What time do your child go to bed?

Stop talking sense, this is Mumsnet 😂

Agree with you and also neuro diversity plays a part. Mum of 4 so plenty of experience.

8pm and just turned 8 years. I’m dreading moving it to later, I’ve had enough by then. I think in about a year I’ll extend it to 9pm but say they have to read quietly or colour (mindfullness 😂) to keep my sanity.

Mine are 7 & 12. 7 year old by 9:30/10pm and 12 year old usually by 10:30pm when she actually turns her light off.

We are not an early night sort of family. 7 year old not home from activities til 7pm sometimes, and we tend to eat dinner 7-8pm. Eldest has sports til 9pm 3 nights a week, so if we all have to go collect her (last night I had a meeting till late so Dh had to go get her with ds), then no one even getting ready for bed until 9:30pm.

7 year old wakes naturally 6:30-7am.

Children needs varying amounts of sleep. Just like adults. 8 pm bedtime rising at 7 am is really good. No need to change as suits you and the child. Sweet dreams

The average 5 year old needs at least 12 hours sleep a night.

Beyond this now, but back in the day the boys were in bed at 7.30 and would never settle until 10 + until they were 5 or 6, was hard.

My 9 year old goes up at 8pm but to be honest is still awake hours later and he will still get up before 7am

So if your routine works for you and she's not waking up tired and having low energy during the day then stick with it

My daughter is 5 and also goes to sleep for 8pm. I have tried getting her to bed earlier but it doesn't make a difference - she just gets wound up. It seems that 8pm is her set point!

Then she wakes between 6.30-7am usually. So I feel it works for us.

7 at age 5. Depends on the child tho: my eldest was full on during the day and would be falling asleep early. Youngest chilled during the day but would be awake later.

Just do what works for your child.

@Devilsmommy mine is exactly the same 😊 so yes, early risers do exist!

As you’ve seen it’s really variable OP. Culturally I would say that UK children tend to go to bed earlier than in say Mediterranean countries so it also depends on the rhythm of life where you are. To be honest as long as they are getting a solid 10-11 hours sleep I would say it doesn’t really matter.

Probably 7.30-8 at that age. Would have been 7pm if possible but we worked full time, so weren’t home until after 6pm.

I've got black out blinds and curtains and my 3 year old whether in bed at 6 or 8 will always wake up at 5. I've tried everything to push it later and nothing works 😭 he's been like it since he was a baby. Disbelieve all you want. Some kids really are early risers no matter how late bedtime is

Darkness makes no difference here. We live abroad and have full shutters, black out blinds and curtains. It’s hot in summer and light until late and light from about 4am.
In winter it’s dark from about 4pm and snowy and dark until 7.30-am.

Doesn’t matter it’s if it’s hot, cold, light dark, active all day or done little. Makes not a jot of difference. Still sleeps roughly same hours all year around, which is around 9hrs sleep. He barely sits still and is active all day so plenty of energy

The only time he ever sleeps in, it’s turns out he has a high temperature and it’s start of illness

My 4 almost 5yo goes to bed around 9pm on school night, wakes up by himself around 7.30am.
We're nearing the end of 12 weeks holidays (live abroad) amd he's hardly been in bed before midnight, however will sleep in til 9am and will often have a nap in the afternoon either at home or the beach/pool.

DS just turning 5. In bed for 7pm for books and usually asleep for 7.30pm. He naturally wakes at 5/5.30am. Same on weekdays and weekends.

He’s an early riser and it really doesn’t matter what time he goes to bed. 2 week summer holiday of late nights - 9/10pm bedtimes and he still woke at 5/5.30am. 5 days at Disney doing 22,000 steps a day, staying up for 10pm fireworks and he was still awake and ready to go by 5.30am 🫠😂

DD1 is 11, just started high school and goes up at 9, asleep by 9.30. DD2 is 6 and just started Y2, she goes between 7.30 and 8, she wakes at 6.30 most days

8 to 7 (so 11 hours) is well within the range for a child that age, don't listen to those other mums. Comments like this really irk me, I hear this all the time when I say my 4 year goes to bed at half 8 on a good night. If I somehow managed to move bedtime to 7, he'd be up at 5am, no thank you! He's always had lower sleep needs. This is just his natural routine, suits us - if it's not a problem, carry on!

When it's light outside a blackout blind helps kids drop off to sleep.

Same here. My 5 & 3 yr olds are never asleep pre 9pm.

7yr old twins. I get them upstairs by 7:30ish, they are asleep anytime between 8:30-9:15ish, after reading and all their general shenanigans.

My DS is 16 and goes to bed at 9:30 on the dot every night - he has done since he was 14 and refuses to change (ND)

6yo (nearly 7) and 2.5yo are still awake now! (9.15 here) We start bedtime at 8. 2.5yo will be asleep within the next 10-15 mins and sometimes falls asleep between 8.30 and 9. Eldest has always been a night owl and tends to fall asleep between 9.30 and 10. Sleeps like the dead and then wakes up between 7 and 8. Always happy to wake up or be woken up; never an issue for him and he performs well at school. The youngest wakes between 6.30 and 7 and is ALWAYS miserable on waking but happy as a clam quite quickly afterwards and during the day generally. Hoping his sleep will stabilise once he drops his nap…!

Both ours (2 and 4) go to bed at 8pm. The youngest never sleeps past 6am. The eldest we wake up for school at 6:45 so trying to get him down bit earlier so he wakes up naturally.