What Time Do Your Kids Go to Bed???

My two kids, 5 and 3, are tucked up in bed by 7:30. They each get "lights-on" time to look at a book until 8:00. Then it's lights-out.

My child (unfortunately) never needed a lot of sleep. Even as a newborn, she was awake most of the day. She is 2.5 now, and she goes to bed at 9:30. We read a few books and snuggle, and she is asleep at 10pm. That may seem late, but she gets up about 6:30am every morning. I learned the hard way that if I put her to bed sooner, she awakens sooner. Plus, with me and my hubby's work schedules, this allows us to spend more time with her. It works for us!

My kids have always gone to bed late. Im like you, I cherish those nights my 7yrold fall asleep early. But my kids are easy to get up, so I dont worry. I stayed up late when I was a kid.

About the time they start annoying me ;).

Seriously my family is so dang busy all the time we are usually scraping dinner down about 8:30 most nights...and then it takes some yelling, threats, a quick drive by with the toothbrush, and both the 7 and 10 year old are lucky to be in bed by 9+. Until I can manage the fine art of planning and forethought...that is just the way the cookie crumbles.

I have so many other bad parenting techniqes mastered, that bed time is the least of my worries.

The question of what time they go to bed needs to directly be followed by what time do they get up. If I told you what time my kids went to bed without what time they get up I'd hear nothing but flack!
With that said. About 10 or 11 PM is when they go to bed and on special days midnight can happen (we don't like that one as much).
They are up about 9 or 10 AM.
We are home schoolers.
Even as newborns my kids could never go to sleep earlier. They have never been "morning people".
My husband used to have a horrible commute for work and would never get homne before 8 at night. He would have never seen the kids..ever if they went to bed early. Thankfully he doesn't have that commute, his commute is down the stairs and into the other room now LOL
Hubby and I get our time together still.
It works perfectly for our family.

We aim to have our 3, 4 and 5 year old in bed by 7:00 on weekdays and about 8:30 on the weekends.

ages 7,4,&22 months all in bed no later than 8 now since it has been the holidays a little later but time to turn that around back to normal routine

My work schedule is crazy so I don't get a lot of time with my 4 yr old son. Not to mention I am a single mom so our time is precious, call me crazy but my son stays up almost as late as I do. We get up around 5 am and alot of times we don't get home til 8pm. By the time we are home, eat, take a bath and have mommy/son time he may not get to bed til 10:30-11pm. I know I know thats late but on our days off, he sleeps in and that is just great for the both of us. It would be nice to be able to put my son down around 8:30-9 which used to be his old bed time(different job) but then he was up at 6am EVERY morning...I'd rather he slept in.

I have 3 kids. Ages 8, 6 & 2. They all go to bed at 7:30 during the school year. no exceptions. In the summer they can stay up to 8:30. I have to do this to get any quiet time with just me and my husband. And it works awesome for us.

My 14 month old goes to bed at 730pm every night and gets up between 730-830 am. He just fell into that routine and it works great for everyone :)

Sammy Jo your too funny!!

My 5 yr old goes to bed at 8:30 p.m. He wakes up at 7:30 a.m. He's at school at 8:30 a.m. On weekends he can stay up a little later.

I believe it depends on each mama's situation on what time they put their child to sleep. Some people work weird hours and never see their children. Most of the children that are at my childs school check into school at 6:30 a.m. and stay until closing which is 6:00 p.m. This is a long time to me, but a parent has to do what they have to. My son doesn't nap at school because he sleeps a long time at night. He is well rested in the morning, but when I pick him up from school which is around 4 p.m., he is calming down for the day. We eat dinner before 6 p.m. , do homework, if there is time he can have fun-time. He takes a bath and then off to bed. Then we do it all over again the next day...

If someone wants to put their children to sleep early, then that's good for them and their schedule. If someone want's to spend a little time with their children when they get home from work late, then that's up to them also. Whatever works for the individual families.

