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Original poster

cbeebies is full of shit...

69 replies

syne · 26/05/2015 22:09

AIBU to think that cbeebies bedtime hour is wildly optimistic in it's timeslot and that it can't just be my bundle of joy that is still decidedly not in bed!

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ineedausername · 26/05/2015 22:11

YABU. My 2 are in bed before it and thinks it's late if they see it.
Don't worry, I pay for it at 5:30am.....

CommonplaceMagic · 26/05/2015 22:13

YANBU.

I thank my luck stars every day that Nick Jr is on round the clock.

NomiMalone · 26/05/2015 22:13

YANBU.

Neither of mine have ever gone to bed before 7.30pm.

I always roll my eyes to heaven when I see the "Bedtime" hour come on.

LindyHemming · 26/05/2015 22:16

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PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 26/05/2015 22:16

YANBU.

And I always felt so guilty if lunch wasn't ready at bang on 12pm when the lunchtime song came on.

Gileswithachainsaw · 26/05/2015 22:17

Yanbu. It's been banned in my house fir 8 years cos it's the crappiest weirdest shit ever.

AdeleDazeem · 26/05/2015 22:17

CBeebies switches over to BBC3 at 7pm on our TV.

fredfredgeorgejnr · 26/05/2015 22:19

BBC4 ... (BBC3 shares the CBBC slot) and just rewind the DVR 2 hours at some point in the day then it comes on for 9pm finish...

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syne · 26/05/2015 22:19

I'm kind of wishing Derek Jacobi would run on a loop like the insanity infomercials.

' Night night Harhoos, night night Macka Paca, night night Ninky nonk. Hold on someone's not in bed...'

Yes Derek, my son's not in bed cos its only seven in the evening and its as bright as midday outside....

git

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RackofPeas · 26/05/2015 22:21

He he, my ds2 has worked out how to use iPlayer on our computer and yesterday he sat and watched about five bedtime stories in a row. At about 4pm. He has learned that if he chooses In The Night Garden I will scream loudly and remove the mouse from his grasp. I hate that show.
He's 4 1/2 and bedtimes for him have been getting quite late as his little brother is a champion sleep fighter.

HootyMcTooty · 26/05/2015 22:23

Bedtime starts at 7 in our house. It ends at about 8.30 Sad

SueBigFatSue · 26/05/2015 22:25

Bedtime hour is great fun when your child has no signs of sleep in them Wine do children really watch it and then go to bed? I weep that CBeebies is finished and I have to find another channel to entertain the wild one whilst I rock silently in a corner waiting for a decent nights sleep Smile

pasbeaucoupdegendarme · 26/05/2015 22:28

My dd is often only sitting down to eat at the start of the bedtime hour. Fortunately she is only permitted to watch TV once in a blue moon smug so I forget to let it upset me.

Tonight she had endless Sarah and Duck on dvd not so smug now.

TwinkieTwinkle · 26/05/2015 22:29

When DS was in nursery I sometimes wasn't picking him up until 6. Home, dinner, bath etc, there was no way in hell that he would be settling down for the bedtime hour! Doesn't seem to have done him any harm in the long run though! Smile

Librarina · 26/05/2015 22:38

I have to admit to using ITNG and the bedtime story as our cue to start bedtime. We all have to hold hands and dance in a circle to the 'Now it's time to say Goodnight...' song, we then go upstairs, brush teeth, 3 stories then into bed. It's fine until we are away from home then my DD refuses to believe that it could possibly be bedtime!

OwlinaTree · 26/05/2015 22:41

3 stories! Wow! Hope they are short!

Notso · 26/05/2015 22:42

YANBU
DS3 will come to me and sweetly say "it's the bedtime hour, it's bedtime"
"Shall we get your pyjamas" I reply
"Noooooooooooooooooooo, IT'S NOT BEDTIME NOW!" Bellows DS3.
Every time it's on.

BagsyThisName · 26/05/2015 22:43

When DS1 was small, probably baby till about 2, end of iggle piggle was our cue to go upstairs and have his bath.

Fat chance nowadays (ages 5 and 4), we eat tea at about 7.

HootyMcTooty · 26/05/2015 22:45

3 stories is a good result for us, hence the hour and a half bedtime (minimum). There are some books I'd happily burn Grin

Reignbeau · 26/05/2015 22:47

DD is never in bed for the bedtime hour ending, DH doesn't get in from work until 6ish and I don't want to do 2 separate teatimes so we always wait for him to get in to eat together, we don't really start bedtime til about half seven.

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syne · 26/05/2015 22:47

I'm starting to wonder if he's going o go to sleep at all tonight..
He's got more milk in him than a co-op dairy and is bouncing on the sofa doing an impression of a possessed giant hot water bottle.

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WienerDiva · 26/05/2015 23:16

I felt guilty about this for ages. And the get set go shite in the morning. There have been many a day when we aren't fed, washed, dressed, activity ready for 9am. Are the bastards trying to mentally cripple us?!

Ladymoods · 26/05/2015 23:21

I DON'T WANT TO FEED THEM LUNCH AT 12 ON THE DOT EVERY DAY!! STOP TELLING US WHEN TO DO STUFF!!

YsabellStoHelit · 26/05/2015 23:22

I had to turn it off at lunchtime because I NEVER had lunch readyfor the song and DD would come stand by me and do "mummmeeee fooooood" constantly until it appeared. I learnt that Nick Jr +1 was my friend. You don't get a lunchtime song until 1pm then Grin

cleanmyhouse · 26/05/2015 23:24

I'm so glad it's a distant memory for me.

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