? about early bedtimes...

Marce921

I saw in an earlier post that someone's 3 yr old goes to bed at 6:30... really?!! How in the world does this happen? I'm not flaming or anything, just curious how you get your kid to bed so early. This is usually what time we eat dinner.... and if my DS went to bed at 6:30, he'd be up at 5am for the day. LOL Also, how do you get anything done? Sometimes we run errands after dinner, etc or in the summer we go outside and play. I just don't think there's a chance in hell my kid would go to bed that early. It's a struggle getting him to bed at 8pm sometimes!

amiamish

We couldn't do that with DS, he has a hard time going to sleep by 830 as it is.... Unless he's had no nap or he's sick.

melmax

My dd wakes anywhere between 4:55 am and 6:15. It's just the way her body works. So by 7:00, she's cooked. Tonight, she fell asleep on the couch watching dora at 6:50 while I was putting the baby to sleep. Some kids just have different sleeping patterns.

I could put DD to bed at 10 pm, and she would still wake at 6:00.

meghans30

It happens, but I'm not that lucky - especially with it getting dark later. Trev refuses to go to bed until "it is really, really dark!"

JenninMA

DD doesn't nap so she is just exhausted early, but she does wake up early. We've tried pushing bedtime back but it doesn't change how early she gets up.

KrisBriMcBunny

Its been getting harder and harder to get Michelle in bed by 8pm.  Its too light out.  Doesnt matter if she took a nap or not.  She's like the freaking energizer bunny...she keeps going going going until you turn her off.

W&J'sMommy

My kids are in bed right now (6:40).  They get up early regardless of the time they go to bed.  DS wakes around 6-6:30 (no nap) and DD is up by 7(she does nap for about 2 hours).  They actually are exhaused and go to bed happily.  It is inconvienient sometimes and we will keep them up later if we have a family thing or something, but they become monsters fast and are still up early the next day.

I do love it, I can relax and get my alone time in the evenings. 

StarryNight39

My girls don't nap anymore so they are both in bed by 6:30 and asleep by 6:45. They wake up at 6:30-7:00 in the morning. They have nights where they go to bed later, but for the most part, it's 6:30. 

littlemermaid

meghans30:

It happens, but I'm not that lucky - especially with it getting dark later. Trev refuses to go to bed until "it is really, really dark!"

Get room darkening shades in his room, so it's "really, really dark" in his room.  I tell my kids that we go to bed according to the clock, not the sun.