Wondering if any other caretakers have had issues with giving the person you're caring for caffeine.
I ask because my dad developed a habit of getting up late at night/early in the morning while I was sleeping and he'd grab a 2 liter of soda, take it back to his room, and chug through it, hyping him up for the whole day and, by extension, prepping to keep me up the whole night. After a week of this happening near constantly I hid the the 2 liters from him and placed bottles of water where I'd normally keep the soda.
It's paid off more or less. He's been easier to get to go to bed and keep down at night. He usually doesn't worry about getting soda at all unless he sees an ad on TV and even then he forgets all about it in no time. If he ever REALLY wants some, I decided I'll poor him a small glass and see how it goes though...
I ask because my dad developed a habit of getting up late at night/early in the morning while I was sleeping and he'd grab a 2 liter of soda, take it back to his room, and chug through it, hyping him up for the whole day and, by extension, prepping to keep me up the whole night. After a week of this happening near constantly I hid the the 2 liters from him and placed bottles of water where I'd normally keep the soda.
It's paid off more or less. He's been easier to get to go to bed and keep down at night. He usually doesn't worry about getting soda at all unless he sees an ad on TV and even then he forgets all about it in no time. If he ever REALLY wants some, I decided I'll poor him a small glass and see how it goes though...