I just….. I just don’t understand. How do toddlers/young children just wake up rudely and abruptly early, ready to run a triathlon whilst doing a speech and debate event. I feel like I need an IV of caffeine.
I can get the same amount of sleep and still be dragging ass. Is it just because as adults we are plagued with stress/responsibilities, etc?
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IIRC up until age three or so the human body is experiencing a phase of accelerating growth. Cells are proliferating at a rate they never will match again— basically for a year or so, the lil wee bastards are Wolverine.
It takes a lot of energy to power that, and you’re seeing it in all its manic glory. And don’t forget they crash hard, too.
When I was in my 20’s I felt the best ever on 4 hours of sleep. If I got more or less I was drained. But 4 hours I was empowered.
I’m 40 now and my kids wake up early on the weekends but hate to wake up at the same time on weekdays.
I, too, work early, and on work days I wake up drained. But when I wake up on the weekends at the exact same time I’m ready to go.
So I, too, would like to know the answer to this for all ages.
It’s partly related to toddlers getting enough sleep and you aren’t.
To get enough sleep, you go to sleep and then take up naturally once you’ve had enough sleep. This is what most toddlers/young children are doing to wake up, waking up themselves, so they are going to be ready to go on waking.
Many teenagers and adults, on the other had will use an alarm clock to wake themselves up. This has two issues first it is likely to wake you up mid sleep cycles which can leave you feeling groggy and unrested. Secondly pretty much by definition an alarm clock is waking you up, when your body still needs more sleep.
Toddlers are curious about the world and usually have days packed with fun and novel activities which may also help. Me? Day 3975 of the rat race. How exciting.
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