https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 22:03:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2765142 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 09:25:12 +0000 maddyz 2765142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 is 2.5 and DS2 is 10.5 months. Bedtime starts with bath at 6:45 and never ends. Kidding (sorta). DS2 is asleep just after 7 and DS1 is done with 30 minutes of wheels on the bus and hopefully out by 8:15. They both wake up 5:45-6ish.... Bedtime has gotten later in the summer, it's just so light out. I am sure it will get earlier again with the fall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2765080 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 21:08:09 +0000 Shantuck 2765080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: We do a 7 pm bedtime for our 9 month old and 7:30 pm bedtime for our 5 year old. I have to leave work around 5:15 and am home a few minutes before 6 (kids are home with a nanny so no pickup which helps a lot). Our dinners are either slow cooker meals or super quick to prep ones. We bathe only 2-3 times per week (one of those being on the weekend). Bedtime is 2 books and is fairly quick. It's a race against the clock every night but DH and I are a good team working in tandem. I need that early bedtime to log back on to do more work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2765076 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 20:31:36 +0000 skipra 2765076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have an almost 5 year old, 3 year old, and 10 month old. I nurse the baby still and he falls asleep quickly but I usually snuggle with him until his noisy brothers are in bed, around 8. My oldest usually goes right to sleep. Middle lo can have a tough time falling asleep if his nap goes late so usually 8:30-9:00. He wakes up around 6-6:30, oldest is up 7-7:30, baby anytime from 6-8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2765028 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:30:35 +0000 wrkbrk 2765028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 20 months. We walk out basically at 7:30 and he usually falls right asleep. He wakes up at 6 am and cries for us to get him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764970 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:23:14 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2764970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: This is our struggle too! DH gets the boys from day care around 5:45, but if I work in the city that day, I don't get home until 6:30. There's no way we could do dinner, bath, and bed by 7/7:30.</p> <p>Because of the above, our almost 5 year old and almost 2 year old go to bed around 8:30/9. The almost 2 year old has an easier routine once bath is done. He gets a few books, lights out and sung to, and we put him in his crib and leave.</p> <p>The almost 5 year old stalls us, so he's usually not in bed until 9. Both fall asleep pretty quickly, and they wake up between 7-8 depending on if I work from home that day or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764924 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:54:41 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2764924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 months - between 6 &amp; 630 pm. Wake around 5:30 am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764923 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:53:09 +0000 pachamama 2764923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: 18 months, a firm 7:15pm, gets up at 5:45am </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764827 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 10:46:17 +0000 superkate 2764827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>14 months. Usually asleep by 8 a.m., wakes up about 6 a.m. or a little before. He's always been an early riser and doesn't seem to need as much sleep as other children. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764763 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 09:13:29 +0000 mdf106 2764763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids go to bed around 7:45 (18 months) and at 8:15 (almost 4). They wake up around 7 am. I can't do a bedtime earlier than about 7:45 without adjusting my work hours. I usually get home at 6:30 and we have dinner pretty much right away (DH has it prepared). Then we might have a little downtime before we start the bedtime routine, usually at 7:25. My hours are flexible, but I have a high need for sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764756 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 09:00:07 +0000 lilyofthewest 2764756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Ah, yeah, that makes sense. Neither of us have that kind of control over our schedules/report times. I work 9:30a - 5:30p; my partner works 9a - 6:30p. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764718 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 07:07:16 +0000 looch 2764718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lilyofthewest: To do a 7:30 bedtime, I leave the office at 4. If I had to leave at 5, commute and then have dinner, bedtime for sure would be later, probably 8:30. To leave at 4, I do early mornings, I try to be at my desk by 7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764704 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 06:35:55 +0000 caterw 2764704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: before my kiddo started doing a lot of classes and whatnot, she went to bed at like 930. My husband works late pretty often so he could come home at 9 and see her before she went to bed. She slept enough so it didn't matter.</p> <p>Now that we have places to be at 9 am, her bedtime is 830 (she is almost 4). She wakes up at 630/645 and naps in the afternoon still. 8 month old baby goes to bed between 7-730 and wakes up for the day at 5 😭😭😭. I wish the baby would go to bed later but she won't so at least we are on time to stuff in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764668 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 21:25:58 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2764668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@codeitall: ugh can you make a good transition plan and let me know it, I'll try too and we can compare notes! