Hi all, over the xmas holidays we slacked a bit on bedtimes, letting DS stay up and go to bed quite late - also meaning he woke up quite late too, which worked for everyone.
Term started and I cannot, cannot, cannot get his bedtime back to normal. I'm tearing my hair out. I'm starting a bedtime routine with a bath, then a story, which is all fine but he's not tired at all, so he starts asking to be allowed to do some drawing in his room, then he's hungry again and wants a snack, then he's not sleepy and if I'd just read him another story or let him listen to an audio book.... on and on it goes. I know I should be saying no but he won't stay in his room and I just run out of ideas/strength/will to live etc.
He's waking up at 8, which gives us just enough time to get ready for school - his teacher says he is tired and yawning at her. Should I wake him up earlier so he's more tired (perhaps I could do this at the weekend?) or try some exhausting activity like swimming in the evenings?
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I can't get my 7 year old to bed before 10 - losing the plot
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everymummy · 17/01/2017 22:05
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