Him: I learned something in school
Me: Phew, I knew I had sent you there for a reason
Him: Yeah, we were doing SPHE
Me: Cool
Him: We were learning about kids and sleep
Me: Oh yeah? (not sure exactly where this was going)
Him: Yeah, kids my age should get 8 – 10 hours sleep and the way things are now I get 10 because I go to bed at 9 and get up at 7 so can I have a later bedtime.
<sidenote… this is the child who 2 years ago was watching YouTube until 1am when he fell asleep with a death grip on the iPad>
Me: …
Him: Because if I went at to bed at 9:30 then I would still be getting 9.5 hours which is inside a range of 8 – 10 hours
Me: Who taught you maths?
Him: You, silly!
Me: Right, so your bedtime is at 9 but most nights it is 9:30 before you get into bed, 9:45 at the earliest before you fall asleep which is 9hrs 15mins
Him: Yeah
Me: We are going to have to have a conversa…
Him: OK, can we have a trial week where I go to bed at 9:30 each night and get up on time for school every day and if I don’t do that then I will go back to my regular bedtime because I am not ready for a later one.
Me: That sounds like a great idea but 30 minutes extra before bed cannot mean 30 minutes extra on your device. I am going to need 30 minutes of non screen time activities each day.
Him: Like to offset the late bedtime?
Me: Yes.
Him: Like what activities because it is January and I can’t do anything outside?
Me: Joint the dots.
Him: So either that or my periodic table book. Is it OK if I listen to my book while I do the join the dots?
Me: Sure
Him: So we can start on Sunday?
Me: Sure