DD and DS are 6 and almost 8. They both go to bed at 7:30 on school nights and 8:30 on weekends. We have to get up at 6:30 for school so they are getting 11 hours. DS is asleep within 10 minutes but DD reads for a while before falling asleep. She is usually asleep by 8:00.
Eta: my kids both still go to sleep with music. Maybe you could try that in place of TV.
DD is 4 and doesn't get up till 8am. On average she goes to bed at 9pm. Yesterday though she was really busy and no nap. She fell asleep during dinner so we put her to bed at 8pm
DD is 5 will be 6 in May and her bedtime was 8pm for the longest time. Once she started Kinder we noticed she was just a mess by the end of the day. Our goal is to have lights out for her by 7pm. She wakes up about 6:45am to get ready for school. She has always required a lot of sleep. She was sleeping 12 hours a night plus an hour nap until August & I had to wean her off the nap since she would be in Kinder 5 days a week full time.
Post by dizzycooks on Mar 10, 2015 11:22:40 GMT -5
Our goal is in bed lights out by 7. Anytime after 6:15 is fair game though, if they are a mess they go to bed early. We are starting to let dd2 stay up a bit later (7:30) on Friday nights so we can have a game night with her, but if she's crabby it won't happen. Both girls nap 2-3 hours every afternoon and get up for the day at 5:45 during the week. They will sleep in until 7 or 8am on weekends. No tv, no music, no lights, but there is a sound machine in their room. DD2 recently go a little light she can turn on in the morning if she's up before we come in to get them. She reads her books in her bed if she's up.
We start turning lots of lights out around 6:30, and get into jammies, etc. I nurse DD (1) then DH reads to her on the couch while I read to DS (3) in his room. DS gets two books/stories in bed, one song and is awake when I leave (around 7-7:15). Then I go hide while DH puts DD in, because if she sees me she'll freak out and want milk all night. She goes in about 10 minutes after DS, just to give him time to settle, so around 7:15-7:30. Both wake up around 6 or 6:30am.
My son has gone through phases where he's had trouble settling at night, and darkening the house really seems to help calm him down. Maybe worth a try?