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  1. #1
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    Oct 2006
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    What time does your pre-schooler go to bed?

    Natty is rarely asleep before 8 these days, which is ok except that she keeps waking up so darn early!!! She's getting up around 6am. And she doesn't have a day sleep.
    It doesn't seem like enough! She will occasionally have a good sleep like a catch-up and either falls asleep early or wakes up a little later.
    What does your 3-4yo do? Are any of them still having day sleeps? What time do they go to bed & wake up?

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    Feb 2009
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    DS1 will be 4 in Feb. He goes to bed around 8 and is also up at 6 most days. He has day sleeps at daycare but rarely at home. Sometimes he does if it has been a big day or he hasn't slept too well the night before then he will have a day sleep.
    It doesn't bother me unless he is getting really cranky, then I try to get him to sit quietly and rest for a bit. It usually calms him down enough to be pleasant until bed time.

    Are you having trouble with your DD in the late arv/ evenings? If she seems happy until bed time then I wouldn't worry. 10 hours a night, plus the occasional catch up sleep isn't too bad.

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    Izzy is 3.5 and goes to bed around 7:30 although some days it is a bit earlier or later depending but we try for earlier than later. J goes down at 7 so she goes down not long after, after she has had a story and teeth etc.
    She still has a day sleep too most days but has to sleep in our bed and I have to lie down with her for her to fall asleep. She will sleep for around 1 1/2 hours, not so bad on the days I am tired and feel like a nap though!
    J has been waking at 6-6:30 which I hate, but he will come into our bed and play on my phone for a bit while I doze, and I think he wakes up Izzy because she would probably sleep closer to 7 without his nattering away.

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    Sounds pretty similar to what we have. DS turned 3 in September. We don't even bother trying to get him to bed before 8pm, it just doesn't work. He goes in there at 8 and has stories until around 8.30pm. He usually wakes around 6am. He stopped having day naps at the start of the year.

    I was hoping that starting Kindergarten would make him sleep a bit more but instead he is just cranky all the time lol.

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    Thanks girls for the fast feedback.
    It seems it's not too way out then.
    Are you having trouble with your DD in the late arv/ evenings?
    She sometimes gets REALLY silly. Like just totally mental. Particularly after the bath when she's running around like a mad nude woman. LOL! No big deal though. Also she doesn't do as well when we are out when she's tired. She's always much more happy and chilled if she's well rested. I guess that's what prompted my inquiry!

  6. #6
    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

    Jan 2005
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    DD2 is the same. Technically (by the ridiculous shenanigans) she should be in bed by 6.30 but 7-7.30 is bedtime (I can't really make it any earlier) and she is up about 7-7.30.

    Sometimes 8-9am wakeup, but only if she has spent hours jumping on her bed acting like a hooligan the night before.

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    Ahhh, see I could cope with the ridiculous shenanigans if she then slept for 12+ hours!!! I'd laugh it off then rub my hands together thinking of the break I'd get, LOL!

  8. #8
    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

    Jan 2005
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    till 10pm? It does my head in!

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    DD1 goes to bed at 730 every night, tired or not.
    no day sleeps and sleeps anywhere till 730-9am

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    My 4 year old goes to bed at 7-7:30
    My almost 3 year old goes to bed at 6:30