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What time do you put them in bed? Our son just turned 5 and goes to bed about 7.45 - 8.00pm - there are a few neighbours with kids of a similar age and several much younger that are still running about well past 9pm - seems like you wouldn't have any evening to yourself left?
Just interested...
Every child, family and household is different.
My 4 year old goes up between 7 and 8 depending on what he's been up to during the day, my 3 year old goes up at 6.30 on the dot.
depends on whether its a school night or not...
My 4 year old is in bed about 7ish. Sometimes 8 if he needs the wind down after a crazy evening.
Hmm, mine goes to bed sometime between 6:30 and 9:00. Depends on the day really. Normally at 7:00. but if she's been asleep in the car for an hour between say 5 and 6, she simply aint tired.
She's 8 months old.
Aged 6 and 9 here 7.30 to 8 on school nights unless theres a reason (ie we're out, still in garden etc) school hols and weekends more relaxed, but always judged on how many tears/arguments they've had during the day. As far as our two are concerned, sometimes they just need a bloody good early night and are different kids in the morning!!
Varies, 7.30-8.30, at age 2.
My lads 10 and he is in bed by 8pm on a school night. Add an hour on that for a fri and sat. School holidays are a bit later, maybe 9:30.
7.30 here for a 3 yo. At least that's the start time of the daily ritual of negotiation / threats / compromise that attends the bairn actually getting into his bed and going to sleep.
My 3 year old goes to bed at 7 sharp, or his parents get all fractious and start smashing stuff.
4yr old - up to bed 7-7.30 - dead beat - BUT still singing the 'I'm not sleepy' song until 9 most nights(?)
Evening to yourself - chortle - I'm too tired - could go to bed same time as them.
My 3 year old goes to bed at 7 sharp, or his parents get all fractious and start smashing stuff.
Genuine lol momment.
4 year old 7 ish - Bed and sleep.
6 year old 9 ish - falls asleep.
the 6year old needs very little sleep and will be up an hour before the 4 year old anyway. It depends on the kids IME.
Both in PJ's at the same time, story and wind down.
Eldest reads now between 8-9 on his own in bed but he just does not need much sleep tbh . Up 6:30 most days. 7:30 ish youngest gets woken.
my nearly 3yo tends to go up about6.30/7ish on fridays she has daddy dvd night after nursery sheel stay up till about 8/8.30 and we chill with a film
When my nipper was under 7 then it was bed at 20:00
7+ has always been around 21:00
She is now 10 and at weekends it is around 22:00
She will sleep to around dinner time if I don't wake her up on a Saturday morning.
Although these time always vary in the winter when the nights are looong as do mine.
Aged 2, normally in bed for 7/7.30pm. When they go to sleep is another matter - sometimes it is 9pm before they are asleep 🙁
1yr old, 3yr old and 4yr old all go to bed at 7pm and are asleep by 7:15pm at the latest. They wake each other up at 7am.
We aim for 7 to be going up for wee/teeth then story from one of us and a chat from the other. Depending on the goings on of the day that might be it or if she's not tired there will be requests for water and other lead swinging antics. 🙂 its all good tho, ones she's gone you could detonate a bomb in the room and she wouldn't stir.
Olivia is 22 months and does to bed at 18:30-19:00 and gets up about 07:30
1 and 4 yr olds about 7 ish
3.5 year old and 4.5 year old are generally in bed for 7pm but if mummy is needing picked up from the station it could be as late as 9pm due to excitement.
When mummy is away at work it's 7pm sharp(wine o'clock). 😯
1 3/4 and 3 3/4.
8:30
'spose it also depends what time they have to be up and about
Some parents need to be up and getting ready for work very early and so the kids are forced into the same routine, especially if the have to be dropped at childminders etc.
We always lived very close to the school and my wife never worked so ours didn't need to be up much before 8
17 month old asleep for 7 every night (his decision!) up 6-7am most mornings.
Kids up and including early teens need 10-12 hours per night.
FunkyDunc - by try convincing them.
Re; the OP. I've wondered this too. Often I've needed to nip out at half nine or so to get a pint of milk or something at the corner shop or similar and seen kids in my daughter's class in the shops with their parents. Not good for either, imho.
From my side - I reckon as youngsters a degree of routine is helpful, and hence a relatively regular bedtime is something we always had, with bath at around 6, milk and stories / bedtime TV until about 7 and then up. Like others it didn't always mean asleep by 1903..... but also important is for them to be able to go to bed and settle themselves.
Now they're older, it's still around half seven in school time but much more flexible outside. That said, if you know them you can usually tell when it's time as they go haywire, and they're usually happy to go up if you get them soon enough when that happens.
