Bedtimes for YR children

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What times do your YR children go to bed, actually fall asleep and wake up in the morning?

ShowOfHands, that makes sense, thanks.

Show of hands, that's good to hear! It appears every child in the the um is genetically programmed to sleep 7-7 except mine (who take after me!)

Uk not um. Damn you I phone

6.45
7.15
7.00

And unvaried routine every night (even on weekends)

Supper at 5, Bath at 5/45/6, then Bedroom where we read to each other.

I think the routine helps.

Just out of interest, those who do supper at 5, bath a 6 etc do you work?
I just can't fathom how to ever work that. I'm lucky if I have my lunch by 5 at work and am rarely home before 6. On days I'm off we are generally in the park, swimming etc at 5 pm.
I know things will need to change when dd starts school but am intrigued how people physically get home and tea on the table by 5pm?

Dancing, just out of interest if you keep to the routine even at weekends, do you leave a day out/visiting friends etc in order to be home to have tea for 5pm?

We stopped all activities when DD started reception and she now (7 months in) can only cope with one play date a week

Generally we keep to the routine at weekends - if out we eat tea out, or at friends, feed DD's separately and take jammies so they can go to sleep there or crash in the car on the way home.

When i worked the childminder fed them at 4.30/5pm or the part time nanny we used. So basically, wherever they were they were fed then. If she goes to after school club now, then i get her to have school dinners and she has a lighter tea when we get in (5.30 ish) and no bath

We don't eat until after they have gone to bed. Which should be now so I shall go.........

5.6yo DS, usually asleep by 7:45. Awake at 6:30.

3.7yo DD, (hopefully) asleep by 8pm. Awake at 7.

I'm just heading upstairs to do showers, teeth and stories.......

Bed 7.30pm
Asleep 7.33pm
Awake 6.30-7.00am

DS has just turned 5. Bath at 6.15, bed by 7, usually asleep by 7.05. Awake at 6.15-6.30

DS, just 8. Usually 7.30, will be asleep by 8 but has the odd later night. Wakes between 6 and 7 but is quiet and reads.

DD, 4.5 lights out by 7, usually goes straight asleep. Wakes between 6 and 8.

dgs was 5 in Sept
7pm bedtime
7.30ish asleep
7am awake
His brother was 3 in feb
6.45 bedtime
6.50ish asleep........
5.45ish awake!!!may stretch to 6.15 on a good day.

knackeredmother, on the days I work our childminder gives DD her dinner around 4.30-5 and I collect her at 5.45. We're home by 6 and then bath, stories, bed by 7.15/7.30. We stick to the same routine on weekends - we feed her around 5 but she can sleep in the car if we're out.

DS is 4.11, in YR. Bath 6.15, stories etc, light off 7pm, asleep 7.15, up 6.45-7.15.

DD is 2.6. Does exactly the same, except she's asleep by 7.01!

7pm-7.15pm
7.01-7.16pm
7am

Ds1 (6 in a couple of weeks) has a never needed much sleep, usually asleep by 8.30 ( we put him to bed at 7.30, but he plays upstairs for a bit) and awake by 6.30am.
Ds2 (4), asleep at 7/8pm, awake at 7am.
Dd1 (1) asleep at 6pm, I have to wake her at 7.45 for school run

DD is 4 and will be 5 at the end of Aug. She has a long school day - the school bus picks her up at 7:50am and she gets back home at 4:15pm.

Bed 7pm
Sleep 7:15pm
Awake 5:45am-6:30am depending entirely on her!

Same here, childminder gives them tea at 5pm, I pick them up at 5:45, home within 5 minutes, 20-30 minutes homework at 6pm, then 10 minutes telly followed by bed for yr 1 DD, and a bit of telly for yr 4 son who now stays up til nearly 8 pm.

When my DS was in yr r he was so tired I reduced my working hours even further for about 14 months, but to be honest OP your DD doesn't seem to need so much sleep and my DS was exceptionally sleepy from a baby, going to school didn't make his sleepiness worse, at nursery he regularly napped 3 hours after lunch!

knackered: no, I don't work. so, yes it is easier much, much easier for me. if i did work i wouldn't want him in bed that early. i'd want to spend time with him

And maybe 'unvaried' is a bit misleading....

On the weekends I try and shove him into bed at around the same time so he is rested. tiredness is the main cause of tantrums in this house.

but yes, if something else is going on i have no problem with him going to bed later. and when we are on holiday he often goes to bed later still (maybe 8..)

the routine itself doesn't vary though (i can think of around three occasions when he hasn't has a bath before bed in the last year) and it definitely calms him down.

Dancing, Im in awe of how you (and everyone else on this thread) manage this. I'm hoping it will all slot into place in September when dd has to get up for school. There's still ds to deal with who incidentally is still awake now despite bath and stories at 8pm.

You will manage it fine, you will be led by your dd. My dd2 is out of the house at 5pm 3 days a week. One night she does rainbows, followed by dd1 doing brownies. That is a pickup/drop off activity, but she likes picking up dd1 at 7. Wednesdays they swim 5:30-6, with a light snack before and supper when they get home. Fridays she does ballet then has to wait while dd1 dances. I have found that I just need to be organised, e.g. Having food in the oven so it's ready when we get in. We usually eat together with dh around 6 (except mon when dd1 has to eat early). It probably makes them later to bed but we love chatting with them, and the topics that come up. Last night it was why you can't marry your sibling/cousin.

I had the best intentions of starting DD at ballet or swimming and rainbows after school. I have knocked it all on the head because she has been too tired.
Only now am I considering Rainbows.
Plus I work 3 days so I want to see her!

We struggle to stick to 7:30pm bedtime - even if working @ home, I rarely finish before 6pm - so supper-bath-bed leaves us too often at 8pm. DD has had a few nights of that this week and was tired to the point of tantrums and tears tonight. I am hoping against hope she will get to sleep in the car tomorrow.