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Emily

Hello, my daughter was diagnosed with autism in January. I have a real trouble getting her to settle to sleep at night, she gets very frustrated that she's now broken her cot by jumping to much. She is almost 3 and I dont know whether to buy her a new cotbed or dive straight in and buy her a bed? She has little communication and I cant reason or talk to her. I'm not sure whether trying to get her into a bed is the right thing or not but I don't want to risk buying a new cot for her to then break it again. 

I was also thinking of changing her mattress from a foam one to a spring one, does anybody know whether it will make a difference to her sleep? Or a difference in general? 

Thankyou :) Any suggestions welcome!! 

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  • yap said:
    it is good for them to have the same routine and they need to know bedtime is bedtime.

    Who says so?

    In my opinion, as someone with Asperger's, routine is important to us not in and of itself, but because it is the lack of change, and we dislike change.

    It can take a very long time, they will improve as time goes on with very small steps, but we will get there in the end.

    Again, who says so?

    When I was growing up I was sent to bed at a regular time every night, but I often didn't go to sleep until I was ready to go to sleep, I still do, and I'm now 39.

    Non-diurnal sleep-cycles are very common amongst people on the spectrum, and I believe it is simply our nature to be that way, and if you try to fight it you will be fighting a losing battle. This may well be for good evolutionary reasons - someone, in our hunter gatherer pasts, would have had to stand watch and guard the group at night - and who better than someone who is naturally awake at that time and who has hightened senses and an attention to detail?

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  • yap said:
    it is good for them to have the same routine and they need to know bedtime is bedtime.

    Who says so?

    In my opinion, as someone with Asperger's, routine is important to us not in and of itself, but because it is the lack of change, and we dislike change.

    It can take a very long time, they will improve as time goes on with very small steps, but we will get there in the end.

    Again, who says so?

    When I was growing up I was sent to bed at a regular time every night, but I often didn't go to sleep until I was ready to go to sleep, I still do, and I'm now 39.

    Non-diurnal sleep-cycles are very common amongst people on the spectrum, and I believe it is simply our nature to be that way, and if you try to fight it you will be fighting a losing battle. This may well be for good evolutionary reasons - someone, in our hunter gatherer pasts, would have had to stand watch and guard the group at night - and who better than someone who is naturally awake at that time and who has hightened senses and an attention to detail?

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