My kids on school days were up at 7am and bedtime was always between 8pm and 8.30pm

Being a first time mum, I find charts like this really helpful. Whilst I may not follow it exactly, sometimes it is really nice to have a ballpark number and then work around that.

I don’t think there’s is an ideal bedtime, not a set time that would suit all kids. Kids are so different, parents need to be a bit flexible and realise that just cos little Tommy next door is all tucked up by 7pm, doesn’t mean it will work for their kids

I do tv think there is a set rule for an ideal bedtime for kids. It all depends on the individual child and also what fits in with mum and dads lives.

Both if mine are night owls my son is bed at 8.30 and my daughter 9.00 as there is no point eariler as they won’t sleep

My school aged children go to bed by 7:30pm and they’re generally asleep by 7:45pm. Sleep is so important for students!!

my kids go to bed at 9 and wake up in the morning at 8 . and best tips to make sleep time easier is no late naps

My 3.5 year old goes to bed around 6:30 and wakes around 6am. He does wake during the night. If he naps he goes to bed closer to 8pm. My 19 month old goes to bed at 7:30pm but is a shocking sleeper.

My 6yr old goes to sleep around 8.30-9pm after quiet time books songs and cuddles and wakes between 3.30-4.30am. It’s bad !

I like the chart. Fortunately I never had problems with bedtime.

My 3 year old is generally in bed and asleep by 7-7:30pm and he’s always up by 6:45-7am. This wake up time will occur regardless of the what time we put him down of an evening even if he’s had a very late night of say 10pm.. hence why we try and aim for a usual 7-7:30pm!

My son is 3 and we do quiet play/books from 7pm – 8pm and then hes in bed. It usually still takes him 30 minutes before hes actually asleep though. He sleeps through until about 7:30-8am

2 and nearly 5 go to bed at 8. Any earlier they will be up until after that time anyway

7-7:30 pm bed time for our kids. Lights out. But when they actually stop playing and lay down to sleep is beyond us! Our eldest sleeps till at least 7am, but no idea what time our youngest gets up as 1. I’m in bed till 7am minimum, and 2. He is very quiet when sneaking out, and takes advantage of daddy’s bad hearing. He finds daddy around 6:30am when he is allowed to get up.

Both our boys had to be in bed by 8. The youngest one was read a story and then lights out while the older one could read until 9 then lights out. They didn’t have to be up until 8 because school was across the road. It worked for us the majority of the time

I struggle with my 4 year old !!! We put him to bed at 8 but he doesn’t go to sleep until like 11 or 12 it’s soo stressful!!!

My 4yo follows this guideline most nights. But it was a long sleep deprived mess for her first 2 years. I’m not strict about her bedtime, I just try to stay consistent, otherwise I notice a lot of heightened emotions until she is back in routine. Which given she is already highly emotional above average, it’s almost impossible to keep her even.

Our two kids aged 4 and 7 both go to bed at 7.30 ideally – occasionally we are late but I don’t like them to be later than 8pm on a school night. On weekends we allow 8.30pm. It is important that kids are getting enough sleep. Young children ideally should be getting between 11 and 12 hours.

We had a set time for our son for various ages and stuck to it. He fought us, time and time again. Our greatest competition was that his friends seemed to have no set bed time. However, we were always able to justify it with their behavoiur, etc. due to always being tired, vs how he felt and the sleep he needed. It was not all sweet, but we know our son and we know he needs routine and good sleep so we kept reinforcing this and persisted against all the arguments.

needs to be flexible depending on family commitments and also the child’s needs and cues. Having a routine works well for many.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 21 Feb 2020 , 7:16 am

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  True !