Time is not measured in sleeps. I'm just saying.

[bernhund]

[RizzoTheRat]

Suffering from insomnia?

[jonnyb]

So how do you explain time to young children who have no idea of the concept?

[valiant]

RizzoTheRat said:

Suffering from insomnia?

Insomnia is a bh but look on the bright side, only four sleeps till Christmas...

[PurpleMoonlight]

valiant said:

Insomnia is a bh but look on the bright side, only four sleeps till Christmas...

[bernhund]

But what if you suffer from narcolepsy?...

[bernhund]

PurpleMoonlight said:

valiant said:

Insomnia is a bh but look on the bright side, only four sleeps till Christmas...

+1

[bernhund]

jonnyb said:

So how do you explain time to young children who have no idea of the concept?

It's a simple concept called 'days'.

[bobbo89]

bernhund said:

It's a simple concept called 'days'.

I sleep once a day. 1 day = 1 sleep

[bernhund]

bobbo89 said:

bernhund said:

It's a simple concept called 'days'.

I sleep once a day. 1 day = 1 sleep

Once a day or once a night? See it can all get confusing for the little children. It's best just to tell them how many days until Christmas really.

[ambuletz]

My sleep has been improving over the last few days thankfully. i go to bed at about 11pm and stay that way until i wake up at 7am. before I'd end up waking up anywhere between 4-6pm and have trouble getting back to sleep until it gets closer to 7.

[bernhund]

ambuletz said:

My sleep has been improving over the last few days thankfully. i go to bed at about 11pm and stay that way until i wake up at 7am. before I'd end up waking up anywhere between 4-6pm and have trouble getting back to sleep until it gets closer to 7.

I feel your pain and well done. Sometimes I've found it helps counting sleeps to Christmas, as it beats the boring old sheep method..

[xjay1337]

Counting sleeps = council

[singlecoil]

ambuletz said:

My sleep has been improving over the last few days thankfully. i go to bed at about 11pm and stay that way until i wake up at 7am. before I'd end up waking up anywhere between 4-6pm and have trouble getting back to sleep until it gets closer to 7.

Being able to stay in bed for 8 hours in a row is for me a fond memory. Enjoy it while it lasts, in years to come you'll be measuring nights by how many times you had to get up.

[alorotom]

bernhund said:

Once a day or once a night? See it can all get confusing for the little children. It's best just to tell them how many days until Christmas really.

But then is Christmas Day included it not ... sleeps is much much easier for kids since it straddles both days technically - you could just use nights as well

Adults counting sleeps amongst themselves is council - for children though I disagree

[mr_spock]

For small children, going to bed can be seen as the end to play time. Counting "sleeps" makes it a positive thing. Adults using it are either trying to be ironic, or a bit sad.

[KrazyIvan]

xjay1337 said:

Counting sleeps = council

Claiming everything is council in the vain hope people don't notice your council = council

[TooMany2cvs]

jonnyb said:

So how do you explain time to young children who have no idea of the concept?

If they're young enough to have no concept of time, then it doesn't matter how many <units> it is, because they don't understand the concept of time.

If they're old enough to understand the concept of time, then why confuse them by using baby-talk units?

[PositronicRay]

How about getups, can I measure it in getups then.

[Atomic12C]

bobbo89 said:

bernhund said:

It's a simple concept called 'days'.

I sleep once a day. 1 day = 1 sleep

yeah, but,.... some people take a nap or have a 'sleep' more than once per day, so there !