https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:20:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2/page/2#post-2609269 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:14:15 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2609269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is 4 1/2 months. She goes to bed between 5:30 and 6:30 pm, and wakes up between 4:30 - 5:30 am. We have to leave the house by 5:45 am on the weekdays, so, it is what it is. She wakes up that early on the weekends too, unfortunately! But she'll usually fall back to sleep again between 6:30-7:00 and sleep for an hour or two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2/page/2#post-2609265 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:09:07 +0000 winniebee 2609265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 is 4 - he never naps. We aim for 8 pm bedtime, but he often falls asleep at 8:30. He is up around 6:30 am. I never have to wake him. </p> <p>DS2 is 20 months. He naps 2-3 hours in the afternoon. He sleeps 8-7. He's my dream sleeper (after a horrendous first 14 months!) :grin: </p> <p>We eat dinner between 6-630, baths start at 7:15 or 7:30.</p> <p>I would absolutely cut your kiddo's nap if you want to have an earlier bed time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2/page/2#post-2609241 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:40:32 +0000 lamariniere 2609241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My two are 2.5 and 5.5 and bedtime is kind of loose, but they go to bed generally sometime between 7 and 8. We do dinner, bath or shower, stories and bed. Luckily, they don't try to stall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2609237 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:36:18 +0000 kodybear 2609237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my 3.5 yo recently stopped napping at preschool, and was basically a mess when we got home. at that time we were putting her to sleep around 8pm and shed sleep til 7 ish. however, we noticed that it still took her awhile to fall asleep and she'd be up til 830pm or later. so we moved her bedtime up to 730ish, and for some reason, that time is the sweet spot where she'll fall asleep within 10 min. so i think she was getting way overtired. it is a hussle to get in bed by then ,but so worth it for all of our sakes! ;-) </p> <p>ds is 2 and sleeps at the same time 730-7, but still naps from 1-3 ish. he seems to fall asleep fast no matter what time we put him down. which is good because he always wakes up the same time no matter what. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2609223 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:22:25 +0000 Pumuckl 2609223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3y4m old doesn't nap and goes to bed at 7-7:30pm. He wakes on his own around 6:30/7am. Same for my 19m excepts she naps for 2h. </p> <p>When DS still napped he didn't fall asleep until 9:30/10pm. So I much prefer the way it is now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608609 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:54:12 +0000 MrsB2012 2608609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>b is 3 and goes to bed at 7pm and wakes up naturally at 615-630.<br /> g is 19 months, goes to bed at 7pm. If it's a daycare day, dh wakes her just after 8. If it's a none daycare day, it depends, but we wake her often at 9am or she sleeps until 930am.<br /> It's very busy for dh to get them to bed by 7 after daycare. They aren't home until 6. Daycare typically feeds them dinner, but often he gives a snack. We bathe in the am to save time in the pm.<br /> We are both huge believers in early bedtimes and stick as close to 7pm as possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608580 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:45:11 +0000 SweetiePie 2608580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's almost 2 and I voted 7:30 but it's more of an average. Some days it's 7 and if he napped late it'll be more like 7:45/8.<br /> Dinner is at 5:30/6, but I SAH so I don't have to rush home from work. And I also don't really "cook", I reheat things. So that saves a lot of time.<br /> DH and I generally eat after LO is in bed. </p> <p>I noticed you said "clean up kitchen" before your son goes to bed. I don't do any of that until he's in bed. I might dump his dishes in the sink and wipe the floor around his chair, but I don't actually do dishes or wipe down the kitchen till he's down. OR my husband will do bath while I do kitchen which gives us a little more time to hang once LO is down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608571 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:32:35 +0000 mediagirl 2608571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dinner is at 6. Bathtime is at 6:45/7. Stories and songs between 7:15-7:30. Bedtime is at 7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608566 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:26:11 +0000 jape14 2608566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost 2 and bedtime is between 7-7:15pm. I am fairly rigid about sleep routines. He eats dinner at 6pm (we usually eat after he's in bed), then we go upstairs for bath/books/songs around 6:30-6:40. He generally wakes up between 7-7:30am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608559 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:18:58 +0000 tysonja 2608559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 yrs old and almost 3 yrs old: bedtime is 7:30pm-6:30am. sometimes they go to bed later (8:30) if people are over at our house, etc.