Bed times for 7-11 year olds

[MamaK]

DS's bedtime was always 8.30 (he's 18 now so goodness knows what time he goes to sleep!!!!)

DD has only been sleeping through the night for the last year !!!!!!! But her bedtime is 7.30 bed and 8pm sleep.

This works well for me!

[dinky]

DD is almost 10 and she has a set bedtime of 8.30, no changing it! She knows that if there are any issues with her not getting up in the mornings then she goes to bed 30 minutes earlier, so she is usually up around 6, but can sometimes sleep until 7.30am, which is still fine!
The older girls are 18 and 21, well, they can be up all night, they are adults now, its their problem if they don't get up on time!

[~Kim~]

My nearly nine year old has to go and lay down when the littler kids go to bed at 6.30pm (mean aren't I?) She draws or does her reader, reads a book, watches a movie....whatever I don't mind, but it makes it easier to put the others to bed if they all go together. I'm on my own all the time and she gets it, so it's just easier for us. She doesn't go to sleep until 8:30-9. I don't check, but her light is always out by then.

[MrsFabuloso]

Similar to Kim, I am usually on my own for bed times. My nearly 8 year old DD goes to her bedroom at 7/7.30-ish. My 6 year old DS and 4 year old DS go to their beds at 7 (they're together in the same bedroom). We do ds1's home reader, read 1-2 stories and lights out by no later than 8 (usually about 7.40 though). DS1 wakes between 6am and 7.30, depending on how quiet I can keep DS2. DS2 wakes at 5am.

DD reads her own book/draws/potters about in her room until I get to her. Then we do her home reader, chat a little and her lights out time is about 8.30 pm. DD wakes at about 6.30/7am normally, though this also depends how quiet I can keep DS2.

It's easier for them all to be in bed at the same time and it is just the routine we have been in since forever! If only DS2 would slepp later than 5am, and we would be all good!