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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC gets up at 6:20 to catch 6:50 bus.  She has gradually looked worse and worse every morning this week.  Dark circles under eyes, red eyes, no energy. She’s doing lights out at 9pm, and I don’t know how we could do it much earlier at her age. 8 pm is a tough sell for an almost teenager.  She clearly needs more than the 9ish hours, but I don’t know when she’d get that extra hour.  Do they adjust or are they just tired a lot for two years? She starts her fall sport next week and it’s going to be rough.[/quote]

As a HS teacher who is a night owl and has been seriously sleep deprived this week, I can’t imagine how difficult the start of school has been for your daughter who has to get up so much earlier than I do and who, as an adolescent, needs 9 hours sleep.

Is she having trouble getting to sleep - lying in bed for a long time before drifting off? I started taking melatonin chewies an hour before bedtime on Wednesday night and it seemed to help.

Maybe you can let her sleep in some days and go in late?  Talk to her counselor and explain that you’re worried about health.[/quote]

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