<br /> no naps though for either of them anymore... otherwise for sure they would not be sleepy until around 8:30-9! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608512 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:32:29 +0000 Bubbles 2608512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My boys are 2.5 and 6 months and they are both in bed by 7pm most days. If DS1 has napped he might take quite a long time to fall asleep but he just lays there in his bed so unless I check the video monitor I don't notice. If he hasn't napped he's asleep in minutes. They both wake between 6 and 7am, usually the toddler first.<br /> We don't get to eat dinner as a family which is a shame (dh is home after they are in bed most nights), but I sah so it isn't hard to get them in bed early. In fact sometimes it's hard not to put them to bed too early so I can get a break! 😉 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608494 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:09:46 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2608494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't follow a rigid schedule but need to try harder to get our LO (15mos) to bed earlier. DH only gets to see her at dinner/bed time, so I usually get her fed between 5-6 while I'm preparing things for our dinner. DH often doesn't get home until 7:30, though, so he &amp; I eat as soon as he gets home. She will often eat some more of whatever we are having, which is a nice compromise as "dinner together", though she's really just snacking by then. We try &amp; do some clean up while she plays, unless she's cranky, then we all head up to start her bedtime routine of (bath if necessary/not already done earlier) diaper, jammies, stories/playing, nursing then songs. This can take an hour, but if she is happy, I know DH loves this hour with her. This means she's usually asleep between 9-9:30p. She wakes anywhere between 6:30 &amp; 8am depending on the previous day's naps/bedtime. She's still on a 2 nap routine &amp; they last ~1.5hrs each, usually. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608468 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:35:58 +0000 Modern Daisy 2608468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bedtime has always been 6:30 for us. We don't eat dinner as a family during the week because DH and I both get home to late to make dinner before DS starts to go crazy. He is 3. We've tried pushing bedtime back but he can't seem to handle it and wakes even earlier in the morning when we do that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608467 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:31:20 +0000 Adira 2608467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: Oh man, there's no way I'd sit around longer than 30 minutes for dinner! Ain't nobody got time for that!! And we do bath every other night. So our evening routine looks like this on bath days:</p> <p>5:15 - home from daycare<br /> 5:45 - dinner on the table (sometimes sooner)<br /> 6:15 - done with dinner, start water for bath<br /> 6:45 - done with bath, one episode of something<br /> 7:15 - brush teeth, do inhaler, change into PJs<br /> 7:30 - stories with Logan (20m), put him to bed<br /> 7:45 - stories with Xander, potty one last time, in bed by 8:00</p> <p>ETA - If he's still hungry after bath, he can finish his dinner or have a snack while watching a show. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608464 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:29:57 +0000 petunia354 2608464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 3.75, He has dropped his nap so he is beat by 6:30 and we've been able to move his bedtime to an earlier time. We start shower/stories around 6:30 and I'm usually walking out of his room by 7:15. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608453 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:20:52 +0000 LindsayInNY 2608453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>14 months. Dinner is 7-7:30, depending on when we get home from daycare. Bedtime (aka lights off) is 8:30-9, depends, and wake up is 6:45 a.m. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608449 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:17:15 +0000 ineebee 2608449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 17m. I eat dinner with him around 5:30 or 6 (DH comes home and eats dinner later). Bedtime is 7:30, and he wakes up between 5:30-6:30am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608448 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:12:41 +0000 AnnabelleG 2608448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>25m old. 530 dinner, 6:30 bath, 7pm milk, 730 bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608446 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:11:26 +0000 justjules 2608446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 10months. Bedtime is 6:30-7 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608442 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:09:17 +0000 looch 2608442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: We also do a bath every night, especially in the summer. I sometimes do the bath before dinner. My son doesn't need the steps to be in the exact same order every night, so on especially dirty days, like when he's gone to the beach in the afternoon, he gets his bath as soon as he comes in the door. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608438 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:59:56 +0000 runnerd 2608438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 and his bedtime has been 8 since he was about 9 months old. He can easily stay up until 8:30 and often does when we have weird schedule days or travel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608436 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:58:35 +0000 bushelandapeck 2608436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: We do a bath every night. Our kids are so dirty bny the end of the day! Having a later bedtime makes it easier to fit it in though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608432 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:56:06 +0000 littlebug 2608432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For A (6 months): bottle at 5, dinner at 6, bath at 6:45, nurse to sleep after bath (so usually in bed around 8).</p> <p>For D (3.5): dinner at 6, bath at 7:30, bed after bath (usually asleep around 8:30). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608425 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:45:41 +0000 Foodnerd81 2608425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 3, bedtime is around 7:30/7:45. She wakes up at 7 on her own. We don't do bath every night. So dinner is around 6, I try to get the bedtime process started by around 7, depending how long she napped. She's in a big stalling phase so I try to build a little extra time in for that. I try to be leaving her room by 7:30 or 7:45. On a good night she takes maybe 5-15 minutes to fall asleep. I go straight to nursing the baby and getting her into bed after that. </p> <p>If they need baths I make sure to do dinner on the early side. I usually clean up after they are in bed and sometimes eat dinner myself after, depending on what we are having and when DH gets home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608421 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:41:10 +0000 irene 2608421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Yes they still nap at school! I also notice that is the problem. Over the weekend there is no way we can get him down for a nap (unless driving on the car for a while then he'd doze off), and he falls asleep within 10 mins-1/2 hour.</p> <p>@bushelandapeck: I wish mine sleeps so much!! </p> <p>@sandy: Thank you this is very helpful... sometimes I feel bad laying out dinner so early and I would start dinner between 6:00-6:30... but maybe I can start dinner at 5:30. Just bummed because there is no way for husband to join us for dinner then...</p> <p>This is all very inspiring .... thank you! I will really make an effort to push it up to 7:30pm.... so maybe we'll actually end up in bed at 8 :) The problem with us is DS takes FOREVER and a day to finish his dinner. Sometimes it can take him 1.5 to 2 hours (!!!) to sit at the table. but he'd finish all his dinner by the end of eternity so I kinda am not motivated to snatch his food away.</p> <p>ETA: And how do some of you NOT have bath every night??? My kid is filthy dirty by the end of day every day!! Gosh lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608417 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:39:17 +0000 avivoca 2608417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost 3 and her bedtime is between 7:30 and 8:00. We don't do a bath every night. I try to prep some dinner in the morning (this morning I cooked the rice so all I need to do is saute the veggies) and I don't clean up the kitchen until after she's in bed. She doesn't have to go to sleep right at 8:00, but she does have to stay in her room and on her bed. That's the only rule. If she needs to potty, she calls one of us and we take her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608416 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:38:03 +0000 Adira 2608416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3.5 - bedtime is at 8:00 and he usually falls asleep within 30 minutes. Wakeup is around 7:00 and he wakes on his own. Dinner is at 5:30. Naps 2 hours a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608415 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:30:59 +0000 ValentineMommy 2608415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 is 3.5. He goes to bed around 8, and typically falls asleep quickly. He wakes up anywhere between 7am and 9am, depending on the day.</p> <p>DS2 is 1. His bedtime routine starts at 7, he's usually asleep by 7:30-7:45. He gets up around 8am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608413 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:27:09 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2608413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 will be 3 in 2 weeks. Dinner is at 6. Bath is at 7. Baby sister is in bed by 720. I'm generally leaving DD1's room around 820. She goes up between 6 and 7 and generally naps about 2 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-bedtime-2#post-2608411 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:24:55 +0000 sapphire 2608411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo is 17 mo. Dinner between 5:30-6 followed by a bit of playtime, pajamas, books, sings around 6:45 and when asleep varies but between 7 and 7:30. Wakes up between 6:00-6:30. </p>