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What time do your child go to bed?

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helenmelonmoon · 09/09/2025 13:15

Just wondering what time your children go to bed? My DD has just turned 5 and goes to bed at 8pm on schools nights. I mentioned this to other school mums and they seem to think it’s really late… She gets up at 7am for school.

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SquigglePigs · 09/09/2025 13:52

DD is 6 and just going into year 2.

At 5/start of reception bedtime was 7-7.15pm but she's always been up at 6-6.30am so getting about the same amount of sleep yours is.

Kids are so variable at that age DD had on friend who didnt go to bed til 8 and one who was always asleep by 6.30 and slept til gone 7.

Key thing is whether your child is tired on that or not. She's getting 11 hrs sleep so that could just be enough for her.

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helenmelonmoon · 09/09/2025 13:44

Caspianberg · 09/09/2025 13:35

My 5 year old goes at 8pm. He only falls asleep at 9pm- or by 9.30pm if he’s not tired.

If he goes at 7pm he just spends 2+hrs faffing and still asleep same time.

He wakes around 6am

Yes same! We started at 7 and she just kept getting up and wandering into our room complaining she wasn’t tired. Lights off at 8 and I look in 8.15ish and she’s already asleep.

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helenmelonmoon · 09/09/2025 13:41

HelloGreen · 09/09/2025 13:33

That’s late for a 4-5year old! The fact you say 8pm on school night makes me think it’s even later on Friday and Saturday?

When you say they get up at 7am for school are they waking up naturally by themselves before anyone else or are they basing woken up ie by you?

She wakes up naturally at 7am. Sometimes earlier. At the weekends she does go to bed later and gets up later. Unless we are going out in the morning.

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Caspianberg · 09/09/2025 13:35

My 5 year old goes at 8pm. He only falls asleep at 9pm- or by 9.30pm if he’s not tired.

If he goes at 7pm he just spends 2+hrs faffing and still asleep same time.

He wakes around 6am

Mrsm010918 · 09/09/2025 13:34

2 year old at 7, 7 year old at 8

HelloGreen · 09/09/2025 13:33

That’s late for a 4-5year old! The fact you say 8pm on school night makes me think it’s even later on Friday and Saturday?

When you say they get up at 7am for school are they waking up naturally by themselves before anyone else or are they basing woken up ie by you?

Luxio · 09/09/2025 13:21

I think 8pm for a child who has just started reception is quite late but if it works for you then that's fine. Some of those who go to bed earlier will have to get up earlier as they will need to go to wrap around care.

Mine is 5 but has just started year 1 and he goes to bed between 7-7.30 which seems pretty consistent with his peers.

MyDogHumpsThings · 09/09/2025 13:16

At five, my daughter went to bed at 7pm and had half an hour’s reading with either parent. Then lights out.

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