This shocked the unshockable me!

[nightcrawler]

On return to school day, some of the children were very tired by lunchtime. I thought too much chocolate and not enough running around? An experienced person said - no - always after a holiday, a proportion of the children are tired 'cos parents keep them up late during the holiday so M&D get a late lie-in. The children get used to the late nights and late mornings. M&D forget to adjust for going back to school, so the children are knackered on school return. I would have dismissed this as cynical prejudice, except she then said - it will be child J, L, C, D, T, etc, etc - about 2/3 of the class! And she was correct. I thought I was unshockable, but this has left me .

Ooh yes Clam, I am sure we will all be very shocked

my dd goes to bed at 10pm on a school night and 10.30pm on hols. She just does not need sleep. Never tired ever!!!! She is 6yrs old

I must say, I am very envious of all these parents whose children actually sleep later when they go to bed later in the evenings.
I am very !

No matter what time we seem to put our two to bed, And often my DS1 will be awake in his room til almost 9pm (he's almost 4!!), DS1 will still wake up at 6.30 in the mornings!
So, makes no difference.

(strict rule with us here, no matter the day, after 7pm, boys stay upstairs. After then it's 'grown up time',.... except actual holidays away of course. We're not complete neurotic spoil sports)

if i put dd to bed anytime b4 10pm she will not sleep