He's been overdosing for the majority of my pregnancy due to me not having the energy to fight anymore. I was hopeful that he would eventually self regulate, but even though he knows and acknowledges that too much screen time makes him grumpy and gives him headaches, he still doesn't seem able to apply that knowledge until after the fact.
Just to give you an idea, if I don't interfere, he will put on either the Xbox or his tablet when he wakes at around 6.30, pause it for bathroom breaks and to come fetch his food and not actually leave it alone until we insist he comes off to get ready for bed
Clear expectations that never change were helpful up until recently. I have a whole other thread (that sparked this one) in the tweens and teens section about the issues we are having with rules lately
They do help *me* atleast, if not him, in that I have something to refer back to and don't get pulled into negotiations too often.
He's having a big 'thing' about us being controlling lately (again, the tweens thread) and someone on there suggested attaching the screen time to something else so that the limits are there, and he is in control of it via his actions. So different activities earn him different amounts of screen time. I'm playing with that in my mind figuring what it could look like and if it would work.