Bed times

[Redwood]

Hi, what time do your baies go to sleep? My 8 month old goes to sleep at 7.30 and wakes about 6am but I wondered what you've all done as they get older.

my dd is 1 yr, goes to bed at 7 or 8 wakes at 7 to 8.30am

My 3 (aged nearly 5, 2.5 and 4 months) all go to bed at the same time, between 6.30 and 7. Curiously, the eldest needs much more sleep than the 2 year old, and goes straight to sleep. She has only just stopped having daytime naps. The 2yo bounces round for a bit after bedtime before sleeping. The older two wake about 7.30, the baby about an hour earlier.

Mine go to bed form 6 30 (5 months) and 3 year old at 7 and 5 year old at 7 30

It makes no differnece to their waking which is all at 6 30 ish

my 2 year old usually goes to bed between 7.15 and 7.45 (depending on what time DH got home from work) He normally wakes about 7.15 but it can fluctuate between 6.45 and 8.45. And there is absolutely no correlation between bedtime and wake up time!
The last week or so he's been having little lie ins and not waking until about 8.15 but he stayed at mil's last night and was awake about 6am. He's well trained my boy.

My 2 year old and 10 month old both go to bed at (gulp) 8.30pm. It might sound really late, but dh doesn't get home until 7.30 so he wants to see them for half an hour before bed. They go for a bath at 8pm and are generally in bed and asleep by 8.30, although the eldest is now dragging it out to 9pm by asking for repeated renditions of Goldilocks, complete with appropriate noises for spitting out unsuitable porridge. Both wake up at around 8am, although sometimes earlier on bright sunny mornings. This suits me fine as I'm not a morning person. They sleep during the day as and when they want (no set times) and usually for around 1.5 hours. This is all due to change as I'm heading back to work soon so they're in for a shock when beddy-byes and wakey-wakeys get earlier.

Badhair, you're not alone. My two (5 + 3) go to bed around 8.30, DS1 normally asleep within 10mins, DS2 has been known to be still 'reading' a book in bed half an hour later. They are still up at 7.30am though - their choice not mine!

They have never been big sleepers though, both gave up day time sleeps at about 18 months, much to my dismay.

I think the time of this post shows that the nightowl thing must be genetic!!

I think it is really odd keeping children up to see husbands.. they must be shattered! Dont the dhs then wind the children up?

My DS is always in bed and asleep by 7.30pm and a 'good' morning is 6.30am ... he can wake anytime from 5am onwards depending on how tired he was the day before (bizarrely he sleeps less if he was overtired the day before) or how hungry he is ....
Although I hate early mornings and I would love him to sleep regularly until 8am I don't see the point ... when they start school they have to go to bed early and get up early so they might as well get into the habit as early as possible.

Go Ghosty.

I think its more odd that someones DH would want to go 5 days without seeing their kids!!

I think its more odd that someones DH would want to go 5 days without seeing their kids!!

OK, really bad mother here but my two go when they want to go - anywhere from 8.30 to 10.00. Ds (11 mths) and dd (nearly 3) wake about 7.30/8.00. This has got out of hand as we have been slack with visitors and dh's late hours over the past month. However, IT WILL IMPROVE as dd goes to playschool in Sept and a ROUTINE WILL BE INTRODUCED. (capital letters are stressing the determination). I would ideally like them in bed latest 8.30 and up by 7.30 latest.

I start the routine with bathtime betw. 5.30 and 6. ds1 is almost 5 and has just started school (scotland) dd is 3 and ds 2 is 16mths. "baby" is genrally down by 6-6.15 and goes off happily. not sure how long it takes for him to sleep but anywhere fm 5-50 mins I think. The other 2 are generally finished (ie stories read - there is no going d/stairs after bath) by about 6.45. ds1 is an early riser, whatever time he goes to sleep, but is generally off by 7.15-7.30. dd stays awake sometimes til 9 or 10 I think, and would sleep for ever in the mornings if she didn't have to get up (or wasn't woken by 2 noisy db's in the hols).
Sometimes they see dh, sometimes they don't. I do what i think is best for them, which is a strong routine, and as much sleep as they need. dd and ds2 have naps every day, ds1 about 3 times/wk, but they are all nackered by bedtime and it would be utter cruelty to both them and me if I were to start bathing any later. Here's a thought: the better rested a child is, the better they sleep.

