What is bedtime at this age?

J+MS · September 2011

Is it still early (6-8pm) or have your babies ditched that like mine and want to stay up till 10?

because she's all of a sudden too cool for bedtime and has us all like "WTF?"

TAMLVSCARL · September 2011

Yup that's exactly what Tyler is doing now! He wants to take a nap at like 4 and then stay up til 10. Confused

misskristina21 · September 2011

My kid still goes to sleep between 7 and 8 pm. She is a total grouch if she stays up any later.

jessie395 · September 2011

B goes to bed between 8 and 9. But, he's only taking one nap a day now instead of the three that he used to take. I guess he's scared he's going to miss something if he goes to sleep!

KoalaBear103 · September 2011

For a few weeks if Ryan wasn't down by 6:05 he was a freaking bear. He needed to go to sleep that early. Now all of a sudden he wants to be up until 8:30.

historychick79 · September 2011

Depends on when his afternoon nap ends. If it's before 2pm, he's in bed by 6:30. If it's later, he usually makes it to 7 or 7:30. We roll with it every day...

J+MS · September 2011

gsteph88:
J+MS:
Is it still early (6-8pm) or have your babies ditched that like mine and want to stay up till 10?
because she's all of a sudden too cool for bedtime and has us all like "WTF?"
Mine still loves his 7 o'clock bedtime. But we subscribe to CIO, so...He doesn't have a choice. lol

We do progressive waiting if needed, but if we get to the 30 minute mark, then we go get her because it's obvious she's just not ready to sleep.

J+MS · September 2011

JKat876:
For a few weeks if Ryan wasn't down by 6:05 he was a freaking bear. He needed to go to sleep that early. Now all of a sudden he wants to be up until 8:30.

That's how Izzy was. We couldn't go anywhere after 5 because we knew she would be a monster. LOL

KoalaBear103 · September 2011

J+MS:
JKat876:
For a few weeks if Ryan wasn't down by 6:05 he was a freaking bear. He needed to go to sleep that early. Now all of a sudden he wants to be up until 8:30.
That's how Izzy was. We couldn't go anywhere after 5 because we knew she would be a monster. LOL

YES!! While it's nice that we have the option to go somewhere now, I was kind of getting used to that quiet time!

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J+MS · September 2011

JKat876:
J+MS:
JKat876:
For a few weeks if Ryan wasn't down by 6:05 he was a freaking bear. He needed to go to sleep that early. Now all of a sudden he wants to be up until 8:30.
That's how Izzy was. We couldn't go anywhere after 5 because we knew she would be a monster. LOL
YES!! While it's nice that we have the option to go somewhere now, I was kind of getting used to that quiet time!

Yea I think I'd rather have the quiet time. Goodbye, quiet hours. lol

KelzinBoston · September 2011

Bedtime is around 8ish...but we're down to one nap.

5ftsmall · September 2011

P still goes down between 7 and 8. Thank goodness.

hippotree · September 2011

About 7:30 for both of them. They're both in bed asleep by 8.

scoutkate · September 2011

B is usually in bed and quiet (if not asleep) by 9:00.

Kara5109 · September 2011

Hadley didn't go to bed till 10 last night, but usually it's between 7-8. We are on vacation though so it's been all wonky.

KoalaBear103 · September 2011

J+MS:
JKat876:
J+MS:
JKat876:
For a few weeks if Ryan wasn't down by 6:05 he was a freaking bear. He needed to go to sleep that early. Now all of a sudden he wants to be up until 8:30.
That's how Izzy was. We couldn't go anywhere after 5 because we knew she would be a monster. LOL
YES!! While it's nice that we have the option to go somewhere now, I was kind of getting used to that quiet time!
Yea I think I'd rather have the quiet time. Goodbye, quiet hours. lol

Honestly since he's started going down later his sleep has suffered. He wakes up crying more often and he's waking earlier. So while I liked the quiet hours, I really just miss the sleeping part!

argonne · September 2011

Ian goes to bed between 7:30 and 8. It's still working for us and him. He melts down if he's up any later than 8:30.

J+MS · September 2011

This is a P&R, taking Izzy for her follow up.

jkkg317 · September 2011

Mine goes down between 7 and 8. although yesterday he took a nap at like 4 30 until 5 30. I knew I should have woken him up but it was nice to get off work and do stuff like go to the bathroom alone, anyway it was almost 9 before he was asleep. I thought maybe he'd sleep in but he was up for a bottle at 5 and for good at 7. Bleh.

hopkins5 · September 2011

DD has always gone to bed around 8:30-9. No change so far.

BC&MM · September 2011

Bedtime is always 8pm. He is taking mostly 2 naps a day, somtimes 3, if one of the naps is short.

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ToshaGirl · September 2011

7:30pm.

nadinethequeen01 · September 2011

Still the same time. Around 8!

Bailey81 · September 2011

He goes to bed between 6:30 and 7.

Kitiara5512 · September 2011

It used to be 9 but now that we switched to 8, C goes down much more easily.

CinemaGoddess · September 2011

The girls have turned into nightowls. They want to stay up until 11 and then wake up at 5 or 6.

Do not like.

blondek8 · September 2011

We're more lax on bedtime now. If they're in a good mood they can stay up but this Momma needs to have quiet time so they are in bed no later than 830pm. The norm is usually 730-8pm though.

SparkleTart · September 2011

Depends on the nap...he takes his last nap at daycare at 4:00, and wakes up usually when I come to pick him up between 5:00 and 5:30. If he takes that nap, we start his bedtime routine at 8:30 and he's down at 9:00 with minimal fussing. If he decides he's too cool for a nap, he gets cranky before 8:00. This gives Mommy and Daddy enough time to watch 2 TV shows in the DVR instead of just one! Holla!

renc9828 · September 2011

Recently Max went from going down between 8-9 and now goes to bed between 7-8. He made the change himself because he is so exhausted from playing so hard.

lauti · September 2011

Still 6:30ish.

He's just an awful napper that he is a mess that early. Occasionally it will be more like 7, but that's mostly if we're out or he's distracted enough to not realize he is tired and fuss.

cndmexbaby · September 2011

An early bedtime has never worked for this girl. She prefers staying up late and waking up late. Just recently she has started waking at 6:30am which I am not liking! But her awake time is 3 hours then 3 hours and 45 min after each nap so she's still in bed later than most. I can't imagine a 7 pm bedtime. We tried really hard to get her there but it just wasn't right for her.

RobinSparkles214 · September 2011

C goes to bed between 7-8pm. Any later and he is just a wreck.

Every once in a while he stays up later and he does ok. I have too much school work to get done in the evening for him to be up late all the time though. I would never get anything done.

My 4.5 year old still goes to bed by 8-8:30. We have never really given him a choice to consistently stay up late (he does on special occasions).

J+MS · September 2011

heckysue:
We're in total sleep transition right now. Sometimes it's one nap, sometimes it's 2. Sometimes they total 1.5 hours, sometimes 3.5 hours. Sometimes he's falling apart at 6:15, other times he's happy to play and shows no signs up sleepiness until after 8. I think part of it is he's milestone central right now and I know that can affect their sleep.

I am assuming he'll be at one nap soon. We're targeting a 7-7:30 bedtime, although that could transition to 8 if he starts not being tired as early. Gives us a family dinner but then some mom and dad time.

That is pretty much us. I was just wondering if we should be moving bedtime back later or if she needs to drop that last nap or what.

Is a later bedtime going to be detrimental, will she get enough sleep? So many questions.