its no one elses business what your routine is. You do what works for you

I think these bedtime routines are pretty normal and I used to stick by them too most of the time. Of course there were occasions when the children stayed up later , but often they snuck away to bed themselves if they felt tired. Plenty of sleep while they are youngsters will stand them in great stead when they are older people as they won’t have the debilitating diseases that many older people get due to lack of sleep when they were children.

That’s a great routine. So many times you see families with uncontrollable kids and then you realise they have no bed routines. The kids are acting out because they’re tired and grumpy.

Some families love routine, some don’t.

My 2yo schedule is not strict but a guideline only as every day is different. Between 7pm-830/9pm bedtime until 6am-8am wakeup.
Naptime for 1-2 hrs between 1130/1230pm-1pm-3pm

Those times sound perfect. Sleep is so important for everyine.

Sounds like normal bedtimes to me; A good routine is important as long as you’re not too rigid

You do what’s right for you and your family. We used to fight with our son all the time because he went to bed earlier than others, BUT we knew that he needed his sleep to function properly so we stuck with it.

My daughter is 21 months and she’s been a pretty good sleeper from the get go. She dropped her 2nd nap quite early on but has been doing 7am wake ups, 1-3 nap, 730pm bed time every night for a fair while now. Shes absolutely awesome, she sticks to her routine like clockwork.

Those seem like pretty reasonable bedtimes for those ages, although that would be a hassle having 3 different bedtimes in the one house.

My 22 m/o schedule is: bedtime between 7pm & 9pm wake up between 6 am & 8am nap from 12pm to 2 or 3pm (whenever he wakes up) – I am flexible because i feel like we need to be especially in this age where they are going through growth spurts – some days he just needs more sleep.

Honestly you just gotta do what’s right for your own family. If it works for you then keep doing it

Those bedtimes seem quite reasonable to me. As long as she can be flexible from time to time, I don’t see the problem.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 23 Oct 2021 , 7:02 am

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  Yes I think so too !

That’s not that different from me – bed time has always been 7.30pm on week nights (weekends I let them go until 8.30pm). I have always been a strong believer with naps. My kids had a 2pm nap right until they went to school. My kids who are now in school still enjoy a nap every Saturday from 2pm until about 5pm and they are perfectly fine with it and like it.

I have 3 different kids. My youngest always go to bed early when ever she felt she need a rest.But my eldest always stay until about 10.30.He wants to go to bed when we are going.I think sleep pattern depend on their age.

Me personally; I’m an early riser and early to bed. My kids are similar. Eldest 12 goes to bed at 9pm, 10yo goes to bed at 8pm.
I don’t really care what others think; it works for us and they wake rested. youngest has always been early to bed and even if I put her down later she’d STILL wake at sparrows fart.

I’m in bed by 7 myself haha

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 22 Oct 2021 , 1:41 pm

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  Aw lol, I thought I was early with 9pm !

I agree with this mum that a bedtime between 9 and 9.30pm for kids in this age group is too late. Flip, I go to bed at 9pm myself !
I agree that being well rested and structure is important.

I used to have rules for mine in bed by certain times which you need to have or it is a disaster and asking for trouble, my older children had to be in bed by 8pm. They might complain but they are children and your the adult and they need their sleep and if they have baths or showers in pyjamas and tea by 5pm they might watch a bit of tv the younger ones used to know once fat cat came on that was bed time for them.

My 5 year old is in bed most nights by 7.30pm, not always asleep, but in bed. She is generally awake between 6am and 7am.
My 9 year old is also in her bedroom by 7.30pm, when she gets time to read, but only until about 8pm.
We are not so strict if we have outings or visiting family out of town, but they get tired and grumpy when that happens, as we all do when we are tired.
I value the time after 7.30pm when they are in bed…a few hours to spend doing things I want to and do end time with hubby