How many hours of sleep do YOU get at night?

LVBlvd · September 2011

Sorry - not clicky. But I figured there would be too many SS on this one.

I require a lot of sleep. Like between 8 and 9 hours.

SeaSoul · September 2011

lately, like 5 or 6. I go to bed too late (around 11) and wake up several times a night b/c i have to pee or can't get comfortable. plus, cal's been waking up regularly since we switched to the toddler bed - even though dh has been handling it more than i, i still stay awake sometimes wondering how it's going.

tired times around here.

ETA: oh yeah, briedinOC reminded me of our 19-year-old cat, who meows in the night and wants to be fed. that's another reason i regularly wake up/get up in the night.

brideinOC · September 2011

Six tops, but within those six, I'm up at least twice. The cat ALWAYS seems to want to go out around 4 am and Claire cries out or talks in her sleeps. Sometimes our 12 yr old dog needs to go out in the middle of the night. I don't know what it's like to have uninterupted sleep. Seriously.

Mouseygail · September 2011

I try to get 7.5...that seems to work well for me. sadly, its not happening lately.

xtencornfield · September 2011

I need 8 to 9 to feel fully rested and alert all day. Unfortunately, I'm not getting that right now between pg symptoms and Ethan occasionally needing to be recovered (can't wait until that child can figure out how to pull his own blanket back on--he's not cold, he just likes to snuggle and gets all whiny in his sleep when he's not)...and I definitely won't get getting it when #2 arrives for quite some time:(

ladychicago · September 2011

Well... we go to bed at 10 or 10:30 and Anna wakes up at 6:15ish. so in theory, that is 8ish hours. On a good and/or non-pregnant night.

Right now, that gets interrupted by pee trips, random insomnia, heartburn and discomfort. for maybe 6 hours total?

cjsbdl · September 2011

I am a person who really needs my sleep. If I don't get at least eight hrs a night I really feel it. The newborn stage with H was really tough on me. E was a great newborn sleeper, thaks goodness.

alchris · September 2011

I could easily sleep 10 hours every night.

Elena is still not STTN, and thus this past year I've been getting about 6 hours of interrupted sleep each night. (There've been days where it's just 3-4 hours, but fortunately those have gotten less frequent.) I'm usually able to sleep in one day each weekend, and sometimes that extra sleep is my longest stretch of the week -- it makes such a difference!

I'm barely awake as I type.

JessandJeremy · September 2011

I usually get between 7-8 hours

CJ71903 · September 2011

I need at least 8-9 hours of sleep too. I'm lucky that my husband helped with the kids so much when they were getting up in the middle of the night.

t.bird · September 2011

4-5. usually punctuated by a trip into brynn's room to pop a paci back in her mouth.

krissyh21 · September 2011

I work until 1am - so on those nights I get about 5 hours before Dillon wakes. On nights I don't work I go to bed at 11 - so around 7 or 8 if I go to sleep right away.

charmcitygirl · September 2011

I'd like to get 8-9, but since Jake is up around 6:30 each day that would require me to go to bed at like 9:30. And I'm just not willing to give up "my time.". So I normally go o bed between 10:30 and 11. But the Past few nights I haven't been able to fall asleep until midnight or later. That means 6 hours of sleep and I'm a zombie!

AlissaCell701 · September 2011

I also require a lot of sleep.. 7/8 hrs at least. I am usually in bed by 10 and a sleep by 1045 11 the latest. DH doesn't need as nearly as much sleep as me he is like the energizer bunny so when J was a baby he would do the late night feedings..it's the part I Am least looking forward to w baby 2. I love that j sleeps though the night!

Mrs.Babbsy · September 2011

6-7 and up several times in that time frame.

itsmevkb · September 2011

Ideally I would get at least eight but with the baby that just isn't happening since I'm up at least twice feeding him.

The older I get the earlier and earlier my bedtime seems to get. For more than a year now I've been putting the kids to bed and then heading to bed myself, so around 8:00pm. Now, most times I don't actually fall asleep for at least another hour but still, who gets in bed at 8:00???? And, what will I do when my kids are allowed to stay up later than that????

BeccaLandes · September 2011

i really like to get 8 hours, with 8 hours i feel like a human being and can make it through the day chasing both my boys.

lately i have been waking up on my own between 5 and 6, even though my boys are still asleep at that point. it is so annoying! so i am trying to get in bed around 10 so that i still get about 7 hours of sleep, which i can handle if i have coffee!

we are lucky- both boys sleep through the night, although they used to sleep until 7 or 7:30, and now asher is waking up at 6:15 or 6:30, which wakes benjamin and so our day starts earlier than it once did!

