How much sleep?

[RecoveringPerfectionist]

I am woefully bad about going to bed at a decent time which is just daft as I have always needed my sleep. I have found that since the DCs have got a bit older and their bedtimes are now 8.30/9 I stay up even later to get an evening. I also have a bad back (surgery in June) and that means my sleep is quite disrupted.

I feel shattered most of the time. And if I'm tired my eating isn't as healthy, and I don't get to the gym/for a swim etc. It has such a huge knock on effect. I was talking to someone last night who said she is in bed by 10pm every night otherwise she just can't cope. Got me thinking that perhaps I really ought to set a bedtime of say 10.30 and make sure I stick to it. I do feel heaps better if I sleep well.

So, inspire me with your bedtimes please.

[Lily1995]

I'm in bed before 10 every night. Always have done though.

We was talking about this at work the other week and literally everyone thought I was so weird! They all go to bed at 1 or 2 in the morning! And then get up at 7 for work. I wouldn't be able to cope with that.

If you feel you need more sleep then gradually go earlier, I've heard some people feel groggy and worse when they have had more sleep.

[Judydreamsofhorses]

Usually between 11 and 11.30, up at 6.45 - I use a wearable band fitness tracker thing, and on work days my actual time asleep is normally around the seven hours mark. I have a colleague - a man in his 30s - who is in bed by 9.30 during the week.

[RecoveringPerfectionist]

I was wearing a fitness band to track my sleep but it was stressing me out as I wake up so often in the night and I was feeling depressed about my crap quality of sleep! (Much is caused by the back pain at the moment).

[Oly4]

I have two young children who wake in the night but I still can't go to bed early. I'm rarely in bed before 11. I need some 'me time'... Though it means I'm constantly exhausted!

[Lottapianos]

I really need my sleep - 8 hours at least. In the week, I'm usually asleep by 10.30 and alarm goes off at 6.15. I have been known to go to sleep at 9pm when especially knackered - sounds sad but I feel like a new woman the next day.

I also know some people who go to bed at 12 or 1am and get up at 6.30- 7 and I just don't know how they do it. I guess some people are just fine on 5-6 hours sleep - lucky them!

[Gem124]

We go up to bed at 10, get ready then lie in bed having a cuddle and chat till about 10.45 then up at 6.30 :-)

[Coastingit]

I look sooo much better if I can get ten hours!

Yes in bed every night by 10, or 9.30 - up 7.30 ish. I'm not very productive in the evenings once DC asleep. To be fair I have preschoolers so I'm run ragged by the end of the day, so I focus on maintenance - SPF creams, water and sleep, as dressing well and spending time on makeup are out of the window. I can do all that once they are a bit bigger, and the rare occasions I have time!