My DD6 has a giant stack of books (like 20) in bed with her, the night light on and the radio playing softly. She needs to be asleep by 9PM and we say goodnight between 8:15 and 8:30. This routine allows her to wind down on her own time and she's usually asleep by 9PM. Sometimes it goes until 9:30. Last night she fell asleep with a Multiplication book still in her hand!
I don't think our DD could get to sleep any other way
I am the same way - I have to have some sort of stimuli in the background such as TV or I won't sleep. My mind is off wandering in a million directions.
