To put my children to bed at 7pm every night?

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Including school holidays and weekends?

My twins are 4 (almost 5) . I find that if they don't have enough sleep they are grumpy, rude and uncooperative the next day.

They also get up at 6am , no matter what time I put them to bed !

I can hear children out playing in the sunshine and one of my twins is already fast asleep

The other is in bed quietly playing a game .

I selfishly enjoy my evening time and as I go to bed myself around 9:30pm, I like to keep them in routine so I can have some down time .

But I'm not sure if this is mean? AIBU?

Dd 12 goes at 7 on school day and 7:30 on weekends and holidays. She has dyspraxia and autism though, needs melatonin to sleep and always gets up between 5 and 6. Ds 9 goes at 8 and 8:30 on weekends. They both have anxiety and anger issues and cannot cope with being tired, we all end up black and blue with them losing their tempers!

Mind have never gone to bed that early but if they don't complain and it works for you then why not? Yanbu.

5.5 and 3.5 here.

In bed at 7, and wake between 7.30-8 (or later). So they obviously need it.

7pm bedtime sounds like a dream! My 6 month old DD will not go down before 10pm no matter what I try. I usually crash out then too and have had no time to myself at all since she was born. I'm happy to hear it gets better. Enjoy your evenings OP.

Sounds a good routine :-)

5.5 here - bed 7.30/8pm latest on a school night, awake 7.30am. I let him stay up later at weekends. He still needs 12 hours a night, so he'll get up around 8/8.30am on weekend mornings. We've been truly blessed with a magnificent sleeper! I only hope his future sister/ brother is as easy.

If my lot ever complained that so and so got to play out late I told them it was because so and so's mummy and daddy didn't care about them

Mum - what a daft thing to say.

Evenings are starting to go too quickly now its summer, most nights its 9pm before I get my 5 year old in bed and its only going to get later and later as the summer goes on - sun doesn't set until 11pm at the moment and that'll keep getting later for the next 3 weeks.

She loves staying up late though and just makes up for it in the morning - will let her stay up as late as she wants on Midsummer night as no way do I want the struggle of bedtime when she'll be hearing the sounds of everyone in the neighbourhood partying.

Art I suppose it is really! What if my kid told another kid?

I could never get DD to sleep before 9pm. She's 5 now and still will occasionally go to sleep at 9.30pm even on a school night. She wakes up full of beans though so I guess it depends on a kid.

And of course you're not BU. It's what works for you and your child that matters

4 and 6 here they go to bed about 7 during the week and 8 at weekends and holidays.

The 6yo wakes at 6.59 every single flipping day doesn't matter what time he does to bed. And then is grumpy if he stays up too late

That sounds right. My DS is 3 and 1/2 and goes to bed around 7pm too. Sometimes he's so tired he is in bed just after 6! He always wakes up at 6.00-6.30an so, if he goes to bed later he becomes super grumpy in the afternoon and wants to nap...

That sounds right. My DS is 3 and 1/2 and goes to bed around 7pm too. Sometimes he's so tired he is in bed just after 6! He always wakes up at 6.00-6.30an so, if he goes to bed later he becomes super grumpy in the afternoon and wants to nap...

Sorry... I just replied to an old thread that I had already commented on!! haha

F*ck. I need a holiday...

Totally agree with routine... lifeoftwohalves.wordpress.com/2016/04/24/a-routine-i-will-not-apologise-for-my-parenting/

Pretty dc, as a teen, I was astonished when my aunt put my cousin to bed at 7.

Then along came ds, who turned into a monster at 6:01 pm. ..

If it works for you, and they are in a routine, then keep it. It sounds ideal.

Are you me one year from now? I have nearly 4 year old twins who go to bed at 7pm and get up at 6am. I need some time to myself or will go crazy. I don't care what time other kids go to bed. Mine need a certain amount of sleep and an early night is the only way to do that. If we need them to stay up for whatever reason then they are still up at 6am and a complete mess the next day.