My 6 year old and 3 year old are both in bed by 7:30 on school nights to be up by 7:00am. My boys have just always needed a lot of sleep. You need to do what works for you. If you want your 3 year old in bed earlier, then put him to bed earlier. Be prepared though for an earlier wake up. Also, consider naps... Is he still taking one and for how long. My 3 year old definitely still needs his nap but I make sure he is up by 2:30-3:00. Any later and he will be up till 9-9:30.

My son has always gone to bed between 9:30 and 10pm - even when he was an infant. It just never worked doing it earlier. However he sleeps in and gets his needed hours.

I think as long as any kid is getting the quantity and the quality of sleep they need, it really doesn't matter when bedtime is.

I have twin girls, 11 months old and i put them to bed at 7 p.m and they get up between 6-6:30. The evenings are great!

Up to now it has been 7:30 for my 7 & 11 year old. We get up very early for school with a commute. I don't change it for any weekends or anything. Only sleepovers and vacation away from home. I love my nights free.
( however my oldest is deserving a later bedtime come Jan )

My 2 1/2 yr old son goes to bed at 7:30. My 3 month old daughter goes to bed at 8. They both wake up between 6-7 in the morning, it's wonderful :)

Our one year old goes to bed between 7-7:30. Our 7 & 4 yr olds go to bed at 8. On the weekends we'll let the older kids stay up between 8:30-9.

We try to get my toddler in bed by 9:30pm. Sometimes it can be a little later if we get too busy and lose track of time. He gets up around 10ish and then takes a two - three hour nap around 1pm or 2pm.

I think you are about normal. My son (4 ) is in bed by 8. We start cleaning up toys/winding down/getting ready for bed at 7. It seems like most parents we know of kids his age and younger put them to bed later than we do.

My 2.5 year old goes down at 7 most nights (sometimes it takes longer but he's pretty good about bedtime).

We TRY to put the baby (12 months) down at the same time. He's usually back up in a few hours. He's a big guy & still eats a lot (yawn).

Our 6 year old's bedtime is 8...but sometimes we don't hit the mark. He stayed up a lot, despite our effort to set a bedtime, until he was 4 or 5. Sometime between ages 5 and 6, he started going down at the usual time.

My 2 yo son doesn't fight sleep. The other 2 fight sleep. The 2 who fight it are my bio kids. My husband tends to stay up for no good reason too. I think it might just be programmed in...but your 3 yo will probably start sleeping more consistently soon.

I have a 2 year old and a 4 month old, they go to bed between 7 and 8 when we have a good flow going. But whenever my husband has a block of time off (baby being born, thanksgiving and christmas) it always ends up being a way later schedule. My toddler will go to bed between 9 and 10 then wake up 12 hours later.

Our kids are 3YO and 15 months and we aim for 8pm. Note, I said "aim", LOL.

The 15 month old is still taking a really good long nap from 11/12pm-ish till 3 or 4 pm-ish in the afternoon so I am not worried about his sleep amount. My 3YO is like the energizer bunny and dropped all her naps by 15 months! So I feel it is important to get her down "earlier". I should mention that wake-up time is about 8AM to 9AM-ish so we are still looking at 12 hours of sleep for her too.

Of course, with number 3 on the way, this may change a little bit - coupled with school starting this coming fall, we may need to make some adjustments including re-introduction of a nap! LOL. We shall see.

~C.

My 22 month old goes to bed at 7pm every night. :)

my 3 yr old goes to bed at 7:30 and my 7 1/2 year old goes to bed at 8pm.

My kids have always gone to bed at 9 p.m. Any time before that and they'd be up at 4 a.m.

I try to have my 3 year old in bed by 9pm, but sometimes she's up until 9:15/9:30 if we're too busy to notice the time. She sleeps until about 8/9am, so I love our schedule!

