Mine have only both just dropped day naps at nearly 5 and 3 1/2 ( I know, freak children). Prior to this they were going down around wish and not falling asleep til 8:30 sometimes, but now that they aren't sleeping they are in bed by 7:30 and generally asleep by 8 and they sleep til 7. We have always tried for a 7oclock bedtime but as they have gotten older its gotten later but I am actually glad now that they are going to bed earlier at 7:30 and sleeping through til 7 rather than taking ages to go down and then waking up at 6-6:30. They still have a quiet/rest time in their rooms for an hue each day that they don't sleep. (DS still occasionally naps)
DD is 16 months old, and goes to bed when she's ready. Usually somewhere between 7-8pm, and it absolutely depends on how many/how late her day sleep(s) have been. She ideally has just one day sleep, at 12, for 1-2 hours, usually closer to 1 hour. But there are days when she passes out early, then needs another sleep, or we're out doing something exciting and it's late. Those days suck.
DDs turning 4 and 5 next month go to bed between 7.30 pm and 8pm each night, although if we've had a huge day or they're sick, overtired etc I'll get them in bed more like 7pm. They wake anything from 6am to 8am - 8am obviously being on the mornings when they actually HAVE to get up!
DD2 could still benefit from a day sleep on some days, especially after a couple of full days in a row at kindy, but if she has even 10 minutes sleep she is still awake at 11pm so I more encourage quiet time than sleep.
TBH I don't find their bed time really impacts on their wake time. There have been a few occasions where I've thought geez I could do with a sleep in tomorrow so if its a non-school day I'll let them stay up to 8.30 pm or even a smidge later. If anything, they wake earlier.
I aim to have both in bed by 7.30pm but that doesn't mean they're asleep unfortunately.
DD1 is a great sleeper and I could pretty much leave her to it except that she now wants to sleep with DD2.
DD2 (20 months) has always been a bit of a nightmare by comparison to her big sister. Tonight she wasn't asleep till 8.45pm so that's an hour and a quarter trying to get her to sleep. She has one nap - usually around 1.5 - 2 hours.
DS goes to bed by 8.30 usually, and that's with waking up around 7-8 am and a 1.5 hour nap during the day. If he skips the day sleep, he goes down around 7 - 7.30 but is awake around 7 am. I do prefer him to have the day sleep as w/o it he is a terror by 5 pm. He's 2 yo. Plus I like the sleep in
Both my kids (DD nearly 5 and DS 2.7yrs) go to bed between 7 and 7.30pm and up at 6.30/7am usually. DS still has a day sleep for between 1-1.5 hrs although these are more like every second day now or if we have had a busy morning. DD has quiet time for 1 hour and hopefully DS will too when he fully drops his day sleep (fingers crossed he has them for a bit longer though!)
well its 11pm and DD is just drifting off to sleep!!!!
It used to be around 9ish, but with her broken leg she wasnt sleeping at all!!!
She usually has 12 hrs over night and 2 hours in the arvo.
Our 4 yo goes to bed between 7-8pm and sleeps till about 7am.
Our 17 month old has one day sleep from about 1-3pm. His evening bedtime depends on that sleep, if he has a 30min nap we'll aim to get him ready for bed by say 6.30pm or if he sleeps for 3 hours we don't bother taking him to bed till at least 8pm. He generally takes about 1.5hours to feed to sleep. Then he wakes up for a feed every 2-3 hours and is up for the day at about 8am.
4.5 yo DD has stories starting from 7:30, then we're out of there by 8 most night. She tends to have a nap every 2 ro 3 days. I don't notice much of a difference on nap versus no- nap days. If she's had a nap, she might chat to herself and her babies for a bit longer, on days she hasn't had a nap she will sometimes pass out during stories.
Wake up time can vary greatly - usually 6:30 to 7am, but can sometimes be up before 6, other times has been known to sleep until after 8.
DD2 is 11mths and goes to bed at 7pm each night. She has two day naps
DD1 is 3yrs and goes to bed at 7pm each night. She doesn't have day naps anymore (her choice).
Just remember all kids are different and changing all the time.
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