LVBlvd · September 2011

I am lucky that my kids sleep until 8. So DH and I get in bed at 10:30, asleep by 11 or 11:30, up around 7:45. ....ducks so I don't get hit by what yall are throwing at me....

ejgballerina · September 2011

This is a great question. Before I was pregnant with #2, I would say 7 hours. Even if DS wakes up in the middle of the night, we just bring him into bed with us and everyone falls right back to sleep. At this point in my pregnancy, I'm up pretty much every 2 hours to pee so I bet my sleep time has been cut down to 6 hours since it sometimes takes me half an hour or more to fall back asleep. Sigh.

mrsolsenk12 · September 2011

Usually 7-8 hours but i am upa couple times. Since i have carpal tunnel, my hands usually wake me up a couple times. On thr nights i work, i am not home until 10ish and usually get to sleep around 11. This past week Hayden has been sleeping until sround 7:15-7:20

stepgirl21 · September 2011

Usually around 7. I always strive for 8 but most of the time, I don't get there.

LIAngel · September 2011

I'm almost afraid to answer cause I might jinx it. I get around 7 or 8 hours depending on what time I go to bed (try to get in bed around 11) and what time the kids wake up.

***KNOCK WOOD***

Sara Scissors · September 2011

It honestly all depends on the night. DS took so long to STTN (and recently has had some issues) that I forgot how to myself! I wake up often to pee and then can't fall back asleep. There's often too much on my mind.

In an ideal world 8-10 would be awesome. That's what I got before DS was born. I try to be in bed my 9-9:30 now so I can hopefully get close to that!

ALY1981 · September 2011

On work days? 6 hours total

. I'm a walking zombie when I have to go in the office. on days I'm home with H? Closer to 8-9 because he goes back down for a few hours in the morning and so do I.

GuitaristsGirl · September 2011

I also need (not just like, but need!) 8 or 9 - but it's been about 5 or 6 uninterrupted for the past few years. I'm sure it's affected me in ways I don't realize, but I think I'm handling it okay!

firsttogo · September 2011

I need 8-9 to function properly, but lately I am lucky to max 5...

Carrie25 · September 2011

Usually 8 or 9. I have to have that much or I can't function well.

mel72 · September 2011

Holy 8 or 9! I get out of work at 8, get them in bed, usually by 9ish. Finish working out around 11:30/12. Usually up by 6PM. DS1 didn't start STTN until around 15 months and then we had two months of colic w/ DS2. I need about 6.5 hours to function properly : )

Happycouple · September 2011

About 8ish hours....BUT I wake up like 5 times a night to pee. Even not PG I wake up atleast 3 times a night to pee. Kinda sucks

kellyloveszach · September 2011

I need 8-9 to feel human. I get maybe four-five hours and that is with frequent wake ups and sleeping upright in a chair. I feel physically ill, I am so tired.

Cajun_gal · September 2011

I need 8 or so to feel well and not require caffeine all day. I can do pretty well on 6-7 occasionally. The newborn stage kills me because I do not do well without a good night's sleep.

MyShellyBelly · September 2011

I get about 6-7 hours a night. I'd LOVE to get one night of like 9-11 hours, but believe me, in no way am I complaining about how much I do get

amberleeb · September 2011

I get about 6 hours of interrupted sleep but I need about 7 hours of un interrupted.

schmoodle · September 2011

Around 7 - I go to bed around 11 usually, and then wake up between 6 and 7. It varies by and hour or so sometimes though, if I go to bed earlier/later or wake earlier/later. I usually wake once in the night when Toodle climbs into our bed but I'm only awake a matter of minutes until he settles back down and we both fall back asleep.

krissybegs · September 2011

I try to go to bed around 9:30/10:00 and wake up about 5:30, so I get about 7 1/2 hours.

etoyama · September 2011

I need 9 to feel good but since LO was born I've been getting 4-5 tops and I'm up at least 3 times/night. I'm tired

Ali212 · September 2011

I also need 8-9 hours as well. Thank goodness my girls are good sleepers...I don't know how I could function if they weren't....I know b/c I was a mess the first 3 months of both of their lives with my lack of sleep.

GypsyEsq · September 2011

I aim for 8-9. Mostly uninterrupted as DD will STTN if she's in our bed, and most of the time she is. I try to be in bed, even if reading, by 10:30 and I sleep late...8 or 8:15 most days.

tarahnpaul · September 2011

DD sleeps 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. I go to bed at the same time as her, which doesn't leave me with a whole lot of personal time, but I need 8 hours to not feel like a zombie. She doesn't nap w/o being held for more than 45 min, so napping during the day isn't possible for me. Newborn stage was rough, DH and I took shifts so we could get some good stretches of sleep.

kimarino13 · September 2011

8-9

kkghotty · September 2011

I usually get about 7.5, but I would love to get a solid 9. My twins go to sleep by 8, so if I went to bed by 9, I would probably get a solid 9 hours, but then laundry, dishes, etc would never get done. Oh well...

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