How long do you see LO at night

Cjohn1211 · September 2011

We start our bedtime routine between 6:30-7pm depending on LOs mood. I start work next week and will not be home until 6pm or so and am dreading only getting an hour with LO.

What time is bedtime for you working moms? Did you push it back to get more time with LO?

monkski · September 2011

ours are in bed between 6:30 - 7pm. I get home at 5:30 and DH gets home between 5:30 and 6pm. It does suck to not see them for long, but we haven't tried to alter their bedtime. They are very tired when we do put them down, so I haven't wanted to mess with it just so I could have what I wanted. Plus, they wake at the time we need them too right now and I would feel worse if I ended up having to wake them up in the morning.

cindybaf · September 2011

I get home at 6:30pm, and I see her until around 9:30. So three hours of nonstop baby time. I wouldn't mind it if she went to bed at 8:30(that would be ideal), but she'd have to miss her afternoon nap to even approach that and that makes her one cranky baby. I bet you will keep her up a little longer to fit eachother's needs for mommy time.

bumpuser260585 · September 2011

We get home at 5 & DS is in bed between 6:30 & 7. The only time we keep him up if w have errands to run. He gets cranky if he isn't in bed on time, so we try not to keep him up too late.

CrazyToast · September 2011

When I went back to work DD was going to bed at 8:30/9 because she is with DH during the day (he works an irregular schedule on nights/weekends). She can sleep in later than most kids who go to daycare, so we let her.

BUT - around 8 months old, it was clear DD needed to go to bed at 7:30. I barely got any time with her, so I did nothing but things with her for the short time I had. Over the summer her bedtime kicked back to around 8:30, so now I have more time with her again.

KathrynMD · September 2011

I get home about 630;DD goes to bed around 830. When DD was a baby, I got home a little earlier - 600-615 and she went to bed around 730. My advice is to not count, just enjoy the time you have and remember that your LO is being loved and cared for even when you are not the one doing it. I would not sacrifice DDs sleep just to get more hours with her. spending extra time with cranky babies is no fun anyway!

mimilareaux · September 2011

I pick LO up from DC around 4:45pm, and we normally start bedtime routine around 7pm and she'll be in bed by 7:30pm. We have tried to alter the routine, but she ends up very tired and cranky.

Krislax13 · September 2011

I will either get home at 5:30 or work at night so 11:30 and my DH will get home around 3:30 now and like 9:00 during baseball season. Right now LO goes to bed when we go to bed, so around 10ish. He doesn't seem to mind going to bed whenever.

Strunella · September 2011

DS goes to sleep between 8:00 - 8:30 pm. On days that I work in the office, I don't get home until 7:00 pm, so that at least gives me an hour to an hour & a half of time with him. If he went to be any earlier, I wouldn't see him at all.

erbear · September 2011

That's hard. I get home at 4:30 (Teacher) so i get about 3 hours with them, but no, I wouldn't push back bedtime. Sleep is more important. Make that time quality. I know I'm pretty selfish with our time. We spend weekends mostly just together.

jnealet · September 2011

I pick DD up around 5:15-ish and we start the bedtime routine at 8:00pm.

When she was younger, she would sleep on the way home from daycare and that would help her stay up until 8pm. I would also cherish the middle of the night wakings (ok, maybe only the first one, the rest were just tough) and make sure I would give her an extra snuggle.

emberlee3 · September 2011

Until recently, DS's bedtime was at 7. He just couldn't handle being up any later than that. Within the past month or two, he has been staying up until 7:30 or 8. It stunk when I worked 7a to 7p, and he was in bed before I came home. But fighting your LO's natural sleep tendencies is a battle you won't win.

JosiePosy · September 2011

We are home between 5:30-6:00 most days. Dinner is usually around 7:00, and then it's baths and feedings and they are down by 9:00 at the latest. We have nights where one baby (or both) doesn't want to cooperate, but overall this has worked pretty well for us.

Mominator · September 2011

I pick the kids up from daycare at 4:30 and it's a 10 minute ride home. They are in bed by 8-8:30, so I get anywhere from 3 1/2 to 4 hrs with them.

liliansiling · September 2011

About 10:30.

karleegirl · September 2011

I get home between 530 and 6. Ds bedtime is 8 or 830 depending. It really bothered me when he was an infant and his bedtime was 7 or so. But obviously it did not affect him b/c he is totally my boy. We have a great relationship and he thinks I hang the moon. (I also have a teenager so I REALLY APPRECIATE IT).

cbee817 · September 2011

I usually get home around 5:30 or 6. DD has already had most of her dinner by then becuse DH gets home around 3:30, so he feeds her at 5. We try to go for a walk every night, then I make dinner, give DD some of whatever we're eating, bath, Jeopardy (her favorite show), and then off to bed around 8 or 8:30. She wakes up pretty late though- 7:30-8ish and takes a long afternoon nap.

suzie711 · September 2011

I just changed schedules at work (not by choice ..) and will now be getting home from work around 6:30 - LO goes to bed around 7-7:30 .. if he doesn't seem too tired I may try to keep him up til 8 on my work days - but if he's tired I will leave it be as he's no fun to be around when he's tired/cranky. Luckily I work 4 10s though - so I do get 3 full days off with him that are devoted to mostly doing things just us (and with dh if he is off the same days as me)

Kingston54 · September 2011

I'm done with work at 4pm and we start the routine at 8:30 for a 9pm bedtime.

SouthFloridaMommy · September 2011

DDs go to sleep between 8 and 8:30. I miss them when I put them to bed, but I don't like keeping them up just for my benefit.

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jcsntms06 · September 2011

We usually get home from daycare between 4:30/4:45 and she is in bed by 8 p.m. We spend about 4 hours together. Okay this makes me sad. Sad

SarahKate31 · September 2011

I get home around 545-6pm and DS's bedtime routine is still kind of up in the air, but he's usually asleep by 9:30. But I don't really get to see much of him during that time because I'm cooking dinner and washing bottles for a good chunk of that time. I do give him his bedtime bottle and sometimes we go for a walk. And if it's a bath night, DH and I give him baths together. I do see him in the mornings for about 1.5 hours though. That's a less frantic time of day for us.

kristinem17 · September 2011

I am home from work around 5:20pm. I immediately get dinner ready and feed DS between 5:30-5:40pm. We are done with dinner by 6:00pm and from there we have about 1 hour of playtime together. At 7pm his bedtime routine starts and at 7:30pm he is in his crib. So I get like 2 hours with him max on week nights. It's not a lot, but there is no choice in the matter. Can't push his bedtime back because he has to get up at 6:45am in order to be ready to go when I have to leave for work.

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