This is a 3+ hour-long washing machine noise video on YouTube Autism and sleep problems are a constant battle. They often get their days and nights mixed up, and if Calvin sleeps during the day, he’ll be up all night. Get Our Alexa Command Guides This week, he’s been trying to take naps during the...
So I’ve been trying to capture Calvin’s overnight behavior and alert when he is out of bed. Literally in less than one second, I watched as Calvin jumped out of bed last night and started to go to the bathroom around 12:30 a.m. And after pooped, he smeared it on his sheet. Get Our Alexa...
A brief timeline of the past 11 hours
Calvin slept through the night last night. I don’t meant that he mostly slept. He slept solid and did not wake up once–just over 8 hours of straight sleep. Looking at his sleep chart, he went to bed just after 9 and only stayed out of bed for about 5 minutes before staying in bed...
My wife came into my office this weekend and politely grilled me with “I don’t think Calvin is listening to Pollexy. Is it working?” Well, when it comes to Calvin at night, she’s correct, and for now that’s OK. Get Our Alexa Command Guides Right now, my priority is understanding the problem, not providing a...
So I’ve setup two motion detection zones in Calvin’s bedroom. The pink zone is the top of his bed and some of the outside area, and captures any movement in bed or out of bed. The red zone is the area outside of his bed where he typically tries to go to the bathroom. I’ve...
I’ve created a new “pink” zone that blankets his bed and standing area with a NestCam motion sensor Get Our Alexa Command Guides Every minute that he moves through the night is logged in pink so we can see a birds-eye view the next morning Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click...
“Children and adolescents with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) suffer from sleep problems, particularly insomnia, at a higher rate than typically developing children, ranging from 40% to 80%.” Sleep in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Sleep has always been tough with Calvin. From turning the lights on the middle of the night to peeing on his...
One morning I walked into Calvin’s room to find that he’d been sleeping to eight hours of Muslim prayers? (This is an actual screenshot from 2013) Get Our Alexa Command Guides Like many of us, Calvin loves to sleep with background noise. If you can’t sleep and don’t have a noise machine, did you know...
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