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what time is bedtime?

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lisalisa · 15/05/2003 17:08

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breeze · 16/05/2003 09:11

DS 3.5 goes to bed 6.30-7.00 sleeps till about 7-7.30 (usually)

Ghosty · 16/05/2003 09:40

My DS is in bed by 7.30 every night ... sometimes he goes to sleep straight away and sometimes he stays awake until about 8pm. But this has been a long haul ... when he was beginning to need to cut out his daytime naps if he slept he would be awake until 10pm and if he didn't he was knackered by 6pm ... this went on for 6 months or so.
I hate those kinds of articles. There is NO WAY I can MAKE my son sleep .... I did all the CC when he was a baby and up until he was 2 he slept 11-12 hrs a night ...
But now he is 3 and a half - how can I make him sleep? He will sometimes do 12 hours but usually it is more like 10 ... He is bright and alert during the day ... never needs a nap and is ready to go to sleep at 7.30 ... but once he wakes up in the morning that is it ...
Those kinds of articles just make us feel guilty ... I won't listen to them ... la la la la la la ... I can't hear you ...

Furball · 16/05/2003 13:57

Ds (21 months) 8pm up at 6.45ish, thanks to DH clattering around quitely??? at 6.30am getting up to go to work. Ds also has 1 hour nap in the day - Time for defrosting the freezer?, cleaning the kitchen floor?, changing the bed? and any other cleaning threads started in other subjects? - Your having a laugh, MUMSNET TIME!

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EJsMum · 16/05/2003 14:05

My sons 9 & 11 go to bed at 8.45 on a school night and 10 on a weekend. My baby goes down at 5.45pm (her own choice!) and wakes at 7.30 the following morning. Blessed ?!

eefs · 16/05/2003 14:15

it used to be 8:00 to 8:30 bedtime for ds and he'd wake at 7:30, but that was with a decent 2 hr nap during the day, now he's dropped the nap I try and get him to bed at 7:30, but like ghosty, it's hard to argue with a toddler who's wide awake. On weekends I go to sleep with him in the afternoon, siesta heaven.

JanZ · 16/05/2003 15:19

Ds goes to bed at 8 and we get him up at 7 on weekdays and later at weeknds.

Or at least, we put him into his bedroom at 8, but now that he is in a bed, he gets up to all sorts in his room (although has stopped painting his hands and feet with felt tip pnes - because I've hidden the felt tip pens!) and often isn't asleep by 9. He also wakes up much earlier, but now that we're keeping his door shut with stretchies, he can no longer get out and wake US up! But he seems to make one attempt (if any now) and then either goes back to bed or starts playing.

The first few nights in his bed, he was coming through earlier and earlier: 5.30, 4.30 and 3.23! .... at which point we resorted to the stretchies.

He has two naps, I believe, at the childminders, one in the morning and usually one in the afternoon. However, at weekends, there is NO WAY I'd be able to get him to nap in the morning and I struggle to get him down in the afternoon. However, if I time it right and watch carefully for the signals (a car ride is useful too!), he'll sleep for as long as three hours!

susanmt · 17/05/2003 01:09

My ds (15 months) goes to bed at 7.15, and my dd (3.3) goes to bed at 7.30. They are both asleep within minutes of going to bed. Ds wakes at approx 6.30 and dd at about 7.30. Ds has a 2 hour nap in the day. It seems to be enough for them, but I wish they would wake up just a litttle later. Have tried putting them earlier and later and it makes NO difference to ds - 6.30 is wake up time and thats that. If you keep him up he's just grumpy at 6.30!

steppemum · 17/05/2003 03:13

My ds sleeps 12 hours a night, plus 1 and half hours of daytime naps (he's 5 months) Apparently that is less than avareage for a baby of his age, but then the definition of average is that some do more and some less!
I don't think bedtime is as relevant as no of hours, my neice and nephew are always up at 6, because that's when my brother gets up for work, so they need an early bedtime.
I really agree with what someone said earlier (was it Aloha?) that the ultimate test is whether you have to wake them up, or whether they surface of their own accord in the morning. In my humble opinion, if a child is hard to wake, they need more sleep.

lisalisa · 23/07/2003 14:08

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dot1 · 23/07/2003 14:16

for our 19 month ds it's 7pm and not a minute later (unless dp is on her own with him, and then it's usually after 8pm 'cos she's sooooo useless with time-keeping!)

lisalisa · 24/07/2003 11:58

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ThomCat · 24/07/2003 12:05

My DD is 19 months old. Earlist she goes to bed is 7 , latest, EVER, is 9! Most of the time it's between 7.30 and 8pm. (Herdad gets in from work that time so I try and wait till he's in to give her a kiss). She's always very happy to be in her cot and does a little wiggle then turns over onto her side and she's off! Please, please,please may all my future children be like this!!!!!!

codswallop · 24/07/2003 12:14

I want mine all asleep and my meal in my hand (age 5 3 and 6months) by the time the Street is on!

Never mind how much THEY need!

Bobsmum · 24/07/2003 12:59

lisalisa - I got this from the Sleep Council website :

"How much sleep do we need? According to the Usborne book of Body Facts, the average amount of sleep needed each day is 16-20 hours for a new-born baby; 13 hours for a two-year-old; 10-11 hours for a five-year-old; 9-10 hours for a 10 year-old; 7-8 hours for an adult and 5 hours for an 80 year-old"

ThomCat · 24/07/2003 13:01

That's interesting, thanks Bobsmum

lisalisa · 24/07/2003 13:13

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jennifersofia · 25/07/2003 13:34

It is between 6:30 and 7 for my two (29 and 10 mths). Someone told me of their continental friends who have a schedule like this: Nursery for daughter (under 2) in morning home for lunch and hour nap, nursery in afternoon picked up by gran around 5, hour nap, picked up by mum 7, dinner around 8, bed around 9-10 then dinner for parents around 10:30, bed around 12, wake up exhausted at 7. Gosh!

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