Bedtimes for your April kid

[redmonkeystomper]

Not sure if we have discussed this recently.  I am just now getting Ruby into her own bedroom and we have set up a routine that works pretty well but just curious what time you start the bedtime routine and how long it takes?  I want to start by 7 and have her asleep by 8. She needs to wake up by 6:30 during the week.  Next year this will change to 7:30 asleep  and wake at 6 for school.  Do you stick to the same bedtime for weekends?  I feel like we are all over the place with her bedtime and I noticed this week when it was consistent she was in a better mood.  If you want, include your routine too.  Our routine is one I printed off the internet: clean up toys, brush teeth, pjs, sip of water, stories, and lights out.  She gets a bath at my mother-in-law's most days but next year we will have to include bath time.

[fusion]

All three take a bath or shower around 6:30, brush teeth, stories, Declan (almost 3) bedtime is 7, Anna 7:15-7:30, Jameson (6.5) 7:45-8. We are very consistent no matter the day. They usually are awake between 6:30-7:30, when school starts it will be 6:30.

[jg183]

Ideally Alex (2) will be asleep by 730 and Luke (5) 8.
It's usually our fault- depending on when we eat based on work schedules. Sometimes A is 8, L is 830/9
They wake up by 6.

Ideally they would take showers at 7.

[bean47]

We try to have olivia in bed around 7:15-7:30 on week nights. I have to wake her at 6:40 on daycare days. It varies a little more on weekend, maybe 15-20 minutes later. She's beat from the week an often sleeps in one weekend day to catch up on some sleep. Claire is in bed at the same time but pulls all sorts of antics until 8/8:15 when she finally goes to sleep.

[imimahoney]

My kids have always gone to bed on the earlier side.

Shower starts around 6:45. They are in their jammies by 7ish. Ari is typically in bed by 7:20. He falls asleep right away, Corinne is up talking and singing until 8:30 usually.

[ktstorm]

We're pretty consistent. I let him stay up late a few times this week during spring break and he was a mess the next day. Hes normally awake by 6:30/7:00 no matter how late he stays up. We start with bathtime at 6:45. PJs. Then play/cleanup for a bit. Books. Brush teeth. Prayers. Lights out at 8:00.

[Deleted]

Both kids go to bed at 7:30-8. A wakes around 7, and H anywhere from 5:30-7:30 but usually 6:30.

[creamsiclechica]

Bedtime by 8 for both. We eat dinner at 6:30, bath at 7:15, stories, both go to bed at the same time!

[blane12]

My H would probably let them stay up to 10 if it was up to him. It's not though . Lol

We do baths around 6:45 and I a to be reading to them by 7ish. We read two books (each boy picks one) in B's bed together, and then I take C to his bed with his book. He lays down and 'reads' and talks by himself until probably 8 when he falls asleep - sometimes as late as 845p. After I'm done with C, I go back in to B's room and give him a kiss before leaving. They usually wake up around 615-630a every morning. C will sometimes sleep in until 7 or 730a.

[tennisgal]

We usually head up to bed about 8. There is often bedtime shenanigans but mostly he's asleep by 845/9. Weekdays he gets up between 6/630.
We keep things mostly the same on weekends but are more likely to be lienient on bedtime. I'd love if he slept in but alas that doesn't happen yet

[DesertMoon]

Kids and I go up to Julians room at 720-730. We get into Jammie brush teeth have a story (10 mins max) then I say gnight to Julian and lay V in her crib and give her a story and leave. They go to be at 7:30 every night and are up at 7:30 in the morning for school and daycare.

[Deleted]

Between 7-8. They go to bed at the same time

Rhys wakes up between 630-7 and takes a 1.5-2 hr nap
D wakes up between 7-8, sometimes later. No nap

[chirpchirp]

The goal is to have W in bed by 8 each night. The routine varies a bit depending on if it's a solo-parent night for me or not. A typical night is bath for both kids, stories and bedtime for I (in bed by 7), watch a show or play a board game with H while I'm putting I to bed, stories, brush teeth/potty, lights out by 8

[muppetinma]

Wheel of Fortune at 7:00. Afterwards, pajamas, teeth brushing, quick story, and bed. If I'm in charge, I'm out of the room at 7:35. If DH is doing it, it's usually closer to 8:00. They talk and snuggle, since DH is rarely home for bedtime.

Dinner is usually 5:30 or so. Bath/shower at 6:00, as Andrew likes to watch the NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt at 6:30.

Yep.

