Bedtime

mintea

My 5-year-old just started kindergarten and another mom from the class asked if our family would get dinner with theirs one weeknight at this place that does a kid's night. The kid's night is Wednesdays when my girls have swim lessons, so I sent the invite for after that (7pm). That's probably also when we normally eat dinner on a given night. The other mom responded that her kids are in bed before 7 and she was thinking more like 5pm for dinner.

I found this shocking, but googling around now shows me that 7 may be an appropriate bedtime for a kindergartener (school starts at 7:30 - she wakes around 6:30). But I just can't fathom making a 7pm bedtime work, let alone a 5pm dinner...I am still at work at 5pm! Normally we are just getting home around 6:30 and then there is so much to be done (dinner, homework, bath, some amount of fun or leisure I would hope) and that's on days we don't have any extracurriculars.

I am just boggled. What time do you get home and what are your evening routines like?

nackie

Mine is much younger than yours, he's only 19 months, but his bedtime is 7.  We get home around 5-5:30, play for a bit then do dinner at 6 and bath time at 6:30.  
A bunch of my friends have 4 year olds and their bed time is all in the 8:00 range.

snowflake2214

I try to get my soon to be 5 year old in bed between 7 and 7:30. If she napped that day it is usually about 45 mins before she finally goes to sleep. I am rethinking letting her stay up a little later since she doesn't go to sleep right away. 

We are usually all home by 5. Dinner at 5:45, bath 6:30, finishing up stories by 7-7:15.