Why do parents give themselves so much hassle.....I'm talking ' bedtimes'..

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.....my neighbour has been up and down our stairs,( they are staying chez mozhe as new windows being put in...),for the best part of 4 hours !!! Trying to settle her 4 DCs,( aged 5 months- 9yrs ).She says it's like this every night.....
The mozhe DCs go to bed when they are tired...it varies a bit from night to night but generally about 10.30/11pm...the whole tribe is asleep within 5 mins !!They have all been allowed to develop their own preferences/habits as to where/when/how they fall asleep...surely this is commonsense ?

anniemac- If your dd seems pretty happy on 9-10 hrs that may be all she needs.

I know my ds needs more than that as after a few days of this he gets so grumpy it is unbelievable. A few early nights usually fixes the problem.

I have a friend however with a dd (same age 2.5yrs old) who regularly sleeps 9-10 hrs a night without any regular nap (though sometimes she has one) and seems very happy on it.