What time do your kids go to bed and wake up?

Now that everyone's been back in school for awhile, let's share some data points.

What time does your child go to bed?

What time does your child wake up? (If your child wakes up in the middle of the night, include that, too.)

Does your child still nap?

How old is your child?

What time do you need to leave the house in the morning?

Anything else of note? (Where your child sleeps, any special routine you must follow or sleep all falls apart, etc.)

 

I'll start:

My children are 10.5 and almost 7.5. Both go to bed on school nights at 9:30.

The older one wakes up around 7:15 (but has never needed as much sleep as other people at any given age, and was a classic tension increaser who was either awake or asleep, no "drowsy but awake" for him). No naps. Sleeps in his own bed at my house. If he wakes up in the middle of the night I have no idea.

The younger one wakes up around 8. No naps. Always wakes up in my bed at my house, and his dad reports that he likes to sleep under his bed at his dad's house. I have no idea if he wakes up in the middle of the night, except for one night last week when he woke up crying about being "so hungry" so I told him to go get some cereal and in the morning I found a box of Cheerios in the bathroom.

They leave the house at 8:42 am.

 

Now you.

Comments

[Annie @ PhD in Parenting]

My kids are 5 and 8. We aim to have them in bed by 8:00pm and lights out usually by 8:30pm at the latest. I wake them up at 6:45am to get ready for school. Accounting for a bit of time to fall asleep, they are probably getting around 10 hours of sleep per night.

[kimu]

I have a 2.5yo. He goes to bed between 8:30-9:30pm and wakes up between 6-6:30am. Nap at preschool from 12:30-2:30pm, notsomuch with napping on weekends or other days that he is home with us. We leave the house on weekdays at 7:45am. He sleeps in our bed most nights.

[Anita Blanchard]

8 year old goes to bed between 8:30 and 9, wakes up at 6:30.
3 year old twins go to bed around 8:30 and get up at 7. But they go to sleep sometimes when they go to bed or much later depending on how well their naps went: good naps, later real bedtime.

[SusanM]

7th grader: asleep normally by 10, up at 7. Lately has been having difficulty sleeping and so sometime is awake to past 11:00 or even 11:30. It does not seem to have an effect on her.

[pennifer]

My son will be 5 in November. He goes to sleep about 7:30 and wakes up between 5:30 and 6:15, usually closer to the early end. He doesn't nap. We leave the house at 7:30. He's pretty flexible about sleep, although at home, he falls asleep listening to a story or two on the CD player. That's been immensely helpful in helping him to relax enough to drop off to sleep.

[Tara]

I have a 16 month old. She goes to bed around 7:30pm and frequently wakes one or two times before 9:30pm. Sometimes falls back to sleep on her own, usually needs a quick visit to replace nook or pat back, etc. During the week I wake her up at 7am, on the weekends she wakes up closer to 8am. We are currently transitioning from 2 to 1 naps, at day care she is taking 1 nap for about 1 1/2 hours, at home she takes two 1 hour naps or one 2 hour plus nap. She sleeps in her crib in her room and is always put in her crib awake. She only gets nooks when in her crib and has a blanky too.

[Erica]

18 month old - goes to bed between 6:30-7pm, wakes up between 6-6:30am. Only wakes up if she pooped, or if she's teething. We leave the house at 7ish. She naps at daycare from 12:40 to 2:45, at home on weekends from about 12 to 1:30 or 2.

[Amanda]

My daughter is two. We start her bedtime between 6:30-7:30 depending on how the day went, and she's usually asleep by about 8. She wakes up on her own around 7-7:30. She mostly sleeps straight through but will occasionally wake up in the night and need a pat on the back, usually about 2-3 times a month.

I work from home and she goes to day care M-W-F, so on those days we leave the house after breakfast, usually around 8. She naps from 12:30-3 at home, and something like 1-2:30 at day care. We go through the occasional nap strike and it's not terribly unusual for her to refuse to nap at all, in which case she is invariably an overtired cranky mess by about 5:30.

Sleep has always been our biggest struggle with this kid, so I am thrilled that she's doing so well now. During the hellacious sleep regressions when she was a baby, I never thought this day would come!

[Kate]

I have a son who will be four next month. He goes to bed at 8pm, he's probably asleep between 8:30-9pm. He wakes up between 7:30-8am. Three or four times a week, he wakes up enough to scream my name around 5am, but if ignored he will either go back to sleep or come climb into our bed and go back to sleep. He has just given up his nap, which has significantly improved bedtime. He still requires someone laying down with him until he's asleep, but we are finally seeing some hope of weaning him of that. We leave the house at 8:50am.

[chris]

I have a 9 yr old and a 6 yr old. 9 yr old has lights out at 8:30 and wakes up at 6:30, no nap. She always sleeps in her own bed and usually gets up to use the bathroom at night.

6 yr old has lights out by 7:30 and wakes up around 7, no nap. He sleeps in his own bed all night and does not get up at night unless he has had a bad dream.

We leave at 7:50 to take the older one to the bus in the morning.

[Catherine]

3.5 YO. Goes to bed around 9-9:30, wakes up between 7:30 and 8, still takes a long nap - 2 hours at day care and up to three hours on the weekend. This all used to happen much earlier until she gave up her pacifier just before she turned three; we're working on trying to move it to 8:30-7, at least, because wow are we getting a late start to the day.

