Once Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 The kids were chatting about being a morning person and a night owl this morning and came up with a theory about time of birth and how it sets a persons clock. Their theory is that if you were born at night you want to go to sleep earlier and if you were born in the morning you prefer to stay up late. So if anyone is interested in providing data for our informal study we would appreciate it. ;) Here is our data. Dd born at 10:30am and likes to stay up. Ds 1 born at 9:30 pm and likes to go to bed early. Ds 2 born at 8:30pm and likes to go to bed early. I think adults could participate but I do not know my time of birth right now. I'm hoping we get over 32 so we can make this a large scale study.:001_smile: Anyone? ETA - We closed the data collection and crunched the numbers....scroll to the end for the results! Thanks to everyone who helped out! Sorry if you missed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam Wilhelm Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born 3:30 pm and prefer to stay up late. DD #1 was born around 8:30pm and prefers to stay up late. DD#2 was born around 6:00pm and can be either a night or morning person. DS was born around 7:00 am and is more of a morning person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 LOL. Here is our info... Me: born early, definitely a night owl Dd: born mid-day, stays up sort-of late, but I wouldn't classify her a night owl Ds: born early, definitely a night owl (but he tends to get up early too) -- he just doesn't sleep a lot Don't know if that helps, but there it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Sorry to go against the theory, but I have twins, born 5 minutes apart, and one is our earliest riser and one is the lone night owl in the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Me -- born around 8pm, early riser. DS#1 -- born at 10:00am, early riser (before 6am every day, sigh...) DD#2 -- born at 11:30pm, late riser (takes awhile to really wake up) DS#3 -- born at 7:52am, late riser (takes awhile to really wake up) DD#4 -- born at 9:04pm, early riser (wide awake between 6:15 or 6:30am) And, the early bodies always get the late bodies out of bed... much to my detriment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Fun study. Someone I knew did a study on the time of day cows mated and how it affected the time of day calving took place. Of course, I can't remember the data now, but one farmer we knew changed when he let his bulls in with the cows. His cows started calving in the mornings or evenings, not middle of the night. Go figure. I was born at 11:30 at night and I'm a morning person Dh born at night. Mostly a morning guy. Ds#1 born at about 9:00 am, definitely a night owl. Ds #2 born at 9:30 am, hmmmm...was a morning person most of his childhood. Is now in the throes of teenagerism..and likes to stay up late. I still think he will be a morning person again someday. Have fun with your study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorna in the boonies Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born at 10:00 am and am an early riser. Dd #1 was born at 2:30 pm and is a night owl. Ds was born at 2:00 pm and is an early riser. Dd #2 was born at 8:30 am and is an early riser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Me: born ~7pm; night owl DD11: born 7:21pm; morning person DD10: born 6:30pm; night owl DS7: born 7:15pm; morning person DS4: born 5:46pm; morning person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 Thanks Melinda! (Opps sorry about typing your name wrong!) Could you tell me approximately when in the day they were born so we can slot them into our chart. Thanks! As far as scientific accuracy goes, we welcome all responses even if they do not fit our theory! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy in TN Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born at 2:22 PM and I am a night owl. DS #1 was born at 11:10 PM and he is a night owl. DS#2 was born at 5 something PM and he is a night owl. DS#3 was born at 3 something PM and he is a night owl. I assumed that it was genetic rather than birth time. Maybe you will also have enough data to do a chart showing parents and offspring. HTH- Mandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Great theory...I am anxious to see the findings! I was born during Johnny Carson's Late Show and I like to go to bed early. DS7 was born at 6:35pm and he likes to stay up later...but doesn't get the chance too! DS5 was born at 3:37am and he likes to go to bed early. Will you share what they discover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born in the very early morning, 2ish am and am a nightowl. My dd was born at 3:48 am and is a nightowl. My oldest was born at 7:48 pm and he is a nightowl. My ds7 was born at 10:25 am and likes to go to bed early and gets up early. My ds4 was born at 11:43 am and likes to go to bed early and get up early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born at 7:30am, and I like to stay up late. 12yodd was born at 5:30 am, and likes to go to sleep early. 10yods was born at 10:30 am, and he likes to stay up late. 3yodd was born at midnight, and never wants to go to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 And they were born: 3am 7am 2am 1am As a matter of fact.....they are still sleeping right now :) Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 Thanks to all who responded. Yes, we will post the results in a general way later. (We are not quite doing statistic here yet.) ;) We are gong to take a lunch break and will get back to the boards again this afternoon. Dd my non-science student is *loving* this. Thanks for furthering her education! