s/o...seriously, what time do you put your kids to bed?

ridesbuttons · March 2013

Parents of infants need not wade in.

Reading another thread that had people 'waiting' for bedtime or 'getting the bath going' kind of blew my mind.

My kids are in bed, lights out, between 7pm and 8pm. I can't imagine having them up any later. My old bones just couldn't hack it and I can't imagine what mornings would be like.

If you keep your kids up late/r, is there reasoning behind it?

missyishere · March 2013

N's bed time is around the same as your kids'. She is a slight nightmare beyond 8 p.m.

Kaydfry2411 · March 2013

My DD is in bed between 9 and 930. It's just more convenient for me. I'm a SAHM and a night owl. Plus DH works 4pm to 4am so I get a couple hours to sleep in bed with DH before we get up about 830.

LadyXaverian · March 2013

Dinner between 6 and 6:30. Bath between 7 and 7:30. In bed at 8 p.m.

I have 2 co-worker friends whose LOs, age 2 and 3, go to bed around 10 p.m. Then they sleep til 10 a.m. In both cases, the fathers are SAH or WAH fathers, and this is the

Nita2603 · March 2013

Dinner 5:30, bath 6:00, bed 6:20. If big A is not is bed by 6:45, he turns into a very angry bear. Little A is a bit easier going, but both of them are down and out at 7.

NotSharknado · March 2013

Usually 7:30. I would like her bed time later though.

Snapdragon750 · March 2013

DD is almost two and I shoot for bedtime at 7:30. For sure before 8.

FrickandFrack · March 2013

DS1 goes to bed between 8 and 8:30. That's just our schedule.

jorkz821 · March 2013

Usually 7 to 7:30 here.

catycate · March 2013

Depending on whether he napped or not, he's in bed from 7:30-8. I'm like you, I just cannot imagine him staying up later. I start to countdown to bedtime around 6.

kj07 · March 2013

B's 2. We usually start bedtime around 7:15-7:30 and he's usually in his crib between 7:45-8:00.

fancynewbeesly · March 2013

Reese is in bed between 6;50-7:15 unless a special occasion. If she takes a nap during the day, she usually plays in her crib until 8 and then falls asleep. (Those days we put her in at 7:15). If she doesn't nap--she goes in at 6:45-6:50 and passes out

penguingrrl · March 2013

Bedtime here is 7:30. Sometimes we run late, but I find the girls sleep best if they go to bed around 7:30, so we really try to get them in their room at 7, read a few books, lights out at 7:30.

gymnst1013 · March 2013

Our bedtime routine takes forEVER. On bath nights (every other night) we start bath around 7:45 or 8. That usually takes around 30 minutes. I do bath and Nikolai hangs out with daddy in his towel while I get jams ready, clean up the bathroo

gymnst1013 · March 2013

Scout2005:
DS is an infant, but he's in bed by 5:30
DD is lights out, asleep by 6:30 at the latest.
I have weird k

Whenigrowup · March 2013

DD goes to bed at 7:30. We wake her up at 6:00 to leave with me for school. On the weekends, she usually sleeps until 7:30. I guess that means she needs to go to bed earlier, but I feel like if we do push bedtime up, I won't have any time with her between

fancynewbeesly · March 2013

Scout2005:
DS is an infant, but he's in bed by 5:30
DD is lights out, asleep by 6:30 at the latest.
I have weird k

shortstuff15 · March 2013

Usually we start bedtime at 7:15ish. The youngest gets a bottle and one story and then in bed before 7:30. The oldest gets a few more stories and then is in bed at about 7:50ish. We used to put them to bed at the same time, but because t

[Deleted User] · March 2013

Bedtime is between 8:30 & 9. Wake time is 7am, and she takes a 2.5+ hour nap.

lrn327 · March 2013

We aim for lights out at 7:30, but it's 8pm if he claims he needs to poop ten times first. ;-)