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764587 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:42:08 +0000 codeitall 2764587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsbubbletea: Are you me? We keep trying to move bedtime earlier too and I'd love DS to wake at 7:30 so we have more time to get ready in the morning. He's also a little over 2.5 haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764553 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:35:57 +0000 CakeLady 2764553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 years, I voted 8:30 bedtime but it can be anywhere from 8:15-9:30, with 8:30-9 being pretty typical. He wakes up at 7am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764532 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:07:05 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2764532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 months old. We put him in his crib about 8 pm and he's asleep in a couple of minutes. If he's not up on his own by 5:30 am, I wake him up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764526 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:02:28 +0000 SweetiePie 2764526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 3 in about a month. For a long time it was 7 on the nose. Like honestly his whole life and if it wasn't it was earlier (like a bad nap day).<br /> In the last month his nap has been getting later so bedtime is now at 8pm most nights. On one hand, its been nice to have freedom especially in the summer/on vacation. But on the other, when its just me on a weeknight and I'm 8 weeks pregnant and feel awful/tired, I miss 7pm bedtime.</p> <p>ETA: not sure exactly when he wakes up, sometime around 7/7:30, probably some days a little earlier. but we won't get him before 7am. He'll usually stay happily in his crib till 7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764520 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:46:37 +0000 lady baltimore 2764520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 20 months. Lights out is anywhere between 8:15 and 10:00, and she sleeps 11-13 hours, waking up between 8 and 9:30 usually. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764345 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:27:30 +0000 yin 2764345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1 is 6 and LO2 is 3.5 years old. They share a room together, and they go down at 8. Both wake up around 6/6:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764260 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 08:18:00 +0000 babybunnylove 2764260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD2 is 4 and her bedtime is 8:00 pm, We start bath, story, etc. around 7:15. Unless she's had a rough day and then it's closer to 7:30 when she's actually sleeping. She gets up between 5:30-6:00 every day on her own. At daycare they nap in the afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764242 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 07:58:08 +0000 bhbee 2764242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5yo we aim for 7:30 and she has to stay in her room until 7 though I think she sometimes wakes a bit earlier. We use an eye mask to fight the brightness in summer for her. I'm going to try for 7pm once kinder starts since I have to wake her up at 6:30 then and I think the whole thing will tire her out. </p> <p>2yo currently around 7-7:30pm, when he was younger it was earlier as that's just his natural way. Right now he sleeps until 6:30 if I'm lucky, and also takes about an hour to 1.5hr nap. </p> <p>We were able to get early bedtimes when my older dropped her nap and I loooooove it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764238 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 07:48:18 +0000 Ajsmommy 2764238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS 5 mos old, goes down between 6-7 pm, wakes between 5-6 am (with 2-3 wake ups)</p> <p>DD 3.5 yo, out the door 845, wakes naturally between 6-7 am. I would like to bump her bedtime up but its so hard during summer when it's still light out. We start bedtime at 8-815 pm but it drags out to 845 or later most nights. :shocked: We'll be starting preschool in Sept and need to be out the door at 615 am so I'm hoping bedtime naturally pushes forward so that I dont' have to "wake" her too soon from her natural wake time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764232 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 07:32:00 +0000 hellobeeboston 2764232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS 1 - almost 5, goes down between 8:45 &amp; 9<br /> DS 2 - almost 2, goes down between 8:15 &amp; 8:30 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764226 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 07:19:11 +0000 Smurfette 2764226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7M - 6:30/6:45 - usually up at 6/6:30<br /> 4 - I try and leave her room by 7:15, then 7:30-8:00 before she is asleep. Up 6:30-7:00 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764225 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 07:16:48 +0000 delight 2764225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS -8m- 6:30 pm Up for the day around 7/715am<br /> DD- 4y - 8:00pm Up for the day around 7:30-8am </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764217 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 06:04:52 +0000 Adira 2764217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2.5 - 7:30<br /> 4 - 8:00</p> <p>Both get up around 7-7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764212 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 05:36:08 +0000 StrawberryShortie 2764212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: we do around 6:30 sometimes a little earlier sometimes later<br /> LO is 3.5, but we are very early risers<br /> She is always up around 6am on weekends<br /> Sometimes we get lucky and she sleeps until 7:15 on weekends </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764205 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 05:16:29 +0000 Charm54 2764205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In summer our schedules are thrown out the window, they're not in daycare and I'm off work.</p> <p>But generally my 22 month old sleeps 7-7 (naps 1-3), and my 4 year old sleeps 7:30-7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764200 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 01:22:33 +0000 NurseDMB 2764200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ODS just turned 4 -- he goes to bed anywhere between 7/730 and wakes up around 7/730.</p> <p>YDS is 21 months and typically goes to bed around the same time. He usually goes to bed at 7:30, wakes at 7:00 and then takes one nap a day anywhere from 1-2 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-is-bedtime-for-your-kids/page/2#post-2764197 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 00:41:46 +0000 autumnlove 2764197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually 7-7:30 but 8-8:30 during the summer. </p>