Bedtime Question - New Baden,IL

We are in bed, ready to read stories at 7. (We start pjs, teeth brushing/face washing around 6:30; earlier if his room needs a pick-up or if I can just see we'll need more time. ) By 7:30 I'm usually saying goodnight.

We stick to this schedule because he's five and needs about 11 hours of sleep. We don't nap. We'll keep to it during summertime, too, but I'm more flexible if there's something special (outings, events, camping-- I let him stay up much later) going on.

How old is your daughter? Turning 5 this August? Here is a sleep guide of hours needed by age:
http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-much-sleep-does-your-chil...

Bedtime means lights out in our house. During the school year, it's bedtime at 8 p.m. and rising at 6:15 a.m. for school. During summer it's bedtime at 8:30-8:45 and rising at 6:45 a.m.. Our daughter is 7.

During school and the 3 days a week mine go to childcare they are up at 6:20 and we are out the door at 6:45. They go to bed (meaning lights are out) at 8/8:15. We start the process at 7:30 with bath/shower, brush teeth and read books then lights out by 8:15.
Oh, my boys are 8 and 4.

emmy is 5 and we'd start bedtime during the school year between 7:30-8:30 it depended on activities (tball, friends visiting...) and mainly on behaviour. If I could tell she was getting grumpy and was tired she would start bedtime at 7:30 and be asleep 10 minutes later. on the nights she had tball or friends over she would start bedtime later 8:30 and then it would take her a good 20 minutes to fall asleep from being amped up.

She got up at 7am and we were out the door by 7:30. I have to be at work by 8am. If I got her up earlier and gave her more time she would be wayyyy too tired to eat. 30 minutes was fine for her at 5 to get dressed and eat.

Summer time I';ve been more relaxed about bedtime. She still has summer camp and needs to be up at 7am but I figure they're playing all day and she can be a little tired and I want her to enjoy her summer. So we've been going over friends and staying up later. She's been going to bed between 8 and 9pm now (thats the time she lays down) same rules as before. if she seems grumpy and seepy its earlier

During school
- 8 year old in bed at 8, can read until 8:30 (or some other really quiet in bed activity like drawing)
- 4 year old in bed at 7:30 and sleeping, so we start routine at 7:00
They both get up around 6:30 for a 7:30 bus and 8:30 preschool drop off

Summer is pretty much out of control so far this year!
- 8 year old in bed sleeping by 8:30-9:30 depending on what we are doing. She only gets reading time if she is in bed early.
- 4 year old gets put to sleep first whenever we are ready, but shooting for 7:30-8:00
Heaven help me, they have been getting up at 6:00 this summer.

In our house, we say "get ready for bed" when we say to. We only recently told my 8 year old her bedtime because she asked us. That means sleeping time!!

Bedtime here is lights out. My kids go to bed at 9pm, so we start our routine around 7:30-8pm. Bath, jammies, hair brushed, teeth brushed, story, tuck-in.
During the school year (I only have one in school), she goes to bed at 9pm, but right now during the summer, she can stay up until 11pm or so unless we have something to do in the morning. She's 11 though, so it's a little different than young ones. My 4 year old goes to bed on time every night no matter what.

You should look up how much sleep for your daughters age, I think it's 11- 12 When my son was five I said "shower time(bath time) is at 7:00. That started the bedtime routine in plenty of time for and extra snack if he had not eaten well, stories, cuddles, etc. and lights out at 8:00. Kindergarten wears them out!
In first grade he started routine at 7:30 and had lights out between 8:00 and 8:25. He gets up anytime between 6:45 and 7:15.

In our house it means my son has to be in bed. I allow him to take a couple picture books and read them if he has trouble falling asleep right away. Though usually it only takes about 15 mintues for him to sleep. And he goes to bed at 6:30 most nights.

She goes to bed - lights out at 8:30. Bedtime starts at arounf 7:30 -7:45ish. Jammies, bathroom, teeth and then to her room for stories. The faster she does the first part the more stories she gets.

She wakes up at 7:00, 7:30 if we are lucky. 4o minutes would depend on your daughter, mine could never do that :). If I could get mine to stop cuddling and eat then we would be fine... but I don't think we are ready to give that up any time soon :).

SHe isn't in school yet, but will b going to camp where she rides a bus to get there, so I have to get her to the bus stop by 8:50. I think getting everything ready the night before should take care of most of your problems...

Our girls' bedtime is 9pm year-round except on the weekends. Bedtime means bedtime. We give hugs/kisses, prayers and lights out. No reason to make a huge production out of bedtime. We've always done it this way and my kids have never had an issue with it.

In the morning, my 8-year-old needs about 30 minutes to get ready. That's clothes on, hair brushed, teeth brushed, socks/shoes on, and backpack ready. I usually make her lunch for her that morning or the night before. If I need to straighten/fix her hair for picture day or something, we need extra time.

My boys are 5 and 2 1/2. We say 8:00 bedtime, which means baths at 7:30, in the room by 7:50, read a book, devotional, prayer, and in bed with lights out and parents out by 8:00. Since they share a room, they have taken to talking to each other for anywhere from 5-30 mins, so they are generally asleep by 8:30.

I'm also trying to figure out what to do with the morning routine for school next year! Best of luck to you!

Bedtime during the school year is 9:00. I start GD on her bedtime routine at about 8:50 - 8:55. We don't read right before lights out anymore - she usually reads to me earlier in the evening. So at 8:50 - 8:55 she goes in to brush her teeth. When I "hear" that she's done with that and in her room, I give her another couple of minutes to clean her bed off (she has a ton of stuffed animals!) and get in bed. Then I go in, have a brief chat (1 - 2 minutes) kiss her goodnight and lights out. It's usually about 9:05 - 9:10 when the lights go off.

She sleeps until 7:30 so that's just over 10 hours. Yours should be fine with 10 hours.

As for time in the mornings, GD gets up at 7:30 and is ready to walk out the door by 8:00. She goes to a uniform school so picking clothes isn't an issue. BUT I do allow her to wear "regular clothes" sometimes. The rule on that is if she wants to wear "regular clothes" she has to pick them out and get my approval the night before. The only reason I have to "approve" the clothes is because she'll try to wear summer clothes in December! I still haven't gotten her to consider the weather when selecting an outfit!

my 5 year old's bedtime is 8:00, regardless of whether the sun is up or not. he's happier, i'm happier :) on the weekends i will let him stay up late, but we balance it back out by Sunday night, with naps, etc. and by bedtime, i mean lights out. we start about 7:30-7:45 - but all we do is go to the bathroom, tuck in, prayer, kiss and hugs. occasionally a "talking story" or a book if we get started early enough. (yes, i'm the terrible mom that doesn't read to my child every single night of the week like clockwork....) it works great for us. he has to get up at 6:00 am and we leave at 7:00 for preschool/daycare/work (he also naps).