https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 05:28:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2546201 Wed, 11 May 2016 11:18:52 +0000 Canoli 2546201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only have 1 neighbor with a child my oldest sons age and they haven't really played together at all so we don't have to worry about doorbell ringing but I am a stickler for bedtime routines. My oldest son (4.5) has low sleep needs so his bedtime is around 9pm. I wish earlier but we can rarely get him down earlier. My 2 year old falls asleep between 7:45-8:15pm. I also wish earlier but my husband and I don't usually get home until around 6pm and we start bath/bedtime routine around 7pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2546191 Wed, 11 May 2016 11:13:37 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2546191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kid is up at 6:30 every day (usually wakes up herself, but we'll wake her during the week on the rare occasion she's not up to make it to daycare), and she doesn't fall asleep until 9:30-10. I put her down at 9, and would love to be the mean mommy with the early bedtime but it doesn't work on my kid no matter what I do. We do spend a little more time outside in the evenings and our community seems to be oriented towards later bedtimes too, but I totally respect (and slightly envy) parents whose kids go to bed early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2546167 Wed, 11 May 2016 10:50:17 +0000 HazelEyes 2546167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We start bedtime routine at 6:30 and he's usually asleep by 7:30/45. But we're out of the house by 7 so, up by 6. </p> <p>We're sticklers for bedtime because he will still wake up at 6 (or earlier) no matter what time he goes down and that makes the rest of the day a disaster, with a grumpy boy and usually a frustratingly bad nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2546085 Wed, 11 May 2016 09:40:25 +0000 anonysquire 2546085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids go to bed at 9-9:30. I think my daughters bf goes to bed around 8 and all their cousins are in bed by 7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2546075 Wed, 11 May 2016 09:36:30 +0000 Mamaof2 2546075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: this time of year is the worst! My kids pull back their black out shades and exclaim "mom, do you see how bright it is? It cant be bedtime!" :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2546067 Wed, 11 May 2016 09:31:37 +0000 mediagirl 2546067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: yeah, I totally get that! The kid who rang our doorbell has a SAHM. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2546063 Wed, 11 May 2016 09:29:30 +0000 Mamaof2 2546063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope I am a stickler for bedtime!</p> <p>@mediagirl: If I was a SAHM and my kids didn't have to wake up early to go to DCP/school I would have no problem letting them stay up later </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2546041 Wed, 11 May 2016 09:07:09 +0000 gingerbebe 2546041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: You're right but I don't think she's glossing over it - I just think the overwhelming majority of children have to get up early for school or daycare. If you are at home and being homeschooled and getting the needed hours of sleep in, I don't see why a later bedtime couldn't work for those families. I myself grew up in a house with no set nap times and bedtimes as it was culturally not the norm. We napped whenever and wherever we fell asleep and bedtime was usually when the family all went to bed and cosleeping until school age is very common. But unless school or something else intervened we also slept in until we naturally woke up as well. </p> <p>I'm totally on the make school later camp too, although I know a lot of parents balk at that because our school systems are built around adult work schedules. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545958 Wed, 11 May 2016 07:48:57 +0000 honeybear 2545958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're on the later side of bedtime (around 9:30, usually), but LO isn't outside playing in the evening. He's outside plenty during the day; our evening routine is dinner, clean-up, music/art, and reading. So I don't think we're bothering anyone. </p> <p>@gingerbebe: This article is interesting, but I think she's glossing over the bigger picture, which is that a lot of children have to get up really early for reasons that don't really have anything to do with their health or biological rhythms. It seems odd to me to proclaim a really early bedtime as the ideal without also asking whether waking up at 6 or 6:30am is ideal too. (I'm assuming that her 5 year-old gets up at 6:30am, because she says bedtime is 7:30pm. Eleven hours at night is a pretty standard rec for 5 year-olds.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545944 Wed, 11 May 2016 07:26:32 +0000 My Only Sunshine 2545944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: When I saw this topic I was about to link to the same article. Love it!</p> <p>My DD's bedtime was 6:00 until she was over a year old. We moved her to 6:30 and then 7:00. Even now sometimes at age 2.5 if she's super irritable, I'll put her to bed at 6:30.</p> <p>Luckily DD's best neighbor friends who are almost 4 have 7:00 bedtime too so everyone heads in at the same time. Hooray for neighbor solidarity! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545939 Wed, 11 May 2016 07:22:19 +0000 regberadaisy 2545939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: my nephew, same age as our kids, has always stayed up till 10 or 11! But then he's been home with my mom since birth so he sleeps till 10am. He actually gets more overnight sleep than DD1! It will be a rough transition for him in the fall when he starts prek! