Bedtime??

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DD(2yrs) goes to bed at 7pm after bedtime routine starting at 6pm.. seems to be exactly the same as our neighbours dd who's 8. So being nosey...
How old are your dc's and what time do they go to bed??

DS1 - 16 Goes to bed 10.30 on school/college night

DS2 - 14.5 Goes to bed 10pm on school night

DD - almost 6 Bath / shower around 6.30 - 7pm. Bed at 7.45pm

All up at 6.30am on the days I work (4 days a week)

My little man who's 23 months, goes to bed about 8:00, but still doesn't sleep until 8:30/9:00. I've tried taking him earlier, but he's just up longer. And he's still up at 5:30!

He's never liked sleeping!

My dd aged 4.5 goes between 8 and 8.30. She never goes to sleep straight away - she'll have a story and I usually leave her with a CD - seems to send her off. She is still awake 6.30 - 7 in the mornings though and is not interested in a nap during the day. Gateau - I'm with you on this one - we're not usually home til 6 so I wouldn't see her/no time to play at home /watch TV if she went to bed earlier. I think if it works for you /DS that's fine. My neighbours girls are in the bath at 6 and in bed by 7 so I have had some funny looks from the parents when dd is still in the garden later...Sod em.

Thanks MmeBovary for your reassurances.
I always felt when I tried to get DS to bed for 7-7.30 that I was trying to get rid of him! Of course that may really be the case for some people. It just didn't seem right for us.

To the poster who asked about what time your children wake up if they go to bed at 19:30.......well the answer is 06:00 on the dot. Don't even suggest I slip the bedtime, it just doesn't work. DS can go to bed at 19:00, 20:00, 21:00 or even 22:00 and he will always wake at 06:00 regardless of how late he is kept up.

DS 3.7 and DD 11 months - DS usually in bed by 7.15, ealier if I have my way and DH isn't delaying things. DD often in bed by 6.45, as she's an early waker.

DD2 (15 months) 7pm or just before
DD1 (11 years) 9pm, but it'll be 10pm in the hols... and then it'llprobably stay that way as she stays up reading til 11pm anyway...

Funnily enough, when DD1 was little her bedtime was 8pm... she just liked being up later and she slept later so t'was nice!

DS (9.8) has lights out at 8pm (and usually striaght to sleep) and is up at 6.45am, but I have to wake him most mornings. He needs a lot of sleep for his age - I'd like to give him a later bedtime like his mates but he's too grumpy and uncoordinated without enough sleep.

Mind you, last night he lay till 9pm, talking and singing to himself and re-enacting episodes of Dr Who. He couldn't hear me laughing because he had his earplugs in (in case next door's dogs start barking). The best bit was the two full minutes of "Binary binary binary binary binary... I'm fine". I was wetting myself .

Oooh nice thread - we are quite bohemian with our little girl (2yrs) and we are all very happy like this. She lays in until 9 or 10 sometimes sleeping or other times reading, playing with toys, chatting, listening to music and/or cuddling with us... then she has a nap sometime in the afternoon or early evening and then she comes to bed when she feels sleepy/has fallen asleep or with us when we feel sleepy. And p.s we all sleep in the same bed!

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ds 9 has to be upstairs by 8 and can read till 8 30 but then sleep. of a weekend he stays up (in his room playing ps2 or whatever) till 10ish
dd 4 goes to bed between 6 and 7 regardless of weeknigjht or weekend

also to the poster who said she would feel like she was 'trying to ged rid of her kids by sending them to bed early' i wouldnt class it as that, yes i am relieved most night when its their bedtime because i am shattered and want to collapse on the couch and watch soaps in peace, and i dont feel guilty coz of it either

It was me loopy. And I said "I" would feel as if I was trying to get rid of them. I was not referring to anybody else.

wasnt knocking you gateau, was just saying that u shouldnt feel like that, i dont, we as parents need our own space and deserve abit of peace, so kick em off up the wooden hills nice and early and then u can kick back and relax

DD1 4.6yrs 7pm But goes to sleep listening to a story cd as i refuse to read 2 dozen bedtime stories a night .

DD2 10mths in bed by 6.30pm which is a pain because dh is rarely home by then but as she get up by 6.30am and is shattered by then. I am trying to get her to make it to 7pm as then dh will see her during the week.

By lizziemun on Tue 15-Jul-08 12:55:54
DD1 4.6yrs 7pm But goes to sleep listening to a story cd as i refuse to read 2 dozen bedtime stories a night .

LM i love your style

IMO it's very different for families who are at home with mum (ot dad) all day (or after school), than for families who are all out at work/ childcare until 6.

I am definitely very keen to get rid of mine! Some nights DS1 is not in bed til 8pm but that is usually when DH is here as well and he ends up playing in the garden with him a bit longer as doesn't see him much in the week. If it is me on my own trying to get DS1 and DTs in bed I try to get them in asap as the later it gets, the harder it is as they are all overtired and I am stressed!

hellish - I think that is a very fair point! I can quite see if you'd been home with them all day you'd be keen on a much earlier bed time!

My DD is 6 months and her bedtime is 9pm. She wakes up around 8:30-9am. Works for us as gives DP some tme with her in the evenings and as Im a SAHM gives me a little lie in in the mornings
Whatever works best for you is right IMO

ds 7mth bath 6pm bed 6.30pm
dd 4.5 bath 6.30 bed 7.30pm

both up at 7am

My DD nearly 18m has always been difficult to settle at night. At the moment she's going at about 10pm. She will sometimes sleep until 9-9.30am which is a bit of a bonus but I wish she would go to bed about 8pm so my DH and I could have some 'adult time' and be able to relax a bit without the little madam clambering all over us. Any tips?

10 years old - 8pm on dot

up about 7-ish