MOOKs: When do you stop tucking them in every night?

[mlt]

DS1 is 4.5. Is this too soon? He loves it when we read in the living room and kiss him good night and send him off to bed/don't tuck him in. I suspect it's because he sneaks extra books and toys in bed with him. I kind of feel like it's too soon but MH thinks I'm over analyzing it.

[rootbeerfloat]

We still do because we are suckers, and they like that time with us.

I would follow his lead.

[glitzy07]

We still "tuck in" SS, who is 9, in that one of us walks him down to his room at night, hugs him and turns off the light after he crawls into bed.

[cjeanette]

You are over analyzing it. We sometimes tuck in and sometimes don't. They were probably around 5 when that began.

[bbonanza]

We read to both DD1 and DD2 (7 & 5 and share a room), give hugs and kisses at bedtime, they love it. Same with DD3, she makes us snuggle with her too.

[Deleted]

I still read each kid stories in their room/bed and kids them good night and tuck them in. They are 9, 6, and 3.5.

[dizzycooks]

Mine are 1 & 3 so take this for what it's worth. We read, do hugs and kisses and prayers and then tuck them in. I don't see that changing anytime soon, but they share a room so the older one is kind of along for the ride. Dd2 finally stopped asking to nurse at night and prefers to sit on her own rather than snuggled with me (way to break my heart kid!).

[madringal]

At least one of us tucks in both kids each night. They are 7 & 3.

[SJ]

I am 30 and DH tucks me in every night.

[kershnic]

My mom read to me every night through about the end of elementary school, so 12ish?

[whitemerlot]

We read to our 5 1/2 year old for 15 minutes in his bed every night after he's all ready. I never want to stop.

[meltoine]

I hope never. It's my favorite time of day with them.

[mlt]

EFF. This thread makes me feel negligent. He's getting tucked in for the foreseeable future despite his protests.

[pamela]

At 4.5 it's a toss up. He sometimes wants to read in the living room. Of course, then he also leaves all his lights on and falls asleep.

[Deleted]

DD1 is almost 10 and we still tuck her in.

[whitepicketfence]

I still tuck all of my kids in; my oldest is 5.5. It's one of my favorite parts of the day so I don't plan to stop anytime soon.

[Marmee]

Recently...which is like 10yrs for DD1 & 2yrs for DD4. They all go up at once & often read to each other.

[bugandbibs]

I still tuck in my 12 y/o and read to her every night.

[Deleted]

I hope it lasts for a really long time...I really like bedtime stories and kisses.

[IrishBelle]

Jul 7, 2015 21:01:41 GMT -5 glitzy07 said:

We still "tuck in" SS, who is 9, in that one of us walks him down to his room at night, hugs him and turns off the light after he crawls into bed.

This is us except DD is 10.

[jeaniebueller]

6.5 and he still gets tucked in.

[cajunmom]

Our girls both have loft beds, so there's no laying in the bed with them. They go into bed on their own (although DD2 likes to be carried if she can talk us into it...she's getting big though!) and read for a while but we always go in and kiss them and turn their lights off. They are 9 and 12.5.

[Deleted]

Idk, maybe teenager? Whenever kids stop wanting that kind of comfort which I think typically lasts for a while. We still tuck in our almost seven year old. We cuddle for five minutes or so and then I give him a kiss, say goodnight, and leave him awake to fall asleep on his own.

[cinco]

I would follow his lead. One of us still tucks all 3 of ours in. The 8 year old prefers to read to herself vs. us reading to her, but my 7 year old still likes one of us to read him a chapter. The process keeps getting shorter and shorter as they get older.

[oliviapope]

We still do with all of them. It is my fave time of day as well. We talk about anything that they are anxious about and how we will solve the problem, their fave part of that day, what they are looking forward to etc... Then we read and they settle themselves and fall asleep on their own. I love the wind down time with them.

If you are still getting that time, don't worry about it!

[darnkatz]

My seven year old still gets tucked in. She loves it. She plays board games and reads books with my H before she gets tucked in, too. It really is the favorite part of her day.