What time does your child go to sleep on a school night?

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My son is 9 and apparently the only one in his class who goes to sleep before 10pm on a school night. On weekends 'everybody else' stays up until midnight.

In an ideal world I would like to see him in bed by 8pm on a school night. He takes ages to drop off to sleep (I mean when you tell him he can read for half an hour in bed and forget to go up to turn off his light he's still reading when you go upstairs to go to the loo at 10pm .)Most nights its usually lights off by 8.30pm.

My 6 year old is in bed by 8pm on a good night. Quite often it's 8.15-8.30 as I find it hard juggling the two bed times and he keeps getting out of bed and I basically need to get more organised. Ideally I would like to see him in bed by 7.30.

Could we have a school night bedtime roll call?

Just put your child's age and bedtime.

I want to show my 9 year old this thread so he can believe me that the ones who say they go to bed at 10pm are probably not telling the truth........

DSD - 7 - Y3 - 7.30pm

DD - 4 - Reception - 7pm

Bath / bedtime starts at 6:15

3yo DD - story at 7pm and is asleep straight away. Wakes up at 7.

4.10yo DS - story at 7:15ish and goes to sleep straight away. Wakes up at 6:30.

DS1 is 9 and usually stays up playing XBox with a supply of red bull till 2 or 3am. Makes up for it by sleeping in till midday and bunking off school whenever he needs to though.

DS2 is 7 and, being a more sociable type, usually goes off to the pub after dinner, comes back after closing time with a few mates, orders a curry, plays some music. He's usually passed out on the sofa by 1 though.

Oh sorry - that's not what you wanted us to say, right?

Ds 7 - in bed 7.15, reads until 7.30. On a Saturday he often stays up until 830/9pm but won't lie in past 645am ever!! He has always needed more sleep than his peers.
Dd 4 in bed with lights out 7pm (usually asleep as soon as head hits
Pillow. She is happy to have a lie in if tired and sometimes has to be woken up for school.

Confidence, doesn't your DS2 disturb your DS1 when he comes in from the pub with his mates? It must be hard to play the X-box with a drunken 7 year old playing loud music, I find it difficult enough to bring home my punters when my 7 year old is drunk, so distracting.

DS1 - 12yo - bed by 9pm except on Scouts night as it doesn't finish till 9.30!

DD - 10yo - bed by 8.30pm ideally

DS2 8yo - bed later than I like (eg Cubs finishes 8pm) but usually with DD.

Anyone still up at 9pm is charged into bed.

DD 1 9, year 5 -have just put bedtime back to 9 pm, lights out at 9.15
Later than i wouldlike really but she starts guides in october and it doesn't finish until 9

DD2 7, year 3 -bedtime 8.00, lights out 8.30 (she hasn't worked out how much latter DD1 is going yet lol

bed time is bed time regardless of what day of the week as they still have to get up on monday morning and if they have been up late at the weekend then the do NOT want to get up at 7am

DS (5) bed 8 - 8.30, asleep by 8.30-9 at very latest

gets up about 15 mins either side of 8am usually, so i reckon he's getting 11 to 11.5 hours. not much difference on weekends at all.

most of his peers are about an hour beforehand ie bed 7.30 up 6.30, so again 11 hours roughly.

him being that bit later suits me the classic night owl!

my 2 year old goes to bed around 7pm
my 3, 5 and 6 year olds between 7pm and 8pm - always asleep by 8pm unless we've been away (weekend) and then it could be 8:30pm. In the summer there were a couple of 9pm. In the school term 8pm is always the latest in the week.

DD (3) gos to bed at 6.30

DS (6) goes to his room at around 7pm but reads/plays etc till about 7.45 (its a bit later at the weekends as I let him watch a film on portable DVD player so maybe 8.30ish when he goes to sleep then)

DD (8 - yr 4) has to be in bed by 7.30 and lights out by 8pm Sunday to Thursday night.

She can go after her favourite TV shows on Friday and Saturday.

OP - I would be willing to bet the "never before 10pm" ones are lying.

DS is almost 9 - bedtime is "officially" 7:30pm - and that is re-inforced by the fact that for boarders in his year at school bedtime is 7:30pm, lights out 7:45pm. In reality, it is often closer to 8pm but rarely later on a school night. At weekends he can stay up, but not generally past about 9:30pm as he is shattered.

DD, nearly 10, lights out 8.30-8.40pm after a 10 minute read. Gets up at 7.30am but often has to be coaxed out of bed and is still tired! I find school is so full on it wears her out. In the hols she needs 10 hours sleep.

DS 4- schoolnights 7pm. Weekends 8pm

DD - 6 - 7.30
DS - 4 - 7.30

Both dc's (aged 9 and 7) in bed by 8 pm on a school night
School here starts at 7.30 am so they're up at 6.30 am latest

at weekends it's normally about 10 pm but can be as late at 11 pm but that's strictly if they are well behaved. ( and we forget about them)

Bedtime (and that's lights out)

DS1 Age 12 (yr7) 8.30 latest

DS2 Age 5 (yr1) 7.30 latest

DD1 Age 6 (yr2) 7.30 latest

DD2 Age 2 6.45 latest

It's up and in and no arguments and I'm not bluffing on the timings.
DS1 gets up to 1.5 hrs extra on Friday OR Saturday
DS2 & DD1 get up to an hour extra on Friday OR Saturday
DD2 retains usual timings

I'd be happy for your son to ring and ask them himself!

My nephews are 10 and 8 yrs old, and they are both put to bed at 6.30pm.
They hate it and moan about it a lot, but my sister is a childminder and 'needs' child-free evenings.
No wonder that the oldest boy is 10 and still cannot read yet as she spends no time with him doing homework etc. But I digress, sorry.....

DD (7) in bed by 7.30, gets 10 minutes or so to read - lights out absolute latest 8pm.
DS (3) same bedtime as they share a room. Often falls asleep while DD is reading.

Both up 6.45 - 7am. They really need 11 hours.

Friday is still an early night because they are both usually exhausted. Saturday tends to be a slightly later night for DD but I still want her asleep before 9.

DS (4) bed between 7 and 7.30 pretty much straight asleep

DD (2) same as DS.

Same on a weekend unless we are out or watching a film together. I get them up just before 7 am

DS is 6, and in bed by 7, asleep within 15 minutes.

10yr old: 8.30 for 9pm lights out
8yr old: 7.45 for 8.15ish
4yr old: 7.30 for 7.45ish.
and they are all happily up and about by 7.15

DS1 moans that 9pm is "way too early" but he has a late night for Scouts midweek.

30-60mins later at the weekend

Just accept that "everyone else" does "go to bed at 11pm on a school night"

DD 10 goes to bed at 9.30 and reads for a bit. This is her bed time every night not just for school days. She's usually up at 7.45. I consider 10 hours to be sufficient sleep for a pre teen, think they need more when they hit puberty full on.

telegraph article how much sleep for a 10 year old

DD 6- 7.30
sometimes a bit later at weekends and in holidays but not always. She needs at least 11 hours a night.