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Thanks Melinda! (Opps sorry about typing your name wrong!) Could you tell me approximately when in the day they were born so we can slot them into our chart. Thanks! As far as scientific accuracy goes, we welcome all responses even if they do not fit our theory! :-) DS1 born 6:33--was morning person until the last year or so when puberty hit DS2 born 9:30--morning person DD born 9:35--night owl DS3 born 1:16--morning person I can't remember when DH and I were born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born at 9:30pm, night person DH was born at ??, morning person (I'll ask him tonight) DS1 was born at 10 pm, night person DS2 was born at 9 pm, night person DS3 was born at 8 pm, morning person DD4 was born at 4 pm, night person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alenee Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born at 6:52pm and am a night owl...hate getting up early. dd#1 born at 11:20am...would love to stay up later, early riser as well dd#2 born at 11:44am...same as above dd#3 born at 10:50pm early to bed, early to rise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 DS born 7pm and is a morning person DD born 8pm and is a morning person I was born 2am and am a night person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Let us know how it turns out. I was born about 3 am, and am a night owl. Dd was born at 4:44 in the afternoon. She can go either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in Orlando Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Interesting. Me - born 10 am, I'm a night owl Oldest ds - born 10 pm, night owl (though I think that might be a teen thing) Twin 1 - born 9 pm, morning person Twin 2 - born 9:02 pm, night owl Youngest ds - born 3 pm - night owl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 preferring to sleep late in the mornings. DD1 was born at 10:30 pm, DD2 at 2:30 am, and both are also night owls. We all *love* to sleep in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Lynx Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 DS #1 born just after midnight - likes to stay up late, but not terribly late. DS #2 born at about 4:20 am - serious night owl. Will stay up until 1 am, if I don't catch him. DS #3 born at 9:45 pm - kind of strange. He's a night owl, but has sleep issues in general. DS #4 born at about 3:15 am - not a night owl. I was born at about 4:30 pm, and am definitely a night owl. DH was born just before midnight, and is also a night owl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS_ Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I don't know what time dh was born, but ds was born about 5:30pm and likes to stay up. Dd was born about 12:30pm and falls asleep earlier. I was born about 1:30am and like to go to bed earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianne Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Ds 9 born at 10:30 am likes to stay up late/sleep late Ds 5 born 1:15am goes to bed early/ gets up early. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Katia Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Glad to help in areas of scientific research! My dc all like to stay up late and sleep in late. DS was born 8:30pm DD#1 was born 6:30am DD#2 was born 4:30am (she will go to bed first out of all of them, between 11-12pm, but will sleep in later than anyone else) Let us know your results :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born late but am an early bird, Twins were born late and are night owls. DD1 was born early and used to be a morning person - has switched this teen summer to night owlness. DD2 was born late and is a night owl. They must take after their father!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Dd#1 born 10:30 a.m. Likes to stay up late, sleep all day. Dd#2 born 12:10 p.m. Likes to go to be early, get up early. Dd#3 born 12:12 p.m. Likes to go to bed slightly late, sleeps in. Ds born 1:30 pm Likes to go to bed at a normal time and get up at a normal time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Here's ours: I was born at 12:15am - like late nights first dc born at 12:35am - likes early mornings second dc born at 11:45pm - likes late nights Would love to hear the outcome when your done :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 My 8yo was born at 7:02 and likes to get up early (5 AM), and go to sleep early (7PM) My 5yo was born at 6:58 AM and likes to stay up late (midnight or more) and get up late (like around noon). My 2yo was born in the afternoon (around 5 I think -- I was unconscious) and he pretty much goes to sleep ~9 and gets up ~7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 The kids were chatting about being a morning person and a night owl this morning and came up with a theory about time of birth and how it sets a persons clock. Their theory is that if you were born at night you want to go to sleep earlier and if you were born in the morning you prefer to stay up late. So if anyone is interested in providing data for our informal study we would appreciate it. ;) Here is our data. Dd born at 10:30am and likes to stay up. Ds 1 born at 9:30 pm and likes to go to bed early. Ds 2 born at 8:30pm and likes to go to bed early. I think adults could participate but I do not know my time of birth right now. I'm hoping we get over 32 so we can make this a large scale study.:001_smile: Anyone? Your theory proves my family is backwards. I was born at 8:30am, but hate to stay up late. I chronically look for a bed around 10pm. My mom used to tease me that no matter where I was I would fall asleep right on the dot. DS (almost 11) was born at 2:37pm. It was via c-section so that may mess with your data. He is a night owl and prefers to stay up late every night. Neither one of us are morning people. We do not start school until almost lunch. I don't know what time dh was born, but I don't think he ever sleeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdWTMer Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Well my eldest ds was born around 5:30 in the morning and likes to stay up late; meanwhile, my youngest was born around 8:00 in the morning and can drop early! So, I don't know what to think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmgconner Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 DS#1 - born at 10:00 PM - likes to stay up late DS#2 - born at 4:00 PM - likes to go to bed early DD - born at 5:00 PM - likes to stay up late DS #3 - born at 6:00 PM - still undetermined, but he's a very good sleeper. