How many hours sleep do you parents get?

[Chippingbird23]

I get anywhere between 7-8 hrs usually sometimes even 9 rarely but still tired sometimes.

About 7 hours in one chunk (if I go to bed at 11). DD wakes up at 6ish but DH takes her at 7 for a couple of hours every morning so I go back to bed

(I'm v lucky that DH doesn't 'do' lie ins so I get them all.)

Currently I get about 8-8.5 most nights. I prioritise sleep and my kids currently sleep well. We have occasional bad nights and occasionally I go to bed mega early.

I still feel very tired by the end of the day but I don't have that 'walking through treacle' feeling like when DS was a poor sleeper. On my days at home with the kids, I often feel a bit groggy in the afternoon and this concerns me a bit.

About 6 hours.

I get approx 6 hours, but sometime less. Pre-children I'd aim for 9 but usually got 7-8 on a work day.

Dd2, a baby, wakes between 5 and 6 most days. I'm doing bedtime with dd1 until 8.30-9pm, have to stay with her until she falls asleep, a recent regression. I should go to sleep much earlier but after 9pm is my only me time, especially in the school holidays. So I have supper and watch TV or read for a bit.

Sleep is broken frequently by Dd2 still breastfeeding so it's not even a solid 6 hours. But I sleep feed now - flop a boob out at her and doze off again. Otherwise I'd be dead from lack of sleep by now!

DS is 5.5 and doesn't sleep through although isn't particularly disruptive when he wakes. According to my fitbit I get an average of 7-8 hours a night. Pre DS I needed 9-10 hours but I have adjusted and manage fine on the lower amount now.

About 6, very broken hours. Sometimes slightly more. DH gives me a lie in v occasionally but that's after I've kept her asleep 6-8ish so it doesn't help a huge amount. He gets to sleep in to 8 every day and often longer. That's during holidays and weekends- we are up at 6.30 when working.

Around 5-6 hours, but that’s mostly because I don’t go to bed as early as I should most of the time. DS is 18 months and recently started waking around 5am. Before that it was 6-6.30am.

I’m fine on it though, 9-10 hours’ sleep makes me feel groggy and unwell. I don’t get less sleep now than I did before I was a parent, really.

Usually about 7 hours. On days when I've had 8 hours I feel like a superhero. That pretty much never happens though!!

5/6 hours. I should go to bed earlier but it's the only me time I get. My children have additional needs, take ages to go to sleep and wake early.

These days, about 8 hours. DS has the occasional broken night but usually sleeps until about 6. He's 22 months.

Maybe six hours. Often broken. DD is 8 now but she was a terrible sleeper when she was younger and my sleep patterns have never recovered!

About 7. I have two babies under 2 but they sleep well 7-6ish. I go up to bed to read about 9 but rarely fall asleep before 11 and then up at 6. Feel fine on 7 hours.

I get about 5 but broken as my dc2 wakes every hour or so. He's just like his sister who finally slept through at 4 so only 2 years to go!

About 6. It's got worse as they've got older (teens). Arguments and disruption until gone 11pm.

@nanbread

5/6 hours. I should go to bed earlier but it's the only me time I get. My children have additional needs, take ages to go to sleep and wake early.

Same here!

6 is a good night.

Ds is pump fed overnight so that’s at least one get up a night but on a bad night it can be multiple get ups. That’s before any other issues with DS and on top of that my anxiety makes it hard to get to sleep.

According to my Fitbit i average 7-8 hours a night of actual sleep after it adjusts for any "awake" time. Dc are 6 and 3 and we've been lucky with good sleepers. 3 yo is generally the last one in the house awake in the morning, he can easily be after 9am and needs to be woken for nursery.

Maybe I need more as I read the thread title as how much sleep do your parents get?

DD1 due in two weeks. I get between 5 and 6 and I'm not even a parent yet 😫 early start time at work does that to your body clock. If I'm lucky, I'll get 7 hours at a weekend and feel on top of the world!

4/5 hours between work, uni and a 16 month old 😂

I survive on copious amounts of caffeine 😂

4/5 hours if I'm lucky. Currently pregnant and really struggling to sleep but I'm not a good sleeper anyway.

5-6.

DD in bed for 11h so as much as I want during that window!

Usually 7 or 8 with one or two interruptions so I guess 6 or 7 (DS2 usually has one night feed and DS1 usually runs into our bed at some point at night).