Ds has never been a good sleeper, and has never slept more than 10 hours per night. But in the last year, he has started taking it to extremes.
Last year, he had an awful teacher who bullied him from the start of teh school year until I managed to get him into another parallel class. During the time he was with this teacher, he was hugely stressed, lost all interest in everything, became depressed, and started going to bed very late, I mean around midnight or later.
This year, he has a very nice teacher, who is aware of his problems, and is giving a lot of support.
But ds is still going to bed much too late. For example, now it's 10.52 here, and it is past my bedtime. Ds has to get up at 7 am tomorrow. I have already switched off his light twice, and I am pretty sure that he has switched it on again, and is not sleeping. We have tried everything - story dvds, checking regularly and switching the light out, reading a book before switching teh light out, etc. But I still keep on hearing the sound of his stupid little heels banging on teh floor as he thinks of yet another reason to jump out of bed and roam around the house, or play with his stuff.
He is the same however much we have done during the day.
I have loads to do in teh evenings, bills to pay, letters to write, the dishwasher to empty, school stuff to prepare etc. - and I havent even started it, becuase I am frazzled from the 2 hour bedtime, that even now, still isn't over. Also, I would like to have some time to myself in the evening, instead of spending all night trying to get him to sleep!
I am convinced that he would do better in the school if he would sleep more, as he must be in a permanently sleep-deprived state.
does anyone have any helpful suggestions?
(and please dont bother if it is "its your fault because you dont take him to the park enough" which was the helpful contribution last time I asked for advice on mn. Like an 11 year old wants to go to the flaming park, even if it were possible.)