Has anyone had any experience of their GC needing lot of sleep of did their children, when teenagers need lot of sleep ?

Teenagers have a reputation for being able to sleep almost round the clock. Mine never did because when not at school they had a full calendar of sporting events, their choice.

You don't say his age; but teenagers do sleep a lot. It seems a switch goes on when they turn 13.

It could also be post-covid if he had it, or school stress.

Ohhhh sorry, he is 14 years old.

Thank you for your posts.

No experience of GC but both our boys could sleep for England when they were teenagers and it's very common.

Ohhh thank you Smileless2012

I will tell my DD these replies.

Thank you ....

Could it be boredom, poor health or just laziness?

Yes, good points Esspee.

Thank you.

Teenagers actually need almost as much sleep as young children, and they often experience delayed sleep phase (meaning they're up half the night and then sleep until noon). All of this is physiologically and developmentally normal.

Is he fine in himself? Eats well, does well at school, sees his friends? If all of these things are fine, it's probably not a major issue.

My parents used to have a rule at the weekends and during the summer. You had to put in an appearance for lunch. (Assuming you weren't working.) Breakfast was optional.

Goodness me, yes. Teens can turn sleeping into an Olympic sport. Curiously though, a message asking if they want to meet XYZ at SuchandSuch Place can have them leaping out of their beds in moments!

agnurse

Teenagers actually need almost as much sleep as young children, and they often experience delayed sleep phase (meaning they're up half the night and then sleep until noon). All of this is physiologically and developmentally normal.

Is he fine in himself? Eats well, does well at school, sees his friends? If all of these things are fine, it's probably not a major issue.

My parents used to have a rule at the weekends and during the summer. You had to put in an appearance for lunch. (Assuming you weren't working.) Breakfast was optional.

My teens especially the boys were just like this. If they weren't appearing by lunch time l called them and it was usually hunger that got them up. Never let them sleep past that. Grown up now and up bright and early every day.

Teenagers need at least 8 or 10 hours sleep a night. Their bodies and brains are developing very fast and they do need more sleep than adults and sometimes younger children.

Here is a useful link: www.bupa.co.uk/newsroom/ourviews/sleep-patterns-in-teenagers

My daughter could sleep all weekend with two duvets on the bed when an older teenager. But as Donim said she could drag herself out if there was somewhere to go on Saturday night.

donim Sue Donim

agnurse thank you, yes he is absolutely fine in himself, he doing very well at school, ahead of his class, his health is good, he has friends and he has a little job every evening, so all in all he is in a good place ( which is more than be said for his answering back to his mum !!!! )

SueDonim hahaha i like that ( olympic sport ) seriously though, i do thank you for your reply, yours and everyone else's have lifted me because i was beginning to think hmmmmmm is this normal? Like i say, i cant remember my DS or DD needing all this amount of sleep.

Our son needed a lot of sleep as a teenager. He used to take himself off to bed at about 9.30 sometimes. We bought him a teeshirt which had written on the front "Don't wake me, I'm busy".

My eldest son possessed outstanding talent for sleeping long and hard when he was a teen. He could sleep though anything! I used to despair of ever seeing him pre lunchtime. Now as an adult he frequently wakes me up by messaging me at 7.30 in the morning!!

www.familylives.org.uk/advice/teenagers/health-wellbeing/teenagers-and-sleep

Teenagers change their sleep patterns.
Phones should be left downstairs, perhaps on charge, despite arguments!
I was caught by a younger DGD who said she needed to take her phone to bed to play soothing music on her phone to help her get to sleep. No, she wasn't she was chatting to a friend!

I think phones in bed are just the 21st century equivalent of Radio Luxemburg, under the pillow and the latest copy of Jackie being read under the bedclothes with a torch. {smile}

I had to laugh when you said about amazing how they can spring out of bed when meeting X Y and Z

That made me think about the other week when my DD rang me to tell me that my GS was up suited and booted, up with the lark, HAIR WASHED, TEETH BRUSHED, I almost dropped the phone in shock.

I think my DD almost crashed the car up a lampost on her way to work, in utter shock. Hahaha and oooooo low and behold a girl suddenly appears on the scene!!!!

Unbelievable ( says she who was ofcourse whiter than the driven snow !!!)

Hahahaha

Thank you for your posts, i feel a LOT better, like i say, I cant remember my DD or DS sleeping soooo much.

Oh, girl/boy friends are also excellent for getting soap dodgers into the shower!

He does sound very normal Serendipity.

my son went through a phase when he was 13/14 of sleeping so much that i took him to the doctor, they explained that is was just something some teenagers go through (usually boys), it was all to do with changes in his body and the feelings of growing up. not a wee boy anymore but not a grown up yet. my son sadly had to grow up a bit quicker as i was a full time carer for my husband the last 7 years of his life, he would keep an eye on him so i could go and get the food shopping, but he has always said it has made him into the man he is today. if your gs is attending school and seems okay then don't worry but if it is affecting his day to day life then see the doctor.

Esspee

Could it be boredom, poor health or just laziness?

No?...its a completely normal part of child development

i find turning the grill on and cooking bacon gets them up
use alternatives if vegetarian

but yes they SLEEP!

My son used to sleep for hours (still does actually) I had trouble convincing the GP that he had glandular fever "All teenagers sleep a lot" but at that point it was 24 hours a day!