My 4 year old is usually in bed by 8:30, although some nights we get caught up in a game, movie, etc. and it gets a bit later... :)

my oldest had no routine until she started school, now its 10 p.m.. My youngest sleeps when i do, so usually around 1 or 12., On weekends or vacation my oldest is allowed to stay up til 12.My oldest gets 9 hours of sleep, and thats what she functions best on.

My son is 8 and in bed by 8:30, 9pm on weekends. When he was little, before he went to school, he was on my schedule and would stay up till 11pm and sleep until 10 am. Whatever works for you and your family. there is no right bedtime, it depends on how late they can sleep in :)

My kids (ages 3 and 6) go to bed late by most people's standards. They are usually in bed between 9:30 and 9:45, get one or two books each, and then it's lights out. Usually they fall asleep fairly quickly. They wake up around 7:00. I wish I could put them to bed earlier but we get home late and by the time we make dinner, clean up, spend a little bit of time together, take a bath or shower, and change, brush teeth, etc., it's late. I really believe in the whole family sitting down to dinner together so we always wait for my husband even though I get home usually around 6:00 and he doesn't get home til 7:30 or 7:45 most nights. It's a challenge! I definitely feel my older daughter could use more sleep. : ( Guilt, guilt, guilt...

Sadly, I have to wake my 5yr old up at 545am during the week so I can get to work at 7am. She is also in the process of giving up naps, so nights are not fun at all (can you say uber cranky?). I try and have her jammied up and in bed for stories and snuggles by 7pm. It sucks in the summer because it's so light and bright out. To keep the week days sane I mostly follow the same schedule on the weekend. This meant she only got to stay up and chase lightning bugs twice in her whole life. :(

Our 18month old is in bed by 7.30pm and wakes up at 8or 9pm. She takes a short nap (1/2 hr to 1hr) in the day. Sometimes if she isn't tired, she plays with her teddy for a while saying "mammy gone, daddy gone". So far so good, she has never complained and goes down without a fight!!
It's good for mammy and daddy to have their own time in the evening and have adult conversation that they don't need to be hearing.. Also a good chance to catch up on work that you can't do when she is around

My one year old goes to bed around 7 to 7:30 and my 6 year old goes to bed at 8. I start reading him books at 7pm in bed....then the asking for drinks, a snack, going to the bathroom all gets done before 8. I'd move it earlier if I could! :) Some kids don't need as much sleep and don't get grouchy. One of our friend's daughter has always gone to bed around 10pm and she does fine with this schedule. Personally, I like the kid-free time in the evening.

last feeding for my 5 month old is 7:00. She's usually asleep by 7:45. When the time changes we'll move to to 8:00.

My 2 youngest children have rarely ever been in bed before 10 or 11pm. I know it's late. My husband leaves at 7am and isn't off work and home before 7-9 at night. He drives an hour to and from work and works 10-14 hour days.

I on the other hand go to bed between 8 and 9pm and my husband sends the kids to bed when they are tired.

Daycare wise, my daycare kids go to bed between 8 and 9 and I go when they are asleep.

My son, 8 years old, 2nd grade, goes to bed at 8pm and reads until 8:30-8:45.
My other son, 5 years old, preschool, goes to bed at 8pm and quietly "reads" (looks at pictures) or plays until 8:30.

My 5 year old is in bed by 8 pm on school nights. On weekends its usually 9/930..unless were out and about and then may stay up longer.

My 14 and 15yo go to bed at 9:00, they need to be at school at 6:50.

When they were younger (ages 2 and up) bedtime was the same 9:00. Hubby doesn't get home until 8:30 several nights each week. This way he got to spend time with them before bed.

my 3,5,7 year olds are all in bed by 8pm! the older two can read in bed but lights out at 830!

My 12 month old goes to bed between 6:00 - 6:30. He, like other babies this age, should get 12-13 hours of sleep a night. Since he gets up between 6:00 - 7:00 each day (due to work, child care, etc.) we put him to bed at that time. By the time 6:30 rolls around, he's usually 'asking' to go to bed anyways by rubbing his eyes and getting clumsy.

