Kids' bedtime?

United States
November 3, 2006 12:55pm CST
What time do your kids go to bed? My daughter stays up between 9 and 10, but I stay home with her and she can sleep late. When she's older, we'll get her on an earlier schedule, but right now it works for all of us.
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@prue187 (517)
• United States
3 Nov 06
I can relate with you am trying everything to put my son on an earlier bedtime schedule, before he sleeps at 2 am or 3 am but now that i stopped nursing Him he's sleeping a lot more earlier, I say around 11 or 12 mn. I'm fine with it. Maybe next year it would be a lot more earlier.
• United States
3 Nov 06
Yeah, we've always had better luck staying up a little later but sleeping in in the morning. Eventually I'd like to have her in bed by 8 or 8:30.
@prue187 (517)
• United States
3 Nov 06
Me too I think 8-9 is the perfect time for them to sleep. but no matter how hard i try it does not work.
@zubair439 (3183)
• India
3 Nov 06
the best time for kids to go to bed is 8.00 pm not more than that...
• United States
3 Nov 06
I don't think you can pick one time and say everyone should go to bed then. It depends on your child and your own schedule. I do think 8:00 is a good time but not right for everyone.
@pumpkinjam (8767)
• United Kingdom
3 Nov 06
My 6 year old goes to bed betwenn 8 and 9. My 17 month old goes up about 7. My youngest used to go up later because he was waking up properly at 5am so now he goes up at 7 so it still gives me at least an hour with my oldest before he goes to bed. I don't think it really matters too much if their the only one and/or if you don't need to be up early. I think I used to have different times and changed them to suit the schedule.
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@jray721 (1969)
• United States
3 Nov 06
my son is 15 months, he gets put to bed around 6-7pm and sleeps in till about 8am or so
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• United States
3 Nov 06
Wow! That's awesome that he sleeps so much. You are definitely lucky. :)
@KimMaple (1195)
• United States
3 Nov 06
My kids are 8 & 6 so they are both in school all day. They are in bed by 8:30pm and then get up at 6:45am and they are fine at school and not cranky.
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