It's 10:30 at night, and I can't get J (6 1/2) to go to bed. He insisted that he's starving, so I gave him some toast and milk. He told me that by squeezing his cheeks, he was compressing the milk. When I told him that you can't compress liquids, he was absolutely incredulous! He just couldn't believe it. He began talking about water bottles and air pressure. When I told him that the molecules in liquids are just too close together already, he said, "that is extremely weird!"
After going on about it for a while, he went upstairs to ask his dad. I'm not sure he really believed me. How could it be that liquids can't be compressed!!! I just listened in on their conversation about how baby brother L drinks his bottle and has to let air in, about pumping up bike tires, etc. And then J offered his own example, about scuba divers breathing compressed air.
It's hard for me to send him to bed when he's obviously enjoying the mental stimulation, but last night he couldn't sleep until 1 am! I can't handle that kind of schedule, and all-day First Grade is going to kick his butt in just two weeks.
His pediatrician recommended Melatonin to help him sleep, but so far, it's not helping at all!
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