My almost 4 year old goes to bed between 7:15 - 7:30. I'm very proactive in protecting my childrens' sleep habits since there is a definite and undeniable link between lack of sleep and obesity, behavioral issues, learning issues, and crabbiness in general.

My 3 and a half year old is in bed some time between 7 and 8 each night. It's usually 7:15/7:30, but 8 oclock is the latest cut off point for his stalling--"Please...just one more book," "I gotta go potty," "I need another kiss," "Can I have some water?" He used to stay up until about 9:30, but he took naps during the day like a champ. Since he's decided he will not take a nap any longer, we had to move the bedtime up. He would just be way too cranky by the end of the day.

Our 3.5 YO is in bed by 7:30pm - 8:00pm, but it's usually 8:30pm before she's asleep. (She is not a good sleeper. It takes us an hour to an hour and a half between when we start the bedtime routine and she falls asleep.) She's up by 7am.

Our 1 YO goes down around 7:00pm and is asleep within 10-15 min. (We did SOOO much better sleep training her. Piece of cake!) She does wake up in the night, though. Boo. She sleeps for 12 hours total.

My kids have gone to bed no later than 8pm since they were really small. When they started wanting to stay up later we knew it was time to get rid of the afternoon nap or at least shorten it. My kids are 5 and 7 and if we can get them in bed by 7:30pm now we do it. They play hard and are wiped out (especially by the end of the week) and the extra sleep helps. ( They get up between 6:30 and 7am)

For the past several years here's my 8yo's typical schedule

In the summer: between 10pm & midnight
In spring and fall : between 9 & 10
In the winter : around 7

((As a toddler he usually went to bed between 9pm and 10pm year round)).

Reason being: In the summer it's light out until 10ish... we frequently eat dinner at 9pm and are still out playing until sunset. In the winter we get up at 5am to go snowboarding (kiddo climbs into his sleeping bag and gets another hour to hour and a half of sleep in the car). In spring and fall kiddo has sports that get out around 7pm, we come home, eat and get ready for bed.

In Italy (where my husband's family is from)... kids don't go to bed until QUITE late, because dinner is usually eaten around 10pm, and it's usually eaten out. 1130pm playdates in the piazzas are quite common, and it is sheer MUSIC to be hearing childish laughter and feet mingling in with the water from the fountains while the adults finish their dinners slowly in the lighted outdoor parts of the restaurant. Both kids and adults usually take a nap in the afternoon (GOD I MISS that practice).

HERE in the US, most kids have to be up by 6 or 7am for school, and naps are dropped in preschool. So in order to get the 10-12 hours of sleep they need, kids are in bed by 8ish.

There's nothing "special" about an early bedtime. It's just a cultural reaction to what people's days look like. We homeschool... so our schedule is quite a bit different than most (staying up late in the summer and getting up super early in the winter)... but kiddo is getting as much, if not more, sleep as his away school friends. It's actually pretty cool to watch because he tacks on 2 extra hours of sleep, like clockwork, during each and every single growth spurt.

my daughter is 8. on school nights around 9pm she's in bed. (i wish earlier) but we're just so busy and we don't get home from work/school until around 5pm. on weekends & school breaks there is no bedtime. normally we get tired around 11pm or so.

my are 12, 10 and 8 - between 9 and 930 - weekends (fri/sat) anywhere between 11 and midnight.

My 8 year old can stay up WAY past me - he's like his daddy - a night owl. And like his daddy would sleep until noon!!! URGH!!

My 12 and 10? morning boys. Up and read to go!!!

When my son was 2 and younger we'd put him to bed around 7:30. Now that he's 4 we put him to bed between 8-8:30 and he sleep till 7! It gives my Hubby and I plenty of time to relax in the evenings! :)

I work evenings, I go in when my husband gets off. So my son(almost 4) is rarely alseep before 10:30, however we usually sleep till 10 am or later. So it works for us. He still gets the sleep he needs and I get to sleep in a little :) So I don't mind.