Sleep Schedules and 4.5/5 year old

NicoleWI

DD is wonderful but is having a lot of meltdowns and I don't think we can even try anything else until we manage to get sleep under control. I don't think she gets enough. She turns 5 at the end of January.

What time does your 5ish year old go to bed? Get up? Does he/she nap and if so, for how long? 

Thank you.

Bonus points: Tell me about your 3ish year old as well.

74dragonfly

Dd who will be five in January also goes to bed at 8. She gave up naps and sleeps until 7. At 3 bedtime was 7:30, nap 2 hours, up at 6

azaretsky

DS will be 5 on Jan 1, and he goes to bed at 8 (as in, we start the bed time routine at 8) and is typically asleep by 8:45 or 9pm. He wakes up around 6:30/7am. He naps on and off - yesterday he didn't, today he did.

LSU628

DD is almost 4.5. She goes to bed around 7:30 and we wake up around 6-6:30. She rarely naps anymore, but will sometimes fall asleep in my car for 30 min on the ride home.

CareBear0607

DD is almost 5.5, but her routine has been this way for awhile.  We start getting ready for bed between 7:30 and 7:45 (depending on activities in the evening).  Lights are out between 8:00-8:15 and she is asleep shortly after that.  I wake her up at 7:00 for school.  On weekends she is up on her own between 7:00 and 7:15.  She stopped napping at 3.5.

DS will be 3 on Wednesday.  He no longer naps unless he is sick (and he will occasionally fall asleep in the car).  He is lights out between 7:30 and 7:45 and falls asleep right away.  He usually gets up anywhere between 7:00 and 8:00. 

jc&cat

DS goes to bed, lights out 8pm. He could go earlier if needed. When he puts his head down, he is done for usually 11-12 hrs. No nap since he was 2.5. If we have a few nights of going to bed later if we are out or doing something, we all feel it! The kid needs his sleep and we respect that.

DD is almost 2.5 now and usually is asleep by 830 if she takes a 1.5 hr nap during the day starting about noon. She sleeps about 10-11 hrs.

NicoleWI

Sounds like most go to bed WAY earlier than DD and sleep for 11 to 12 hours. We have always struggled with this with her but we HAVE to get her to bed earlier! Her daily total is not too bad but that's b/c she still naps most days, and I would rather she get better sleep at night. Thank you!

outnumbered

My 4 year old stopped napping when he turned 3.  My older two napped until they were 4.  My 4 year old gets in bed at 7:15 and we turn the lights off at 7:30.  He likes to 'read' in bed like his older siblings.  He falls asleep immediately.  He wakes up at 7.  If he takes a nap he is up until nine and is tired the next day.  He cannot sleep in because the older two have to be out the door to go to school.

rsd12

Our bed time has changed a bit from our 1st to our 3rd. During a school week they all go to bed by 8 pm and I wake them at 7 am. Everyone stopped napping by age 2.5-2.9 yrs old. My youngest, now 4 rarely falls asleep on the car anymore and they keep each other entertained and happy for the most part ; )

DTNZ4Ever

DS will be 5 in March. He is asleep between 7:30/8. He wakes up at 6/6:30. He naps for an 1-1.5 hours since he gets up so early. Sounds like we are lucky he still naps.

hokies94

DS will be 5 in June. He just recently gave up his nap. He goes to bed around 7 and is up around 6:30 am. Some nights if he's really tired he will come to me around 6:30 saying he's ready for bed. He's always been a pretty good sleeper.

meldoo2002

They aren't napping much anymore because they are in school full time.  On nights they don't nap they are asleep by 7:15/7:30 (bed at 7) and wake at 6:45/7ish.  On nap days where they nap 1.5 hours they still go to bed at 7:00ish but take longer to fall asleep more like 8pm.