Behaviors

Megan developed several "bad" behaviors when her sleep deprivation started.  Though she is still not back to a regular sleep schedule, she has been getting more and more sleep.  With the additional sleep I have noticed that some of her behaviors have started disappearing, or at least becoming much less frequent.  Unfortunately some of them have morphed into habits that we are working to "unlearn".

Behavior Status:

• Pulling her hair out.  This one is one of the ones that has morphed into an unwelcome habit.  The behavior started in her bed when she wanted to sleep but couldn't.  The nights that this happens have decreased, but it still occurs when she is really upset.  The habit part of this is that anytime the status quo changes it is her go to coping technique.  If she is frustrated, upset, nervous or even extremely happy she will grab her hair right behind her ears and yank on it.  
• Biting others. During the height of her sleep deprivation Megan was biting everything and everyone for no apparent reason.  Obviously the reason was she was exhausted and frustrated that she can't sleep.  She would bite Sam just for the heck of it.  Thankfully the more sleep she gets the less we see this one.  Instead of her biting someone 10-15 times a morning she has gone 3 days without biting at all. 
• Biting herself. This one is generally done when she is frustrated about not getting her way, or not being able to do something she is trying to do. This is another one that has changed into a habit as well.  I have seen it a lot less the past week as she has gotten more sleep