Do your Dks have different bedtimes?

[KathyT]

Just recently we have let our 9 year old stay up about 20 minutes later than her younger sister. This has met with great disdain from the yonger sister, lol. Before that they always went to bed at the same time (they are 2.5 yrs apart in age).

Do your kids go to bed at the same time, and how old are they?

[AnnW]

Since our kids our 4.5 years apart, they have pretty much always had different bedtimes. Haven't really gotten any complaints from dd, she sometimes wants to stay up "as late" as big brother but it's cause she thinks that seems really grownup. Their bedtimes are 8 and 9 on school nights.

[darlene]

Morning Kathy. Our kids all head to bed at 8, but we are letting oldest dd stay up till 9....she loves to read, so uses that time for it. Middle dd we are trying to let her read at bedtime to....making it approx 8:20 for lights out, but she is hard to get up in the morning, so she doesn't get that privlige very often. Ds has lights out at 8. They are all 2 years apart.

Oldest dd is telling me that her friends get to stay up until 10 and she should too.....not in my house! LOL

:)

[netmechwife]

I try to put my 6 mo old and 2 year old to bed at 8. Sometimes one goes to bed later.
Sometimes baby is still eating at 8
Or I decide to have special time just with 2 year old after baby is in bed...

[AnnW]

Originally posted by darlene

Oldest dd is telling me that her friends get to stay up until 10 and she should too.....not in my house! LOL

:)

Mine try that nonsense every once in a while and I always say to them "do I really care what your friends are doing?" LOL Most of the time they will start and then says "yea, yea..you don't care" LOL

[Ryleigh]

We try to get ds (recently turned 5) to bed by 8, 8:30 at the latest on a school night.
dd usually heads to her room about 8:30. We read together for a while or just chat, and by 9:00 she is usually ready for lights out. Weekends have been so crazy lately that bedtime has been rather late. We hope to get back into a regular routine soon.

[TXmom]

The 3 yo's bedtime varies depending on if he's had a nap that day or not. The 9 yo goes to bed at 9pm and the 12 yo goes at 9pm also unless his homework is taking him an extremely long time. Do ya'll make your kids go to bed at their regular time on the weekends? Mine think sleepovers are for staying up all night long.

[darlene]

Originally posted by TXmom
Do ya'll make your kids go to bed at their regular time on the weekends? Mine think sleepovers are for staying up all night long.

Hi Donna. Weekends always seem to have a later bedtime....last night was midnight because we had friends over for a bonfire. They are good and ready to head to bed now though! LOL

:)

[AnnW]

Originally posted by TXmom
The 3 yo's bedtime varies depending on if he's had a nap that day or not. The 9 yo goes to bed at 9pm and the 12 yo goes at 9pm also unless his homework is taking him an extremely long time. Do ya'll make your kids go to bed at their regular time on the weekends? Mine think sleepovers are for staying up all night long.

We have later bedtimes on weekends too. If we aren't doing anything then it is 9 and 10 versus 8 &9, but if we are doing stuff....our kids are pretty good and don't fall to pieces, plus they sleep in in the mornings.

[MaryL]

Our boys go to bed at the same time (between 7:30-8:00 on school nights), but both seem to require alot of sleep. I wake both up at the same time each a.m., so it's just easiest right not to put them to bed at the same time. They are a little over 2 years apart. I'm sure the day will come when we'll have to adjust that, but for now no one complains! (Even though they are both boys, they have seperate rooms...so we do occasionally let oldest ds stay up late and read, or play a radio softly for 30 minutes...and youngest ds doesn't even know about that!) On weekends, our boys go to bed between 8:00-8:30, unless there is something special going on. Again, we get up early for church on Sundays, so going to bed late doesn't help anyone. Summer schedule also relaxes, but 8:00-8:30 will be the norm.

[JAK]

My dk's both have the same bedtime 8:00 on school nights. My ds who is 5 is an early riser is always the first one up every day. DD who is 7 is a night owl and would stay up all night if you let her. She goes to bed at 8 and I still have to wake her up most mornings! On the weekends I let them stay up late if they want and we still get up by 8:00 am.

[kat]

Mine are 8 years apart, so yeah they had different bed times. Youngest is 12 and goes to bed at 9:00. On weekends he stays up later and has even been known to tuck me in at night. :lol: This point in the year I am just wasted. I'm just praying no one comes to my house until school is over and I can clean. I can't stand it, but it is so bad, I get depressed thinking about where to start. So I've decided not to until school is out. I'm definitely replacing my housekeeper, because it is quite obvious I can't do without one.

[Mickey]

I only have one, so that's not a problem in our house, but when my sister and I were little (2.6 years apart), my mom would tell me that as soon as my sister fell asleep, I could get back up for 15 minutes. 99% of the time, I fell asleep waiting for her to fall asleep!

[Diane]

My two oldest always went to bed at the same time while my youngest, who is 5 years younger than dd #2, always went to bed about an hour before the other two did.

I have a 6 year old boy in my day care who's mom has been complaining about how much trouble her ds is giving her about going to bed each and every night. When I asked her what time she put him to bed I was really quite surprised when she told me it was between 6:30 and 7:00. I thought that sounded awfully early too, and according to the rest of you... it really is. Her ds is very active and I'm sure it's got to be very difficult for him to have to go to bed that early, especially when it's still so darn light outside. She also complains when he's awake so early every morning... Ugh!!! Quite personally, I'm beginning to think that she just simply doesn't want him around... I know he's too active to require as much sleep as she wants him to have. I didn't want to say anything but if she wants him to sleep later in the mornings she might have to start putting him down a little bit later in the evenings too. :) Good question.

Diane P. :wave:

[Leigh]

I remember when my friends got to go to bed later than my mom and dad would let me. It really made me think that they weren't fair at all, but now that I am older I realize that they were only looking out for me. Your children will realize this one day too. Hang in there.:)

[RCT]

everyone in bed by 8:00 pm....on week nights, and 8:30 on weekends....I am very strick about it, guess I like the quite time...LOL....

[KarlaB]

I have never been really adament about a set bedtime, but my dks aren't in school yet. Youngest ds is generally in bed by 8 or 8:30 and with the older one it depends on whether or not he had a nap. They don't seem to sleep any later in the a.m if they are up late and are usually grumpy the next day, so I do try to get them to bed at a reasonable time. If we have something going on I don't stress that we have to hurry up and get home to get them to bed.

Renee - I agree about the quiet time!! When dh is coaching I try to get dks down by 8:30 so I can have a little time for me. :)