What should I do about 16 year old dd - she is still in bed (13.20 and counting)!

[hmcAsWas]

Okay so she doesn't need to be anywhere, so technically its not an issue. I let it go last week as we got back from Canada last Monday and our sleep patterns were askew, but its been a week now

I also suspect that she has delayed sleep phase disorder and I have booked a GP appointment for her tomorrow.

During term time she would struggle with the early start since she could rarely sleep before 1 or 2 am. She would shower the night before so that she could literally get up 15 minutes prior to leaving the house. She would then just throw on clothes and go (eating her breakfast in the car). I enabled this by driving her in, when she could have got the school bus which would leave half an hour earlier. She would be quite zombie like by the end of the week and would use the weekend to sleep in and recharge.

I have told her that I am not prepared to drive her to her sixth form college every day in September and she will have to get the bus which leaves at 7.20.... she does have a genuine problem I think (the delayed sleep phase disorder) hence the doctors appointment tomorrow. I just wonder how far I should accept this? Should I be dragging her out of bed right now? (I've been up three times trying to coax her to get out of bed), or should I just let sleeping girls lie? It just feels 'wrong' for her to still be sleeping (as she has pretty much every day since we got back from holiday)

Another one "lol" - ing at 'delayed sleep disorder'.
She's 16. It's what they do.

My 19 yr old, home from University has reverted to it.
Blimey, I'm a long way being off a teen, but, when on holiday naturally revert to not going to bed until about 1am and not getting up until 10ish.
Please don't clog up your GP surgery for this.

I also suspect that she has delayed sleep phase disorder and I have booked a GP appointment for her tomorrow.

What did the GP say?

I'm astounded that anyone thinks a 16yo still in bed at lunchtime during the holidays is odd.

It's totally normal!!

I'm 42, and still sleep like a teenager given half a chance. Given that it's quarter past midnight and I have to get up at 6am, you may rightly surmise I'm an owl 🦉

She's a teenager, let her sleep. I did. I still do, when I get the chance. I'm a fully functioning adult in a professional role, but I cannot get to sleep before 1am. I still get up early, albeit reluctantly, because that's what I have to do to do my job. Weekends, all bets are off and I'll catch up.

We're all different, with different sleep needs and different ways of managing those needs. As long as she's doing what she needs to and getting her required rest, I wouldn't worry.

Another night owl here too. Drove my mother crazy as she springs awake at 6.30am. Naturally I tend to be awake till 1/2am and up around 10am. That is how I feel at my best.

During the week I get up at 5.10am, but still can’t sleep before 1ish, which is fun.

I would just leave her to sleep and wake her at an agreed time, as you are planning to.

Some people are just naturally this way and it does irritate me when people say it is lazy.

I'm 18, (not sure if I am still classed as a teenager) and had a Ds who is 1. Right from about 12 I was the same as your DD, sometimes refused to go to school because I couldn't stop myself up. When I found out I was pregnant I was like " how am I going to cope" but lucky for me I haven't had one bad night with DS yet, other than when he was poorly once, touch wood. But even now, unless I'm working, I have to take a nap with him in the afternoon. I don't even have an excuse as he sleeps 12 hours a night. But yeah, I still need that extra 2 hours sometimes midday. I still get all my house work done but I'm just always so tired. .I don't know if my hormones are still a mess or if it's just me

I'd probably still be that bad if I didn't have a LO.