Kids absolutely need routine.
Mine is 12 now and during holidays he will stay up to 3 AM reading or on his laptop. He sometimes doesn't emerge until 11.00 next day but who didn't go to bed late when they were that age?
But during term time it's bed at 8.30.
Kids absolutely need routine
Dunno if they need it any more than adults do to be honest. So some might, some might not.
Kids absolutely need routine
I used to agree 100% with this sentiment.
Then I got married. To a Brazilian. Brazilians don't do 'routine' very well. There generally isn't a 'time' for anything as far as I can work out.
🙂
Well, having an interest in sleep and sleep disorders, I would agree that having a sleep routine IS very important!
One of the key things I tell friends/family/patients is to keep to a WAKING routine. Basically, even if you have a late night, wake at your usual time. Hard to follow, but keeps the routine!
BTW-we aim for our 18 month old to be in bed at about 1900, wakes about 6!
DrP
4 and 5 years olds here. Bed time is around 7 with stories, lights out is almost always 7:30.
It's not often they make 8
6yo and 3yo boys both hauled in from playing by 7.30.
Both ready for bed about 8.
After stories, 3yo asleep by 8.30, 6yo in bed by then but lies reading or drawing til god knows when.
6yo awake before 7 without fail, 3yo can sleep beyond 8.
3yo resembles normal human sleeper, grumpy if he doesn't get enough. 6yo is freak of nature who requires about 3 hours sleep per night and seems to suffer no ill effects at all.
15months. In bed by 7.30 latest. This will always be the case until hes 18yrs old and leave home 😀
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15months. In bed by 7.30 latest. This will always be the case until hes 18yrs old and leave home
Aye, right!
Summer holidays and light Scottish evenings have meant the bedtime of my 3 has been getting later and later, but they are back to school soon and I am very much looking forward to them getting back into their school routine.
When school starts again bedtime will be around 9.30pm for my big two.
My youngest needs very little sleep and I quite often go to be before she does. I am sometimes worried that she is not getting enough sleep, but she seems full of vitality during the day (too much sometimes) and is certainly developing okay, so I guess she is just one of those people who do not need very much in the way of sleep to function okay.
2 year old. Trying to have them asleep by 9, means in bed at 8 usually. Doesn't wake till around 7.30 tho.
Unfortunately he has never been a sleeper, doesn't seem to need much. Like his father at the same age apparently, so all my fault!
1 yr old and a 27 month old here. They are both in bed by 7pm, and unless the roof starts caving in or the house is on fire, we don't go back up to them. They're usually up at about 7.30am, but it can be as early as 6.30am or as late as 8.30am sometimes.
5 and 3 - both in bed lights out by 7:30 - more drinking time for parents 😉
(both up by 7)
I personally like to spend my evenings WITH my son and don't understand parents who see it as a burden
And it means he sleeps until a reasonable time in the mornings rather than waking at 5
Its horses for courses, whatever works for you
I personally like to spend my [b]evenings[/b] WITH my son and don't understand parents who see it as a burden
that's an incredibly pleasant outlook.. I think I'd quite like that too.. sounds idyllic..
I spend 14 - 16 hours per day with my two year old son.. sometimes I'm quite glad if I get time to put my feet up for an hour or two before I go to bed..
It depends on their age, but very young children need to be in bed and sleeping for a good 10-12 hours a night - keeping them up to keep yourself happy sounds a bit selfish.
I personally like to spend my evenings WITH my son and don't understand parents who see it as a burden
You just wait till he's something like 13 or 14 😀
And it means he sleeps until a reasonable time in the mornings rather than waking at 5
I've noticed no correlation between bedtime and waking time more than around 1/2 an hour - just they are grumpier the next morning @ 06:00 if they aren't in bed before 7:30 ish.
I'm a night person, wife is a morning person, 2/3 have her genes hence I and the other one get woken regardless 🙂
I've noticed no correlation between bedtime and waking time more than around 1/2 an hour - just they are grumpier the next morning @ 06:00 if they aren't in bed before 7:30 ish.
I find that too - on the occasion they go to bed later, they still wake at the same time and are devil children.
5year old @ 7:15
8yearold @ 7:45
9 @ 8pm here
We have a son who is 4 soon. 7:30 is bed time however on a Saturday night he has a treat and stays up a little longer, sometimes till 9. Call me old fashion but kids need routine for security. I am not sure how important the time is, as long as its consistant and the tele is not showing unsuitable viewing.
routine is your friend but the school holidays and light evenings throw that outthe window!