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545938 Wed, 11 May 2016 07:21:15 +0000 winniebee 2545938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly don't know. Our immediate neighbors are elderly and high school students. Two doors down is a 2 year old and she goes to bed at 630. </p> <p>My kids are more worn out in the summer and except for vacations or special occasions go to bed on time or earlier. Toddler goes to bed by 7:30 and 4 year old by 8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545936 Wed, 11 May 2016 07:18:27 +0000 regberadaisy 2545936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of the kids are older than ours so they all stay up later than our kids. I don't think we're the "mean" parents. We just have different schedules. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545934 Wed, 11 May 2016 07:17:54 +0000 lovehoneybee 2545934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have some neighbor kids that play outside until 10 or 11pm some weekends! One of them is E's age! </p> <p>During the week I try to keep them on a schedule best I can, but I'm a little more lenient on the weekends. This past Saturday evening, for example, D and E were out riding bikes until after 8. But they hardly see each other, and when I was little I used to be able to play with my cousins after dark (flashlight tag?) so while I don't necessarily approve, I don't argue it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545932 Wed, 11 May 2016 07:11:13 +0000 SweetiePie 2545932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: Love this so much and I posted it as well! We have so many friends like the ones mentioned in the article. They are always saying "but can't you just..." And rolling their eyes at me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545929 Wed, 11 May 2016 07:08:49 +0000 looch 2545929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's a home behind us where the kids are out much later than my son, but they're also older. I am working on time with my son so he understands because he's questioning why he has to go to bed when it's so light out.</p> <p>Problem is for us in the summer, we still have to get up early and go to work and my son just can't sleep in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545874 Wed, 11 May 2016 01:04:54 +0000 lemondrop 2545874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't really have a neighborhood with many kids at all, but ours are in bed by 9pm. They can play in the backyard until 6:30 when we have dinner. Guess we are on the later side for bed time, but it works for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545869 Tue, 10 May 2016 23:56:16 +0000 lamariniere 2545869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now, the neighborhood park starts to empty around 5/5:30. In the summer it's more like 6:00. No idea what time bedtime is for other kids but we generally stick to a routine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545861 Tue, 10 May 2016 23:16:57 +0000 ALV91711 2545861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I'm the mean mom. We can hear lots of kids outside playing when DS is getting ready for bed. 7:30 is bedtime no matter what. He needs his sleep and we have to be out of the house by 7am. </p> <p>Some nights I hear kids at like 9-9:30. I go to bed earlier than some of them! I don't know how that works but I guess it must. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545825 Tue, 10 May 2016 21:20:45 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2545825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: love this and would like to point out that nearly all of the above is true for adults as well. I'm not sure why people don't place the importance on sleep that they should. It's just as necessary to life as food and water! </p> <p>To answer the question, we don't live in an area where neighborhood kids are out and playing but yes, I am that mom. I am the only person I know that really does a ton to make sure my kids take naps/go to bed in a timely manner. People do think I'm weird but I'm already the "different" mom in my circle so it's fine lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545817 Tue, 10 May 2016 21:02:49 +0000 pastemoo 2545817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: the neighbors sleep at like 11pm or some shit. i often go to bed before them </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545641 Tue, 10 May 2016 16:36:21 +0000 MrsSRS 2545641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Early bedtime and routines here!! I'm thinking of getting the nap nanny doorbell cover thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545623 Tue, 10 May 2016 16:18:15 +0000 Modern Daisy 2545623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You are not alone. DS's bedtime is still 6:30/7 even now that the weather is nice. 7:30 is too late to ring a doorbell like that! I've always been strict about bedtime and I plan on keeping it going as it was the main source of sanity for my parents when I was growing up and we are now the same way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545613 Tue, 10 May 2016 16:09:50 +0000 Alba4 2545613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stick to the routine. I don't care what others think or say. I'm the one that has to deal with the crankiness the next day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545557 Tue, 10 May 2016 15:43:04 +0000 gingerbebe 2545557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just posted this on my FB.</p> <p><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/the_kids/2016/05/put_your_kids_to_bed_early_to_make_them_smarter_happier_and_fitter.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/the_kids/2016/05/put_your_kids_to_bed_early_to_make_them_smarter_happier_and_fitter.html</a></p> <p>#teammeanmommy4eva </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/neighborhood-kids-and-bedtimes#post-2545554 Tue, 10 May 2016 15:40:10 +0000 mediagirl 2545554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do your kids bedtimes match up with other kids in the neighborhood? It seems like we are the mean parents in our hood. Now that the weather is nice, so many kids are outside until 7, 7:30, 8pm, later than 8. We are the mean parents who make our kid come inside by 7 so we can start bedtime. Bedtime is taking FOREVER (1.5 hours) these days so we have to start at 7 or I'll give in and let her sleep in our bed just so I can go to bed. </p> <p>Last night one of the neighbors rang the bell at 7:30 to see if our daughter could come over and play....</p> <p>Are your kids the ones who stay out late or do you yank your kids in by 6/7pm? </p>