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How old are you and what time do you go to bed?

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defoneedanamechange · 13/10/2024 20:30

For context: I'm 36, mum of three (youngest is 2.5), work four days a week.

Im also someone who needs a lot of sleep.

So... introductions over. I'm in bed for 8/8.30 and asleep 8.30-9 every night. I then get up at 5.30/6 with my toddler.

Aibu to ask your age and when you go to sleep?

OP posts:
Mumto32022 · 13/10/2024 20:52
  1. Usually in bed for 2300-2330. However I work shifts and do nights so it can be a bit all over the place. Up for 7. I tend to fall asleep fairly quickly but do have a disturbed sleep. I am one of those people that could sleep 12 hours and still be tired.
Changingnameagain · 13/10/2024 20:52

37 and in bed by 9.30pm and asleep by 10pm. Up at 6.40am weekdays and 7.15ish weekends (3yo and 6yo).

Funkyslippers · 13/10/2024 20:52
  1. Bed around 10.15, asleep hopefully by 11. Up around 7.30am. Usually awake a couple of times in the night. Drives me mad
brislereg · 13/10/2024 20:52

I'm 40, I usually got to bed at about 10 and have to get up at 6 otherwise I'd be late for work- people getting at 7/7.30 seems v luxurious to me. Some night I'm knackered and might go to bed more like half 9. Occasionally On a weekend I might stay up a bit later like until 11 or 12 and sleep until 7/8 but this is a real treat!

abracadabra1980 · 13/10/2024 20:52

55 and 8.30ish - could be 7ish! Live alone and may have also had a Nana nap in the afternoon. Just love my bed for its comfort and support re my chronic bad back, but I'm up and out every day x 2, whatever the weather, as my darling dogs need a good walk and tending to. We function better as a pack than when we were a solely human 'pack' 🤔

Barleycat · 13/10/2024 20:51

51 usually asleep by 9.30. Alarm at 5.45 and I get up around 6.30

mycatsanutter · 13/10/2024 20:51
  1. Bed between 11 and 12 anywhere from half an hour to an hour to get to sleep , up at 6.45. Every single week day morning I promise myself an early night that night and I never do, but then I'm rarely tired in the day so I must be getting enough sleep .
Liveheretoo · 13/10/2024 20:51

67 and midnight … that is my ‘me time’ and I love the peace at night

ReadingInTheRain583 · 13/10/2024 20:50

36 - I am ready for, and go to bed between 9-10pm. Most nights it takes over an hour to fall asleep, sometimes 2-3. I also wake several times in the night and have a child who bed hops and likes to start the day somewhere around 5am.

I also have a husband who literally closes his eyes, instantly falls asleep, sleeps soundly all night and then wakes up telling me how tired he is 🙄

Wtfdude · 13/10/2024 20:50

Sleep between 12:30-1, wake up 7:15. 35 and no kids.
However, if I am absolute knackered I use my adult privilege of doing what I want and go to bed earlier. Or have 30 min nap at 8.

Whatanidiot123 · 13/10/2024 20:50

I am 44 and usually go to bed around 10.30 with the aim of being asleep by 11pm. Kids are 3 and 6 and although I’m usually exhausted, I need some down time. I do put my PJs on at 7pm though, and on the odd night I pass out in a child’s bed at 8ish. Usually woken up twice a night - littlest heads to our bed and then eldest calls out for company. Perpetually tired.

IMustDoMoreExercise · 13/10/2024 20:49

58 bed at 10.15 and lights out 10.50

Midnightstar76 · 13/10/2024 20:49

48 and 8.00

mummaloo2 · 13/10/2024 20:48

36 and my latest night would be 11pm and I start panicking it's far too late 😂 my earliest nights I'm asleep for 8 but I do always tend to get in bed for 8 and either watch tv, read or browse on my phone until I feel ready to sleep.

MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 13/10/2024 20:48

Honestly if I get up much before seven I feel weird like when you've done a night shift and it throws everything off

HelloDaisy · 13/10/2024 20:47

56.. I go to bed about 10 and then read for a while before going to sleep. I wake up about 6.30-7.

Growlybear83 · 13/10/2024 20:47

I'm 66 and I aim to be in bed for 1 am and to be asleep by 2. I usually wake up at about 8 nowadays.

ilovepixie · 13/10/2024 20:47
  1. Normally about 11, I start work normally at 8.
Mumofyellows · 13/10/2024 20:47

42 and 9-9.30, up between 5.30-5.45 each day. I do read my book in bed for a bit and don't go straight to sleep.

Pebbles16 · 13/10/2024 20:47

Mid 50s, bed between 10.30/11, get up 5.30/6 although the current darkness makes this HARD WORK.
Today though I woke up at 5, read for a bit, fell back to sleep and woke up at 8 - a Sunday treat!

MargaretBetts · 13/10/2024 20:46

ISeriouslyDoubtIt · 13/10/2024 20:42

Can't believe how early some people go to bed! 8 or 8.30 is a child's bedtime in my opinion. Even when my children were small I went to sleep at 11 and got up about 7, otherwise I had no evening to myself. I'm 60 and retired, if I haven't got to do anything early the next day I now go to sleep about 1.30, get up 9.30, obviously adjust if necessary.

Your 11 and 7 is my 9:30 and 5:30. Evenings are sacrificed Mon-Weds during the week to allow me to get up/get to work on time. I do four ten hour days + commute.

SemmaLina · 13/10/2024 20:46

64 , retired and no DC at home
Go to bed about 10-30 pm , set the alarm a couple of times for 7am Bootcamp , but usually wake up naturally

Catisa · 13/10/2024 20:46

37, I go to bed at 21.30. I've got two kids. 3 year old and a 4 month old. The baby wakes me up twice during the night and the toddler once when he comes to my bed the middle of the night. So even if I go early to bed I don't sleep that much. We are all up in the morning at around 6.30

teatoast8 · 13/10/2024 20:46

34 and it varies between 8 and 10

Gogogo12345 · 13/10/2024 20:46

About12.30am and up by 7. Age 53