I say ditch the TV and iPad after bath. After 6:30 is quiet time in my house, though they get TV its in the night garden. Then at 7 brush teeth and bed. My 4 yr old started to try and extend bed time but we put out foot down. We read or tell two stories once she is in bed. Cuddle kiss and lights out leaving the room.
If she is silly at teeth time and takes to long then she gets one story.
If your 4 yr old is playing up for the iPad etc. I would ban it all together till they are doing what they are supposed to. It's a privilege to have such things. In our house there electronics are the first thing taken away for bad behavior. It works great.
I'm really interested to see the advice in this thread - because I am up several times in the night bfing, I have been playing iphone games or reading ebooks to keep me awake while DS feeds. But I've found that I often can't drop back to sleep afterwards, and have been wondering if there's something in the screen lights that affect my sleepiness. If I read a real paper book, I can usually drop off much more quickly again.
So if screen time affects me, an adult, that much, I can imagine how tv and ipad before bed/in bed might affect a 4 year old!
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