[sandj82110]

8 for both boys here. If Daniel napped at school though he's awake until at least 9, sometimes 10 and calls out a million times. Alexander doesn't nap often so some extra grumpy nights he will go to bed around 7:30. The last week or so Daniel has been up by 6 every day and no obeying his clock which is 7:15. Alexander Varies anywhere from 6:30-8 for wakeup time, 7-7:15 being the norm.

[laurack]

A couple of weeks ago we took away tv during the week to help with this, bedtime was just becoming too late. They used to have one show after dinner but without it we've had an easier time

Now we are aiming for them being in bed by 8pm and it's mostly working, I still feel it's too late for William sometimes as he gets tired especially on the weekend when he often doesn't take a nap now

Last night he slept for 13 hours so he was clearly exhausted

Matilda generally wakes at 7am

When she's in school we may have to make bedtime even earlier but it's hard because we don't get home from work until 6

[thedahliharpa]

8 but it's getting harder and harder to get them to bed on time.
I typically fall asleep in her bed but if I don't it's probably anywhere until 20-40mins before I can sneak out.
20 on weekends and wah days because she doesn't nap. So much harder on school days when she naps for 2 hours.
On week nights we often only have 90mins for remaining homework, dinner, bath, reading and bed.
It's hard.

[lauranicole91]

Right now they wake up between 7/7:30, nap 3-5, bed at 8. Things will need to change come fall when she starts kindergarten. Right now she's in half day preschool and doesn't start class till 11:30, so it's not an issue...yet
Routine is basic. 7:45 we do Pjs, brush teeth, I read a book to Logan and lay him down. Go in with Peyton and she reads me a couple pages, she goes pee, I tuck her in and say goodnight. I'm out by 8. If it's a bath night we go up at 7:30.
ETA we usually skip naptimes on weekends if we are out. They fall asleep in the car here and there anyway. If we're home, we still do. And bedtime is still the same on the weekends as well. If we're out past bedtime it's usually at a close friends' house or my family and we lay them down in a spare room at normal bedtime.

[teamhayes]

Currently really early bc I'm home and they don't have to wait for me to eat dinner
6/6:30 start time asleep by 7/7:30 up 5/5:30
When I work asleep closer to 8/8:15 we leave the house at 5:15am so less sleep
My train leaves at 5:30 so they need to rush home eat breakfast and be ready by 7 when K therapists show up every morning

Neither nap
M will fall asleep in car every Thursday while k is in speech the week catches up with him by then
He is known to wake in the 4s a handful of times a week

[abbypug19]

Bedtime is 8, after a story and bedtime snack. Abby goes right to sleep but sometimes her sister keeps her up lol.

[silverjm]

Bedtime routine starts between 7:30 and 7:45, and he's asleep sometime between 8:30 and 9:00.

[PatBenatar]

Between 830/9. She doesn't have to get up until 8 for school. We start bedtime routine around 730

[mlkgls]

I try to aim for 7:30, but he often doesn't fall asleep until 8:00-8:30, or even later if he slept at all during nap time at preschool.

He has to be up by 5:45 during the week and I honestly don't think it's enough sleep. He's been a crankpot lately, but was all sunshine and smiles the week I was off last month when he could sleep in.

Of course he's up at the crack of dawn on the weekend...

[onehitwonder]

We aim for an 8-8:15 bedtime. We read 3-6 books depending on length and he is genetally asleep by 8:45. He has a 30 minute nap at school, but none on the weekends unless it's a car nap. Wake-up is 6:45 on weekdays (I wake him) and 7-7:30 on weekends (he wakes me). We try to stay within an hour of our routine on the weekends and holidays.

[bebeetmoi]

We do an early bedtime as she doesn't nap. She is in bed by 7 every night. She is typically awake between 6:30-7:15am.

[vthokie]

We usually read a book at 8, then upstairs for teeth brushing and such. She's in bed by 8:30. I wake her up at 6. Same bedtime on the weekend.
I do need to start getting a better bath schedule for these 2 though. Or at least get A a solo shower a few extra times a week.

[breezy8407]

In bed at 7:30 most nights.

Weekend nights between 7:30 and 8.

[dbe100408]

8:00 is the goal. 8:30 is a success, 9:00 is actually more typical. The lighter it gets in the evening, the farther back her bedtime goes.

[nannerl]

Currently 9-ish for all three. My kids have always been late to bed late to rise (up around 7:30/8). It's going to suck next year when we have to adjust everything back by 1.5-2 hours for a 8 am school start.

[jsillyfun]

We start snack at 7;45, books at 8 (4 books) then I tell a story and we talk and I sing lullabies and cuddle. Probably asleep by 9. She doesn't get up until 7:30.