To think thst this is too early a bedtime for a 3.7 yo?

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I know somebody who is putting their 3.7 yr old to bed at 6pm. Child is waking at 5am. I'm not surprised as my own ds went to bed around 6.45 at almost 4. Aibu to think this is a very early bedtime and the likely cause of the early waking?

I hear this quite a lot and I am genuinely curious as to how these children deal with travel to a time difference. Eventually they must just fit in with the sleep changes?”

of course kids adapt very well. There's just a very bizarre snobbery in this country about having "early risers" and kids who must be in bed at 6pm.

And endless threads about daylight too bright, noisy or unreasonable neighbours whose kids are still in the garden at 6pm, and wake up the precious "early risers" .

@Hesma

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God you're easily amused.

What on earth is a 3.7 year old? 😂

Not really ??? My 2 yo goes to bed at 6 (he takes himself at that time every night) and he would happily sleep till gone 10am if I let him. I don't let him go past 9 and then when it's school days he isn't a happy chap!
But my nearly 4 yo & nearly 5yo go at 7(that's the aim anyway haha ) but regardless of the time they go to sleep once I put them into their beds their still up between 6-7? Nothing changes that wake up time xx

3.7 equates to 3 years 7 months old.

@thebillyotea bizarre snobbery in this country? What? Like I want my son to wake up at 5am? If I could get him to sleep until 8am.... Ahhhhh if only. I've done months of later bedtimes and then have to deal with an overtired arsehole child. I am not an early riser. Cor 7am is a lie in in my house! The bright mornings and people out in the gardens past 6pm don't make a difference to my life. Black out blinds & black out blinds and the child can sleep through an earthquake. Yet still wakes up at 5am. Even with clock changes etc.

@blowinahoolie but it doesn't. It equates to 3 years and 8.4 months. Maybe the OP meant 3 years and 7 months but that's not what 3.7 years means.

@blowinahoolie

3.7 equates to 3 years 7 months old.

I think it's 3 years 8.4months. But I'm not sure of the maths.

Jumpers268 thank you! I wasn't sure I was doing it right

[quote Jumpers268]@blowinahoolie but it doesn't. It equates to 3 years and 8.4 months. Maybe the OP meant 3 years and 7 months but that's not what 3.7 years means.[/quote]
Fair enough. That's how I have always viewed it🤷 you are probably right.

@BrumBoo

What's a 3.7 year old?

Is maths not your strong point?

In mathematics terms it would mean 7/10 not 7/12 anyway. Why not just say 3 and a half?

@HereComesATractor

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Some parents are lucky to have DC who move their wake up time in line with their bed time. Others of us are unlucky and have DC who wake early no matter what we do. YABU and needlessly judgy.
I hear this quite a lot and I am genuinely curious as to how these children deal with travel to a time difference. Eventually they must just fit in with the sleep changes?”

Went to France for two weeks. My then 15mo went to sleep at the same time U.K. time and woke up at the same time U.K. time - at the time he was waking at 5.30am so it was 6.30am French time. That year the clocks changed in autumn he stayed on the old time until they changed again in spring . But over time he has begun to sleep later naturally and he has developed the understanding re the grolock so it was clearly developmental

Yeah I suppose I was thinking of somewhere with a real time difference of 5hrs plus? The bit about the routine and circadian rhythm makes sense. If you're all early risers and have dinner at 3pm then 5pm makes sense to that family. I would think I would find that quite limiting with school and other social activities. Like I said it's definitely their business but the internet is good for finding out about the intricacies of peoples lives

YABU.

What's it got to do with you anyway?

@Treaclepie19

Yes yabu. My eldest has always needs an early bedtime but I often tried putting him to bed much later and he still got up early.

Yup! Same here @Treaclepie19 it makes no difference what time we put our DC to bed, they wake just as much/ just as early. They are autistic though, don't know if that makes any difference. I get so much grief from family for putting DC to bed "early" but I'd rather have them sleep from 6.30pm to 3am than 8pm to 3am!

I would think I would find that quite limiting with school and other social activities.

I found a 6pm bedtime extremely limiting, particularly as DH was rarely home by then. DH found a 6pm bedtime very frustrating as he rarely go to see DS in the evenings.

It did not stop a 6pm bedtime being a necessity for a period of time.

We specifically tried to get a later bedtime for these reasons, it did not work. After a few weeks with a grumpy DS and an increasingly grumpy us, we realised that what we wanted and what DS needed were incompatible and we would need to make an adjustment somewhere.

DH and I are not early risers. We like late dinners and evening activities. It is not to be.

What in the world is a 3.7 year old?

2 children? 3 year old and a 7 year old I assume?

3.7, how old is that? 3 yrs 7 months? So the child is 3

I think it’s too early, but I also think 6.45 is too early and that is your child’s bedtime. Everyone does what suits them.

@FireflyRainbow

What in the world is a 3.7 year old?

It’s a child who is either 3 years and 7 months or (massive, thread-altering difference) 3 years and eight months and .04 of a month.

It’s so tedious when people pretend either not to know, or that it makes a huge difference anyway.

ImAlrightThanx maybe they monitor their sleep reaaaalllly carefully down to the minute per 10th of a year.

Pumperthepumper a lot can change in a month though. There might be a 3 year 8 month sleep regression.

Bedtime hour on CBeebies starts at 6PM !!

Was around 7 in our family but 6 doesn’t seem all that outlandish.
I prefer early starts 🤷‍♀️

@NeverMetANiceOne

What does it have to do with you?

I am trying to help them as they are struggling with the early morning. Is that jot obvious to you ? i also didn't add what my relationship is to them which makes a difference.