If we hurry, we can get the kids to bed by 8 pm... if we really race, we can even hit 7:30 pm. But it's not easy!!
We really need to get them down by 7:30 though, because they need 12 hours of sleep and they're not getting it right now...
What's the earliest you're able to get your toddler to bed?
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I usually try for 7:30....but lots of times it's 8. He used to sleep til 7, but now it's more like 6 so 7:30 is even more key. But I tried for 7:15 tonight and he just played in his crib until 7:30 anyways.
honeydew / 7488 posts
Earliest ever was 6:45 because DS was begging to go to sleep! However, he woke up really early the next day. Usually it's 7:30 for DS and 8 for DD.
pomelo / 5093 posts
My daughter's sleep changes drastically month to month. Right now she's going to bed fairly easily by about 9, and sleeping until 6 or 7.
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
We used to have her down by 7 but now it's usually 8. I hate that it's so late because she really needs the sleep, but we just can't seem to get her to bed on time any more.
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
Last weekend, I got N down by 6:30 pm all because we skipped her nap! It was awesome, but I didn't like seeing her so loopy and cranky at the end of the day. The girl still needs her naps!
Usually she's down by 8-8:30.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
I think the earliest ever is 8:30 and that was probably once. If we hit 9pm it's a great night.
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
@mrbee: that was the first time since she was a baby!!! It'll probably never happen again, hahaha
blogger / persimmon / 1231 posts
Though not a toddler, babe's usually asleep by 6:45! Super early 
eggplant / 11824 posts
90% of the time she's asleep pretty much right at 8. The odd nights she's down earlier.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
Most weekday nights (read: no nap) he's in bed by 6:45, asleep by 7. The earliest we could get him into bed would probably be 6:15.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@mrs. wagon: What's your secret... what time do you pick the kids up?
pomegranate / 3503 posts
8:30 for the younger one. 9 for the older one. They don't get enough sleep either.
pineapple / 12234 posts
Dinner at 5, bath at 5:45, teeth, pajamas and story time = 6:30. Tonight, DS (who is 4), actually was OUT 5 minutes after I tucked him in, which is unheard of!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@mrs. wagon: Ah that's an early pickup... I guess that's what we'll need to do!
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
@mrbee: yes! We work 8-4 and the daycare is open 7-545. It takes about an hour to get to the daycare so shifting everything earlier is the only way we can make it work. Our mornings are lightning fast!!
eggplant / 11287 posts
Usually 8. It actually used to be 9 before daylight savings (and she would sleep until 8:30), but somehow everything got screwed up and now she goes to bed at 7:30 or 8;00 because she wakes up at an ungodly hour.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
Lately it has been 6:15 pm. She is so tired from school! She is 3.5 yo.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Right now, between 7 and 8, but if we are both working locally, we can get him into bed by 7.
nectarine / 2180 posts
Usually around 8 for my 2.5 year old. Even though I'm a SAHM we have been having dinner around 7 lately...I need to move that up!
honeydew / 7917 posts
No nap for LO, and the earliest he has gone down for bed is 6:45. He is usually in bed by 7:30.
nectarine / 2964 posts
7:30pm.... I wish I could get him down at 7 or earlier! He has dinner at 5:30-ish now and it is still a mad dash to get him to bed. He is the slowest eater in the world. By the time he finished it would be around 6:15. sometimes even later.
ETA: And the problem is, he is very unwilling to go down! Everyday he'd be happily playing and reading with me and I bet he could go hours if I let him. Once I put him into his crib he would burst out crying, even though he'd pass out in 5 minutes after we leave.
Every morning I have to wake him at 6:45 and it hurts me. This morning we have to be earlier, and he was snoring away when I was in his room at 6:35, and after 5 minutes of noises he is still snoring. 
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
We usually put M to bed at 7, but when she's really tired we put her down at 6:30. When she needs to go to bed, one of us drops everything to make it happen because life is miserable for everyone when she's overtired.
squash / 13208 posts
630!
I pick them up at 445 and we are home at 5pm. Eat at 530 - if its a day that she missed her nap and needs to be in bed we skip the bath! So its upstairs at 615 and in bed with lights out at 630!
It sucks but its doable!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
Our earliest recently was 5:50pm. She was tired! She passed out before 6.
DS' earliest was a little before 5pm! He was sleepy and slept til 6:30-6:45 the following morning.
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