What time does your 4 year old go to bed/wake up?

adri77 · January 2011

I feel like compared to my friends with 4 year olds, mine requires less sleep than there's do. Boo! For example, yesterday, he played in thigh high snow for almost 2 hours in the a.m. and yesterday evening we went swimming for an hour. He was up that morning since 6:30, went to bed at 8:30, and was up again by 6:30 this a.m. He's pretty "challenging" by 4ish.....what is your schedule like?

KrisBriMcBunny · January 2011

bedtime 7:30-8:00 and is up around 7:00-7:30.

shiloh17 · January 2011

Ds goes to bed between 8:30-9, and wakes up around 7:30-8.

AnnapolisLari · January 2011

DS goes to bed between 8-8:30 and is usually in my room waking me up at 7. I wish he would sleep a little later.

adri77 · January 2011

I'm assuming none of your kiddos nap, either, right??!

AnnapolisLari · January 2011

Not any more. <sigh>

He fell asleep in the car yesterday for almost an hour, and it took FOREVER to get him to bed.

amanda&rob · January 2011

Bed by 9 up by 7:30-8.

KrisBriMcBunny · January 2011

she takes a 10 minute car nap on the way to school and another 10 minute nap on the way home usually. On the weekends depends on her mood...if she's really cranky & tired I would put her down. I tell her its quiet time and that she doesnt have to sleep but most of the time she ends up falling asleep.

adri77 · January 2011

AnnapolisLari:

Not any more. <sigh>

He fell asleep in the car yesterday for almost an hour, and it took FOREVER to get him to bed.

Yeah, naps are lose/lose here too......he NEEDS to nap, as he is miserable and unreasonable by 4, but if he does sleep at all in the afternoon, he takes forever to go to bed too! Hoping this works itself out soon, and he starts "sleeping in " to make up for it!

JOEBunny · January 2011

We put DD to bed at 7:00. She gets up with DH about 7:00. She doesn't always go to sleep exactly at 7:00, but she has the opportunity and often will take it. I am a big believer in the research that lack of sleep is the cause of many problems in children.

cbidt*sgirl · January 2011

no nap here for quite some time. bedtime is 8:30 and i think he falls asleep quickly. He comes into our room at 7 -but I think he wakes before that often - our rule is that he must stay in bed quietly until 7. He puts on a cd to listen to when he wakes up.

Halo79RN · January 2011

dc are in bed by 8 and up by 7 or 7:30. no naps anymore, I do make them take quiet time. they go to their rooms for an hour every afternoon they are home (between 1 and 2 usually) and they sit on their beds and flip through their books or play with their dolls/figures. on school days they have quiet time after lunch for a 1/2 hour. they don't sleep usually... sometimes, they sleep on the car ride home. not always. but I think they still need the quiet time....even if they are not sleeping during that time... it's a relaxing time so they don't burn out and end up cranky from 5-8p.

Rebekah1021 · January 2011

Bedtime is usually between 8:30 - 9 and she will usually wake up between 8:30 and 9 in the am. Sometimes I am lucky and she will sleep in until 10.

minnasmommy · January 2011

no naps and she goes to bed at night between 9-9:30 and up at 7:30.

ridesbuttons · January 2011

Not quite four yet. But older DS goes to bed at 7:30 and gets up between 7am and 7:30am. He knows that he has to wait for 'the right seven' on his digital clock. He might wake up earlier, but he stays in bed 'til at least 7am.

He is very physically active as well. Usually no less than 3 hours outside every day, skiing, skating, tobagganning, etc. He naps at daycare and has 'quiet time' midday on the weekends.

I don't see pushing his bedtime back anytime soon.

Bride2b2004 · January 2011

Bed at 8, up 6-6:30 (we keep pushing for 7, but can't get it to happen). He also usually takes a 1-2 hour nap in the afternoon (right after lunch). If he misses or refuses to take his nap, I try to get him down by 7:30 and *sometimes* it works.

kickypants · January 2011

Bed at 7:30, wakes at 7-ish. No daytime nap. He'll be 5 in March.

omurray · January 2011

KrisBriMcBunny:
bedtime 7:30-8:00 and is up around 7:00-7:30.

This

mattswife91805 · January 2011

Bedtime is between 7:30-8:00pm, she wakes up between 6:30-7:00am. She does not nap, but she lays down for a little and looks at books.

DandelionMom · January 2011

Gracie sleeps 7 pm - 7 am but she doesn't nap.

Angela814 · January 2011

She's in bed by 9:30 most nights. We're working on moving that up to 8:30-9:00. During the week we wake her up at 7:00 to get ready for school, and she takes a 2 hr nap in the afternoon at daycare. On weekends she rarely naps, but she will sleep in until 7:30-8:00. I'd say she averages 11 hrs of sleep in a day.

katie277s · January 2011

It used to be 8-8:30, but for the past month or so, he's been going to bed at 7:30. He is so tired in the mornings, we started putting him to bed a half hour earlier and its totally made a difference in the mornings.

neesernicole · January 2011

I don't know if my kid has ever - in her 4 years of living - slept passed 8 a.m..

She's in bed by 8 and up anywhere between 5:45-6:30.

MaybeBaby2 · January 2011

7:30-8:00pm for bed and wake up around 7:00-7:30am. DD has quiet time and about once a week she will nap for about 2 hours or so.

lizard76 · January 2011

I think my DS is on the other end of the spectrum. He heads to be by about 7, and is typically asleep somewhere between 7:30/8 (he "reads" in bed or plays with a small toy with a book light on) and naturally wakes up somewhere around 7. Most days of the week, he also naps 1-1.5 hours. He can make it without a nap, but will whine or complain more by about 5 or 6.

esposa38 · January 2011

7pm-7am, more or less; he hasn't napped in literally years, so he's used to it and not miserable in the afternoons anymore.

winomom22 · January 2011

Pretty much exactly the same as yours. She is like the energizer bunny.

dawnc78 · January 2011

wake 5:30am

we quietly snuggle (awake) for an hour in my bed before the 6yo wakes up

Goes down for nap b/t 2 & 3 for an hour

Bed 8:00

if no nap, goes to bed by 7:30

this is pretty much set in stone...he rarely deviates from his wakup time, even if he goes to bed later or has a lot of outside time. If he doesn't nap he's extremely annoying by 5, but if he does nap, he's cranky for an hour afterward...so I feel like it's six of one...

Starr57 · January 2011

Bed between 8 & 8:30. Up around 6:30 on weekdays for daycare. He will sleep in until 7:30 or so on the weekends. He has quiet time on the weekends and he will usually sleep for a couple hours if he needs it.

VTSKIBUM · January 2011

730pm bed and then up at 7...she also naps most days at daycare.

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