published on 12, July, 2020
My autistic son has trouble falling and staying asleep throughout the night. I get him every other weekend. Sometimes he will go to sleep easily but then around 4-5am he is up and has trouble falling back asleep this happens almost every night that he is home with me.when he does wake up he is in a playful laughing mood. He just lays in his bed and laughs and talk amongst himself. It's 5:30am right now and he's doing exactly that..
I don't know what else to do we've tried turning off TV hour before bedtime, to get him relaxed even tried to lay him down with no TV for bed in a cool quiet room. Nothing seems to really help him stay asleep all night.
Any advice would be helpful...
Dear USA-DAD,
Thank you for sharing this with our community. While we are waiting for the community to respond, you may want to take a look at our page about sleep and autism, https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/physical-health/sleep
Thank you. I hope this helps!
Warm regards,
Eunice Mod