What do you call someone who reads in bed?

A fancy word for someone who reads in bed. The sesquipedalian librocubicularist is the name for a person who reads books in bed.

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The sesquipedalian librocubicularist is the name for a person who reads books in bed. The first syllable of the word is based on Latin liber, which originally denoted the inner bark of a tree, and later came to be used for a sheet of papyrus used for writing before acquiring the additional senses of "book, volume, long document" and "a division of a long literary work" (and, yes, it is the source of library and librarian). The word is considered a creation of Christopher Morley in his 1919 novel 'The Haunted Bookshop.' Another etymological element of librocubicularist is Latin cubiculum, meaning "bedroom," which itself is from cubare, "to lie" or "to recline" and from which English cubicle is derived. Print evidence suggests librocubicularist was checked into the English language in the early 20th century, and it has yet to check out: Here's something I didn't know about my wife, Julie, before I married her, she's a librocubicularist. There is no known cure, but that's OK because a librocubicularist is someone who reads in bed.

— Arvid Huisman, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register, 25 July 2018

The word is considered a coinage by American writer Christopher Morley. In his novel The Haunted Bookshop, published in 1919, a bookseller suggests to a Miss Chapman that she take a book up to her room and read it in bed (if she wants), and then questions, "Are you a librocubicularist?" Miss Chapman is taken aback by the word, but another character, Helen, chimes in: "He only means you are fond of reading in bed. I've been waiting to hear him work that word in the conversation. He made it up, and he's immensely proud of it." Reading books, whether consisting of sheets of paper or virtual pages, under the sheets is a relaxing activity, and a good way to decompress after a busy day. We don't think librocubicularists themselves will become extinct, but we're crossing our fingers that the cognomen librocubicularist survives. It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but it is a serendipitous find in one's reading. Words We're Watching talks about words we are increasingly seeing in use but that have not yet met our criteria for entry.

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about 9 p.m. At these ages, with social, school, and family activities, bedtimes gradually become later and later, with most 12-years-olds going to bed at about 9 p.m. There is still a wide range of bedtimes, from 7:30 to 10 p.m., as well as total sleep times, from 9 to 12 hours, although the average is only about 9 hours.

webmd.com - How Much Sleep Do Children Need? - Parenting - WebMD

The amount of sleep a child needs varies depending on the individual and certain factors, including the age of the child. Following are some general guidelines:

1-4 Weeks Old: 15 - 16 hours per day

Newborns typically sleep about 15 to 18 hours a day, but only in short periods of two to four hours. Premature babies may sleep longer, while colicky babies may sleep less. Since newborns do not yet have an internal biological clock, or circadian rhythm, their sleep patterns are not related to the daylight and nighttime cycles. In fact, they tend not to have much of a pattern at all.

1-4 Months Old: 14 - 15 hours per day

By 6 weeks of age your baby is beginning to settle down a bit, and you may notice more regular sleep patterns emerging. The longest periods of sleep run four to six hours and now tends to occur more regularly in the evening. Day-night confusion ends.

4-12 Months Old: 14 - 15 hours per day

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