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Ep 15 - Sleep Matters
00:22
Hello, Mama's. I am coming to you today from my car while I'm waiting for my daughter to have her drum lessons….We are talking about how sleep matters and what happens when we get it or we don't get it. Now, whether you are a new mom or a night terror mom with infants or a mom with a teenager who wants to stay up all night, we all struggle with sleep. I've learned from science, all sorts of different things about sleep and it helps me to understand God's design and how He created us to be.
01:11
Now this is something I personally struggled with though I am from a long way back, a person who loves to stay out late.
02:53
So one of the things I've struggled with as a mom is the realization that, hey, wait a second. Staying up late may not be beneficial to me or my family.
03:45
And the struggle continued now as my daughter was ready to enter elementary school, we discovered that I had accidentally messed her up too. I got notes from the teacher telling me that she probably needed more sleep because she was falling asleep in class. Imagine how embarrassing that was for me. I thought I was so smart. Here I was a youth pastor and my kid was falling asleep in school and so I had to figure out what I need to do. So, I did a whole bunch of research trying to figure out how to help my kids and that did help.
04:37
There are some Bible verses related to this, but it's a little bit of a stretch and I'm going to be honest with you. It's not like the Bible goes into how much sleep you should get. Yet there are things that made me think of that as I was looking at it.
05:27
As I said, this is clearly not about how many hours of sleep you get but isn't there something sweet about the idea of just getting some rest and imagine if we're getting the proper amount of sleep for our bodies.
06:21
I did some digging. I wanted to find out some things related to sleep research, and there are a couple of different places I found things. We have a bunch research on sleep from places like the National Sleep Foundation.
12:03
Think about all those things, and that's just as an adult, how that affects us. If it's your kids, think about your kids when they have a lack of sleep.
12:51
It affects their emotions. They can be more moody, irritable, they can be impulsive. Their stress is increased throughout the day. And one thing I was fascinated by is how it can worsen the symptoms of an existing behavior, anxiety, mood disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, things that kids are going through that are already extra for moms where we have kids with disabilities, the lack of sleep can actually make those things worse.
I was able to find that the Canadian pediatric society produces a general guide for on average, the amount of sleep children need over a 24 hour period. Now, this includes naps.
17:32
There are some ways to get a better night sleep. One of them is to make sure you stick to a good sleep schedule: the same bedtime, same wake time, even on the weekends…The researchers also recommend having a good relaxing bedtime ritual.
20:33
I'm currently working my way through them right now. We don't have cell phones in our room and, as I said, they mess with me for a little bit. I've been getting my regular seven hours of sleep, but I've discovered that for me, I need a little bit more. ….We all need rest. We all need the regeneration. That sleep gives us many of us long for moments to pause. Maybe we won't need those moments of pause as often when we get this basic need down. When we trust God with our issues, enough to pause and rest, he promises to rejuvenate us in many ways.
21:23
We need to release this area of our lives so that God can bless it. Remember what Hebrews 4:10 says, "for anyone who enters God's rest also risks from their work just as God did from his." ….I hope you are having a good day and a good night's sleep.
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By Paula Whidden
00:22
Hello, Mama's. I am coming to you today from my car while I'm waiting for my daughter to have her drum lessons….We are talking about how sleep matters and what happens when we get it or we don't get it. Now, whether you are a new mom or a night terror mom with infants or a mom with a teenager who wants to stay up all night, we all struggle with sleep. I've learned from science, all sorts of different things about sleep and it helps me to understand God's design and how He created us to be.
01:11
Now this is something I personally struggled with though I am from a long way back, a person who loves to stay out late.
02:53
So one of the things I've struggled with as a mom is the realization that, hey, wait a second. Staying up late may not be beneficial to me or my family.
03:45
And the struggle continued now as my daughter was ready to enter elementary school, we discovered that I had accidentally messed her up too. I got notes from the teacher telling me that she probably needed more sleep because she was falling asleep in class. Imagine how embarrassing that was for me. I thought I was so smart. Here I was a youth pastor and my kid was falling asleep in school and so I had to figure out what I need to do. So, I did a whole bunch of research trying to figure out how to help my kids and that did help.
04:37
There are some Bible verses related to this, but it's a little bit of a stretch and I'm going to be honest with you. It's not like the Bible goes into how much sleep you should get. Yet there are things that made me think of that as I was looking at it.
05:27
As I said, this is clearly not about how many hours of sleep you get but isn't there something sweet about the idea of just getting some rest and imagine if we're getting the proper amount of sleep for our bodies.
06:21
I did some digging. I wanted to find out some things related to sleep research, and there are a couple of different places I found things. We have a bunch research on sleep from places like the National Sleep Foundation.
12:03
Think about all those things, and that's just as an adult, how that affects us. If it's your kids, think about your kids when they have a lack of sleep.
12:51
It affects their emotions. They can be more moody, irritable, they can be impulsive. Their stress is increased throughout the day. And one thing I was fascinated by is how it can worsen the symptoms of an existing behavior, anxiety, mood disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, things that kids are going through that are already extra for moms where we have kids with disabilities, the lack of sleep can actually make those things worse.
I was able to find that the Canadian pediatric society produces a general guide for on average, the amount of sleep children need over a 24 hour period. Now, this includes naps.
17:32
There are some ways to get a better night sleep. One of them is to make sure you stick to a good sleep schedule: the same bedtime, same wake time, even on the weekends…The researchers also recommend having a good relaxing bedtime ritual.
20:33
I'm currently working my way through them right now. We don't have cell phones in our room and, as I said, they mess with me for a little bit. I've been getting my regular seven hours of sleep, but I've discovered that for me, I need a little bit more. ….We all need rest. We all need the regeneration. That sleep gives us many of us long for moments to pause. Maybe we won't need those moments of pause as often when we get this basic need down. When we trust God with our issues, enough to pause and rest, he promises to rejuvenate us in many ways.
21:23
We need to release this area of our lives so that God can bless it. Remember what Hebrews 4:10 says, "for anyone who enters God's rest also risks from their work just as God did from his." ….I hope you are having a good day and a good night's sleep.