I have a 6 month old who goes to bed between 8.30pm & 9(at the latest) Loads of people tell me they think it's really late for a baby her age but at the end of the day it's whatever works for you as a family, and from our point of view it means she gets to see her dad in the evenings, and she sits at the table in her highchair while we have our evening meal so shes getting used to joining in family meal times from a very early age.My advice is to listen to other people but do whatever feels right for you as a family and don't let anyone make you feel guilty or tell you you're not doing it right.

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ds (4) goes to bed at 9pm and wakes about 8am, dd (16months) goes to bed about 9.30pm and wakes when ds wakes up.

We have never needed to leave the house for groups earlier than 9am so it is pointless to get up any earlier. ds jumps around so much anyway he would be tired before he even got out.

dd has still has a daytime nap of about 1.5 hrs.

dd (5 mths) goes to bed by 7.30 and ds (3 yrs) by 8.00pm.

Dh goes to work at 5.00pm so he never there in the evenings anyway - I am so used to him not being there he gets in the way when he is, Very useful with a corkscrew though

Oh and they both wake at 7.30 to 8.00.

samacons - thats what mornings are for!
I firmly believe that you need time as adults with no kids around and that kids do not get enough sleep - hence cannot concentrate at school... bla bla

Codswallop, I am glad my 3 are not the only ones. No matter what time they go to bed they are up at around 6.30ish 7.00 is late. The other kids in my family all sleep for 9, 10, 11 hrs or longer. My niece(5yo) came to stay and with all the excitment, DS1, DS2 and N were still up at 10.30. DS1 and DS2 were up at 6.20 but N slept in until 9.50!
Back to Redwood's original post. DS1 (8.5yo) goes to bed at 8.00pm and goes to sleep oalmost straight away. DS2(2.5yo) goes to bed at 7 but may not go to sleep until 10 or 11pm. DS3 (10.5mo) goes to bed around 7.00 and will sing himself to sleep in about 5-10 minutes. DH puts all three get in the bath around 6-6.30, they then have their milk and bed. DS1 then has special time on his own with whoever is not dealing with DS2 or watches what he wants to on the telly for a hour.

My ds, nearly 2, goes to bed around 7.30 and wakes anytime from 6am. Very, very rarely he wakes later - the other day went until around 7.45, but I, of course, was awake from six am.

Ds (3 next week) goes to bed at 8 and we get him up at 6.45 (week days - later at weekend) for milk and snuggle in bed with us. He often wakes up much earlier, but plays happily in his room until we go and get him (we keep the door shut, and he can't open it himself - cruel parents!).

At night he often takes half an hour (or more) to go to sleep - we read him a couple of stories and then leave him with light on, while he goes on "reading". We go back periodically to see what he is doing (cue scurrying back into bed!) and normally he either zonks out (very quickly if he's been swiming that evening!) or after about half an hour is happy for us to put his light out.

He has started delaying tactics prior to going to bed, but once he realises we are serious, is quite happy to go.

During the week he has (I believe) one or two short naps at the child minder's. At weekend he still has a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon (long may that continue!). He often resists going up to his room for his nap, but is usually asleep within 5 minutes! We are fortunate in that he can sleep form 3 to 6, and is still happy to go to bed at 8!

8 o'clock was a compromise time to allow us to spend time with ds in the evening between 5.30 and 8 (we both work), but still leaving us time for ourselves as "grown ups". He's had this routine since he was very wee, and he's always been a great sleepr. I realise we are very fortunate!

Dd1 aged 2.5 has been going to sleep slightly later over the past six months or so; now around 8pm, which I'm not happy with but since her dad does most of the putting-to-bed have not had strength to resist. We now slot dd2 (2 months) in with her, purely because it's then a couple of hours till dd2 actually crashes after weeping and wailing, and we need to EAT FIRST. Honestly. Tried doing it all earlier and ended up weeping (me and both girls) with very low blood sugar and death wish.

My little darling age 3.5 goes to bed 830 to 900 and this is not ideal. We aim to have her getting ready at 8 but hubby works further away now but likes us to eat altogether as a family but is sometimes not in until 730 hence 800 bedtime not possible. He then does the whole bedtime thing so then i can relax aahhh...but its a long day.....not up until 830 ish or 900 am in the holidays tho....what a lie in !!! No complaints there