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 DD was born at 7:30am and is an early-to-bed, early-to-rise type. I was born at 1 or 2 in the afternoon, and I am a bit of a night owl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 3 DS born around 7:30 a.m., night owls since birth. DD, born at 10:30 a.m., morning person. DH, born at 5 p.m., prefers to be a night owl, but he goes to be early (around 10) so he can get enough sleep before he goes to work. I was born at 10:30 pm, night owl. My brother born 4 p.m., morning person. Sister born midnight, morning person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born at 12:54pm and prefer late nights Ds12 was born at 7:55am and prefers late nights. dd8 was born at 4:15pm and tries to stay up late but does better with early bedtimes. ds7 was born at 7:55am and goes to bed early but has meds that knock him out too. ds2 was born at 5:34pm and hates sleeping period. If he naps, he's up late, if not, then early to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born around 8pm and am a night owl I don't know what time dh was born ds17--born at 5:55pm--morning person when young, night owl now that he's a teenager ds14--born at 6:19pm--neither--until recently he wanted to go to bed early and get up late. He needs lots of sleep! dd11--born at 6:40pm--morning person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 me: born at 7am, like to stay up late... ds1: born 4pm, likes to stay up late ds2: born at 8am, goes to bed early ds3: born at 2pm, night owl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Here's some. Dd was born at 9:00 am and likes to go to bed early, so she's a morning person. Our triplets were born at 3:00 am, two of them are morning people and one is a night owl. Can't tell about oldest, he was born at 3:00 in the afternoon, he goes to bed/rises early but not by choice, it's because he works his donkey off when he's at home on the ranch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born in the wee hours (2 or 3am???) and am a definite night owl. Dd was born at 5pm. She is probably slightly more of a morning person. Ds was born at 7am. He's not a morning person at all, though he's pretty tired and ready for bed. However, he's also anemic so that may mask his natural tendencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in MO Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I was born at 10:31 a.m. and I like to go to bed early and get up early! My oldest was born at 9:02 a.m. and likes to go to bed early and get up early. My middle daughter was born at 5:41 a.m. and prefers to go to bed later, when she can get away with it! ;) My youngest was born at 8:48 p.m. and prefers to go to bed early. HTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennifersLost Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Hmmm. I was born at night and I'm a night person. Ds#1 was born in the evening. He's a nightowl. Ds#2 was born in early morning. He falls asleep easier but can stay up. Ds #3 wa born just after midnight. He has an easy time falling asleep. Dd was born in the morning. She falls asleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacquelyn in NC Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Me: born at 9 AM, like to get up early ds6: born at 10:21 AM, middle of the road dd7: born at 11:35 PM, likes to stay up late I don't know what time of day my dh was born - sorry! I can't wait to see what you find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Okay, this is fun. I was born right around noon, and usually like to sleep from midnight to 8 am when not forced to change it. Dd eldest, born early afternoon was going down for the night by 6:30 pm by the time she was 4 months old her schedule & kept the same bedtime for a good 4-5 years, then gradually later. Now is a night owl, but is a teen. dd, second, born in the late am, also in bed by 6:30 pm by 4 or 5 months & kept that schedule for years. Now a night owl if I let her. ds. Born around 8 am, was the easiest to get to bed until 5. He's an early riser almost every day, at least so far (but is only 8.) Dh--I don't know when he was born. Another hypothesis they may wish to test would be how long your mother's gestation was compared with whether or not you're a night owl or whether or not you're always late, on time or early (just for fun). My line is, "I'm late because I was born late and have never caught up.";) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Here's our family: #1: 7:43 pm/morning person #2: 1:01 am/night owl #3: 4:22 pm/night owl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 We are getting ready to close our data collection. Anyone else interested? Dh came home and he is showing us how to crunch the numbers! We will post results ASAP. (Hopfully not after the weekend!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Weeeelllll, I'm not so sure about that. I was born at 6:16 a.m. When I was growing up, I always went to bed early because of school. When I was a teen/young adult, I stayed up very late, like many my age. Now that I'm older, I tend to go to bed early again, because I need to get up early (even though I like to sleep in). My older son was born at 11 a.m. He always went to bed about 8-9, but now that he's an older teen, he wants to stay up all night and sleep all day. This seems typical of many teens. My younger son was born at 5:30 p.m. and has also always gone to bed about 8-9. Now that his older brother stays up late and he knows it, he regularly tries to stay up late, too. He jumps up at the crack of dawn on weekends, but pretends that he wants/needs to sleep in on school days...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 So we collected the data from a random sample :D but lost about 10 points due to inablilty to place on our chart. We received about 128 usable data points so we had enough for reliability. Here are the results! 30 people that were born early in the day were considered to be morning people. 30 people that were born early in the day were considered to be night owls. 25 people that were born late in the day were considered to be morning people. 43 people that were born late in the day were considered to be night owls. Being born in the morning (midnight through to noon) does not seem to have any effect. However, if you were born after 12 noon but before midnight, you are more likely to be a night owl. These results may or may not represent real life and may or may not be significant (satistically);). We were just having fun with the scientific process in an unschooling type way! Thanks to all that provided data. We had a great time with the process! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Ds7 was born at 7:29AM & would stay up permanently if allowed. Dd5 was born at 7:29AM & would sleep all day if allowed. I was born at about 5:00PM & prefer to stay up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 plus 2 Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I was born at 10:00 pm and am a night owl - definately NOT a morning person! ds6 - born at 4:00 am and is also a night owl dd4 - born at 1:07 pm and is a morning person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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