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hartsl01 · March 2014

After reading different threads, I feel like ds goes to bed super early. And of course I'm curious. So, what time does lo go to bed?

StefMurph · March 2014

I chose 8-8:30, but sometimes she's tired and goes to bed earlier.

SuperTreesa · March 2014

7:30-8 here. And I keep that forever! My 4 yr old and 2 yr old go down at that time too.

carawasa · March 2014

we started out 7pm but she has been getting sleepy earlier and earlier to the point that nothing makes her happy unless she is laying in her crib. Lately it's been between 6-630

Lee81 · March 2014

I put the Olga option, but I wasn't really joking. We suck at schedules and have absolutely no consistency. There are nights she's out at 6:30 and nights she's up until 9:00/9:30. It depends on how the day goes/when she gets her last bottle/what time we get home at night. We might actually be the worst parents ever

hlb622 · March 2014

@Lee81‌ I'll join you in the #worstparentsclub, if there's such a thing for not having a set bedtime yet.

Sometimes LO goes down at 8pm and sometimes it's closer to 11pm, for all the reasons you stated.

Plus, we're in the middle of a kitchen reno which is fucking up any and all attempts at developing a routine.

tashad18 · March 2014

LO has a range. He goes between 8 and 10 depending on how our day was, his naps that day, and when we get home from DS1's activities.

Lee81 · March 2014

@hlb622‌ It's comforting to know that I'm not the only one. I'm trying to fool myself into thinking the lack of consistency will make her more laid back and flexible, but I suspect that something is going to have to change when she gets old enough to understand bedtime.

You should aw some before and after pics when the reno is done!

MangoMama82 · March 2014

He cannot hack it past 6:30. Sometimes he can last until 7. There was one week where he was going down between 7:30-8, and I was loving it! I can't seem to get him back to that because he will not, for the love of all things holy, take a nap after 3:00. I hate the 6:30 bed time, cause that means I get a 6 AM wake up call

norbert5 · March 2014

The big girls go down at 8ish, and E is usually right before that or right after.

I feel like my girls settled into an actual bedtime around 6 months. E is almost there.

jennlin · March 2014

I chose 9:30-10, but it's closer to 10-10:30. 9 is my goal but it pretty much never happens.

trackgirlparis · March 2014

We start bedtime routine at 815 and she is in bed by 945. Eventually I'd like to have her in bed by 8

taylormarie923 · March 2014

I picked the my kid doesn't sleep option. I start the routine around 6-6:30, he usually is initially asleep by 7, but he doesn't finally go down until as late as midnight. #imdoingitwrong Lately he will only stay asleep for an hour at a time.

hlb622 · March 2014

@Lee81 After this Reno is done, I'm going to be AWing it in every place possible. Even at McDonald's. I have no shame.

Chrisanna0508 · March 2014

For a while, when his naps were crap, he was going down at 6:30, but as his naps have gotten better he is staying up until 7 and usually falls asleep on his own by 7:30. This is a pretty good bedtime for us so we will probably stick with this time as he gets older.

ajjf1026 · March 2014

I said SS. He's usually sleeping between 10-11p. He's a night owl.

ETA: Sometimes, like the past few nights, it's 11:30p.

Jalee85 · March 2014

SS - She goes to bed at 11pm.

kelle017 · March 2014

She is all over the board. She's tired at 7/7:30 and will fall asleep after nursing but wakes up a few more times until 11 ish, then usually will sleep a few hours.

juliemay623 · March 2014

petdocd said:
We start bedtime routine at 645pm. He gets a bath, lotioned, book time, and nursing until almost asleep. He is usually in bed at about 815.

This pretty much exactly!

muffyvonmuff · March 2014

830-9 like clockwork. He gets fussy around 730/8 so I probably could put him down then but I don't want to wake up earlier then 830am.

emmylou78 · March 2014

I put 9:30-10, but it's usually later before I actually get her laying down in her own bed.

Heather91011 · March 2014

SS - Carmen goes to sleep whenever but normally around 10 but she also sleeps from 6:30-8 almost every night. My husband and I have weird schedules.

CatieG · March 2014

NRyan55 said:
Baby goes to bed 6:30-7, big sis in bed by 7:30, wine by 8

This exactly. Minus the wine. I have no wine in the house. LOL

sweettooth87 · March 2014

730-8. I've tried to keep him up later, but it just doesn't work. When the time changed, i thought great, now it will be 830-9, but he didn't fall for it and kept the earlier bedtime. What gives?

sweettwilight16 · March 2014

My goal is 9:00, so I said 9-9:30. She's usually up once or twice, then up for the day when I'm up for work- around 6-7am. My favorite is when she sleeps in until 7:30 because that works best for my pumping schedule, but lately she is up earlier.