Hi
I’m interested in hearing from other parents who have not had conventional bed times for their kids?
My firstborn DD was a a good sleeper and ina good routine from an early age.
My second DS was very different. Slept only for very short naps. I struggled to get him to settle at a decent time in the evening for bed. Between the ages of 6 months - 18 months he would wakes for 2 hours in the night and screamed blue murder unless he could look at a book or play with some toys until he got tired for sleep again. When he woke he was mentally very awake.
Now he does not nap in the day. But is not ready for sleep at a normal time for a child. Generally he does to sleep when we do. But once asleep he sleeps all night. He only needs 9 hours and is awake by 8am.
My DH has different views on bedtime because his parents ran restaurants they were out working at night until very late and my DH was with them. So he does not stick to a bed time.
Once we are ready for bed, we do teeth and have two stories so a routine is followed but it’s much later than other kids. But it seems to work for us because once in bed we are getting a good 9 hours of solid sleep with hardly any night time waking.
So I’m interested to hear from other parents who do not follow a conventional bed time for their kids?
Some of my other friends who put their kids to bed at 7.30/8pm. Their kids get up at 4 am. Wouldn’t want that either! Thanks