MintBerryCrunch · March 2013

We are the odd ones out apparently. DD1's bedtime is around 11pm. I work night shift, and MH works from home and is a night owl. Once she starts preschool I realize we will have to adjust her schedule, but our pediatrician said there's nothing wrong wi

gymnst1013 · March 2013

Scout2005:
gymnst1013:

cbidt*sgirl · March 2013

My kids go to bed between 8 and 8:30. We aren't home from work until 6:45 so its not possible to make dinner, eat as family and do bedtime routines any faster.

numeria11 · March 2013

She goes down between 8-8:30. We used to do 7:30-8 but as she's gotten older and we are doing sit down meals together it just doesn't happen. I leave work at 4:45 but by the time I take the train to the burbs and pick her up from dayca

chardonnay24 · March 2013

Lights out between 8 and 9. If he goes down earlier than that, he'll hang out in his room and eventually fall asleep between 8 and 9.

He wakes up between 7 and 8 and takes a late nap. We put him down at noon but he doesn't usually fall asleep unt

dramamama2be · March 2013

Flame away if you want, but dd goes to bed between 10:30 and 11:00. Dh has to be at work every morning by 6:30, then most nights , he isn't home before 8p.m. That's his schedule 6 days a week. If I put dd to bed earlier, she would never see her dad. It

Abinormal · March 2013

My DD's bedtime used to fall between 7 and 7:30 PM, but recently it's become between 7:30 and 8 PM. I try to have her in bed no later than 8 PM and 99% of the time, she's in bed and fully asleep by 8 PM. I have to get her up and out the door by 6:45 AM

RayRay007 · March 2013

We usually head to the bath around 6:30 and DD is in bed by 7-7:15.

ETA: I have to wake DD up by 7am on weekdays and she sleeps until 7:30-8:30 on weekends. And she doesn't nap much at all.

Also, I cherish the couple hours we have to ours

J&A2008 · March 2013

Everything runs so late. Soccer, karate, scouts all mean we get home for the night after 8, close to 9 some nights. It takes a toll on LO, but at least he still has nap time during the day. He also sleeps until 8 most mornings.

old_time_girl · March 2013

kfrix13:
DS1 goes to bed between 8 and 8:30. That's just our schedule.

This

dramamama2be · March 2013

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TwoSkis · March 2013

We're another 10:30 p.m. nighttime. It works for now. When DD gets ready for school, we'll have to adjust.

Mrs.G123 · March 2013

8 for dd1 is ideal but we are still effed up by the time change.

Mrs.V · March 2013

Both of my boys ds1 is 4, ds2 is almost 3 have the same schedule. Bed between 8 and 8:30, wake at 7am, nap at 1pm for one to two hours.
We really couldn't get them to bed before 8, by the time we get home and make supper, etc.

klondikebar · March 2013

7:30, 8 and 9 on school nights. DD sometimes goes to bed at 8 too. She loves her sleep, but it's not always possible when she has sports afterschool until almost 6. By the times she has a shower, dinner and does homework, it's just too late. But I don't m

Vuja_de · March 2013

He is in bed at 7:00pm, asleep by 7:30pm (he is 3 years old) up at 5:30 am for the day and takes a 1.5-2 hour nap daily.

Ms5586 · March 2013

Bedtime is usually 7 during the week (so he gets up on time in the mornings), and 7:30 on the weekends (so he sleeps in a little longer).

bklynbridecesh · March 2013

My 11 month old DD goes to bed at 5:00PM and wakes at 5:45AM. My DD who is 5 and DS who is 2.5 go to bed at around 6:45. DD is asleep at 7:00, but DS who still naps tends to play/get out of bed and winds up falling asleep by 7:30- 7:45.&n

Kitten80 · March 2013

Yes, the reasoning being that I don't like being up all night or getting up for the day at 3 am. Until recently, my son (3.5) had always only slept 7.5 hours at night. Nothing could get him back to sleep after that. So when we put him do

mben1119 · March 2013

DS is 16 months, and is asleep by 6:30 every night. He's gotta be up by 6:15 to get ready for daycare, so he gets a solid 11-12 hours usually.

evelyntaylor · March 2013

Usually between 7-8, unless he is not going to daycare or it's the weekend. I work full time so I love having an extra hour with him at night...usually no later than 9 on those special nights.

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