Aibu to keep my child off school

[whymewhyme]

As title says...He is 4years old and in reception, he is a terrible sleeper. Some nights are worse than others. This morning he has woke at 4am and been awake ever since! he is shattered already. AIBU to keep him off school today?

YANBU!! He doesn’t even legally have to be in school at that age anyway.
He wouldn’t be able to concentrate properly anyway. So I would keep him home for today to recoup and see if he has a better night tonight.

If you’re going to keep a child off because they are tired you will spend your life keeping him off school. Unless he is awake because he is poorly I would send him in.

Yabu you cant keep a child off school every time they are tired or have a bad night. Send him to school then work on the early rising

4 am isn’t that early. Did he sleep normally until then?

Send him in. He's not ill.

I would send him in as he is awake but let the teacher know and be prepared to collect him early if necessary.

Up to you. Not obliged to send him as under CSA, but it's a vicious cycle if he gets up early and gets a 'day off' you may be making trouble for yourself if you're not prepared to let him have days off all over.

But it's your call, you know him better than us, neither is wrong. Be prepared for an early night tonight!

Both my DDs are like this. They can be awake anytime from 4am., but i still send dd1 to school and dd2 to nursery. It keeps their routine going.

Unless there was another issue (illness) that goes along with the early wake up, I wouldn't keep them off.

I would send him; once he’s 5 that won’t be a valid reason and I think it’s a tricky habit to get into

Send him in unless he is ill. Otherwise, you'll start a cycle and he'll be havings days off all over the place.

Is it a common occurence? If its just a one-off school should wear him out and then he'll probably sleep normally tonight. If its happening a lot, perhaps consider an underlying cause.

Send him in but warn the teacher he may be tired

Send him in it will keep him active and he is less likely to do it again tonight

My son will get up at 2am I still send him in I do prepare for an early night though

DD used to wake early (still does sometimes) but 5am rather than 4am, still sent her in because as others have said it can set a precedent & also keeps their routine.

Hopefully he'll sleep better as he gets older & is worn out from school. DD is now 8 & finally sleeps until 7 most days.

Aww bless him, only 4, keep him off x

More than once I have kept my dc off when they've had little sleep- BUT only when it's caused by illness/ circumstance beyond their control ( having to be woken to drive an hour to get their dad when trains failed him on a night shift once) never because they got up early . And they DO sometimes get up too early/ now they are older -refuse to go to sleep till too late and end up exhausted through the day. It's a learning curve and a vicious cycle imo.

Send him in, he’s not ill and will be fine. No he’s not CSA yet, but he is on the register at school so should be in.

He needs to go to school. Slippery slope allowing this age 4. Plus at least he'll be asleep early tonight! 🤣

Mine would never go to school under your rules (4:30 am is our normal
get up time). its fine, we just do family stuff etc in the morning, and they go to bed between 6 and 7.