Early Bird or Night Owl?

Hi shamzy, I think that new born babies all like to sleep day and night. It's later on in life that it takes effect. Check out your time of birth. Also, I think young people don't always go by their inner body clocks. Thanks for your responce. leenie

I agree, newborns sleep all the time, just be prepared to be feeding them every 1.5-3 hours. Other than that and changing them, they do certainly sleep a lot mainly because they are still growing and getting ready to live in this fast paced world with us! :)

Hi Young, I guess the trick is to have your kids in the pm. I adopted my son and he was born at 7pm. It worked out great for me. I can't go to sleep early if I wanted to. Thanks for responding. leenie

That's what it is! Both my girls were born in the am- 555am and 824am.

Hi Rox, If your mom doesn't remember, check it out on your Birth Certificate.I believe the difference between Night Owl and Early Bird is the time you actually like getting up in the morning. Even Early Birds can enjoy an occasional late night. Us night owls really love to sleep in if possible. Thanks for responding. leenie

Hi lixiaos, I think the trick is not to worry so much. If you feel sleep deprived then you should try and catch up on the weekend or your days off. leenie

Hi Mikedc, It appears that you must be an early bird. I know the early hours of the day can be very peaceful. Thanks for commenting. leenie

I love getting up early and enjoying the peace and quiet. Hubby sleeps late and I have about 4-5 hours of just me time. BTW, I was born at 2:10am. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

Hi twoey, Yes, you do sound like an early bird. Even though I'm a night owl, I do love the early morning hours. I appreciate their peacefulness. You feel like you are the only one up at that time. Thanks for the input. leenie

Hi Hatley, Maybe your Son does this out of habit as you say. It will be interesting to see if his habits change as he gets older. I could be wrong too. Thanks for your rsponse. leenie

Hi Elix, Maybe you are an Early Owl. No, really, you seem to enjoy both sides. Do you tend to feel like you are a middle of the road kind of person? You certainly have caught my curiosity. leenie

Yeah, I tend to do more things during the middle of the day. Relax or get ready to go out on the morning and then relax on the night as well. I tend to function best in the middle of the day.

Hi Pix I think this hits a lot of people as true. I'll read on and see. Thanks for responding. leenie

hi halynn, When I was working, I made myself go to bed no later than midnight or I was a zombie in the morning. Now I can do as I like. leenie

thats cool. i try 2 make myself go 2 bed but it doesn't do me any good. i just keep laying there. so i get up & do something constructive until i am finally ready for sleep. lol

Hey Opal, Good to hear from you!! I can't get over all the responces to this post!! Kind of neat. Is this typical? Anyway, I'm surprised more people don't know about this theory. So this a backwards thing explains what exactly. Just curious. Haven't heard that jacknife breach phrase before. Talk to you soon Opal. By the way, what state do you live in? leenie

A jackknife breach means came out butt & feet (bent over) first. My mom said it was quite painful. So that's why I do everything butt backwards! I'm from NY.

Hi Amandalyn I suspect you were born in the pm. Can you ask a parent? Of course with young children, your sleep habits don't tend to be your own. Get some sleep. leenie

Truthfully, since I am adopted, no one knows what time I was born, just the day. Hopefully, one day I'll get to sleep in again! Maybe when the kids are 40 and 44??

Hi Nhey, I can understand how you might feel that way. When you have kids it feels like you never get any sleep. You have to get up early in order to feed the kids and get them off to school and if some are too young for school that means no sleep after the others are gone to school. And of course getting to bed at an early hour is pretty much impossible. I rember when mine was little. leenie

oh yes, leenie :) you've said it all right...

Hi butterpecan, I think we all push ourselves beyond our limits when we want or need to do something that is out of our normal routine. But some people who were born somewhere in the middle have said they feel like both night owls and early birds. I also think that we need a proper amount of sleep and if we don't get it then we know we need to catch up on it. leenie

Ersmommy Check your time of birth. For most people their sleep patterns coincide with time of birth. leenie

Hi Snowy, You sound like an early bird to me. We all change our routine at times but then we usually fall back into our normal schedules. Our bodies rule our minds eventually. leenie

Thanks. I'm not sure why, but my computer - today - decided to show me some best responses given 4 weeks ago. Weird. Yours was one. Thanks so much. Fibro is difficult, yes. I've heard that for some reason, people who were type A personalities end up with it more than others. And mostly women. So...it's hard getting used to not being able to be so active.

Wow Kenzie, I am so sorry to hear about you having fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue on top of that. It sounds to me that you were able to enjoy the best of both worlds. The fact that you don't really have a choice now, I hope your early years were full of joy and beauty. I understand that fibromyalgia is very painful. I just hope that it allows you some freedom to enjoy life. Take care and I'll talk to you soon. leenie

Hi bharatrao, In all the reponses I'm receiving, it seems that the few that don't hold true to the theory are usually around your age. It makes me think that your interests might out way your sleep priorities. What do you think? leenie

Hi caly, Good Morning(at least here). I think that to determine for sure if you are a night owl, consider your weekends(whichever days they may be) And see if you prefer staying up late and have a hard time getting up by 7:00am. I think that part of it is attitude but consider how you were when you were young. Now think about now. You are a young adult with soooo much to do and not enough time to do it all. Since you are young you can bounce back from any sleep deprivation fairly easily. I think that maybe at each stage of our lives we do a little adjusting to fit our needs at the time. But I really think we have an inner clock that will eventually help us understand where we stand on this theory. Hope I didn't confuse you. Till nect time. leenie