[Cat]

My kids are 5 and 2. They share a room and lights out are between 7:30 and 8, starting baths and bedtime routine at 6:30. They both have to get up by 6:30 a.m. in order to get the kindergartener to school on time. Little one is and has always been an early riser, so he's usually up by six, sometimes 5. That's on a regular "good" night.

We are still having issues with middle of the night wakings with the two-year-old, which I suspect are do to a combination of his needing more activity during the day and the difficulty of getting a regular nap for him during the day that fits in with his sister's schedule.

Ideally, I'd be able to get him a lot of exercise in the morning, a solid two to-three-hour nap in the early afternoon and then have a bedtime for him about eight or so. That worked for his sister when she was his age. But, she no longer naps and she needs every bit of her night sleep. I frequently have to wake her up in the morning. They like sharing a room. His waking doesn't wake her up. And moving him to his own room with a later bedtime isn't really feasible. So...dunno. Going to try to up his activity level this fall and see if that helps with the wakings before trying to re-jigger nap and bedtimes.

I am grateful that the five-year-old, unless ill, sleeps like a rock. She didn't at his age and I am hoping that his wakefulness is just one more thing we have to wait out...

Sorry. Probably more than you wanted to know...

[Ck]

4 year old goes to sleep in his own bed around 8:00 (takes about a half hour for him to fall asleep), wakes at some point and comes into my bed. Gets up for the day typically between 7 and 7:30. We have to leave the house on school days by 9. No naps since right before he turned three.

15 month old goes to sleep at about 7. He was waking once a night around 4 or 5am and then sleeping until 7:30 or 8. Last two nights he has slept through (whoo hoo!) but then gets up at 6:30 (not so whoo hoo). He sleeps in his crib for the night. He either takes two naps, one about two hours in the am and another short nap of an hr to an hour and half in the afternoon ( I typically wake him by 4:30 in order to keep the bedtime schedule) krone longer nap midday.

[Cat]

Sorry. Should have clarified above that my little guy doesn't always wake up at night, but he frequently does. If he wakes, it's often between three and four and he goes back to sleep easily, but then wants to sleep too late.

[Jenn S]

My kids are almost 18 months and 6 1/2 years. Baby goes to bed at 6:30pm and is up around 6:00am and then goes down for a nap around 8:30am if we're in the house. Big girl goes to bed around 7:30pm and is up by 6:40am.

[laura]

I have two six year olds. We aim for in bed by 8 on school nights. Up at 6:55 or 7:00 (I wake my daughter but son is often up already, playing Legos). Leave the house at 7:50.

[Anon]

6 y.o. girl goes to bed by 8:30, asleep by 9:30, up at 7:30, out the door at 8:20, no nap

3 y.o. girl goes to bed by 8:00, usually asleep right away, gets up a lot during the night (currently having bad dreams/night terrors/just needs a hug/whatever), up around 7, naps about an hour on weekdays.

At this time neither sleeps with us though they both used to

[Jennifer]

10 yr old and 4 yr old. Older one in bed, lights out by 8:30. I'm aiming to move that back to 8:15 because she's still complaining of being tired in the morning. She has to get up at 6:30 am this year--her school shifted 15 minutes earlier than last year--so bus comes at 7:45 am. I'm pretty sure her peers go to bed closer to 9 pm, but she needs more sleep than that. We've always had a strict, early-ish bedtime for her, because she does not sleep in, no matter how late she is up the night before. On weekends, she's still up at 7 am. Whenever we let her stay up late, we all regret it the next day when grumpy-pants emerges. When she went to a sleepover this summer, it took her 2-3 days to recover.

4-yr-old goes to sleep anywhere between 8 and 8:30. On school days, I wake her around 6:45 or 7 am if I need to, but I rarely need to. She's up as soon as she hears people moving around. No nap for her since age 3, unless she falls asleep in the car. Time spent sleeping during the day translates almost minute for minute to a later falling asleep time.

[Tara]

I've got two kids, 4 and 1.

The baby goes to bed between 7pm and 7:30pm, and she wakes up on her own at around 7am (we usually need to wake her a bit earlier to make it out of the house on time). She goes down so easily, it's a miracle! No night waking either, unless she's sick.

The 4 year old goes to bed between 8pm and 8:30pm most nights (sometimes it creeps toward 9pm because he resists it). He wakes up anywhere between 5am (HELP ME) and 7:00am. Once he is up, he's UP - there's no getting him back to sleep if he wakes up after 5am.

In our house, 7:00am definitely counts as "sleeping in."

[Susan]

My LO is 3.5. He goes to bed between 8-8:30 currently, though it should be 7:30-8. He is the very best bedtime staller in the world, and currently stalls by seeking trouble and finding it. During the night, he either wakes once to use the restroom or doesn't wake but has a wet pull-up in the morning. His little bladder isn't ready for overnight, it seems.

He rarely naps at daycare, a trend that started shortly after he turned 2. On weekends, I can usually coax a nap out of him at least one day, but that involves a process that takes longer than his actual nap. If I thought he was okay without the nap, I'd just give up trying, but he really needs it. His behavior with and without a nap is remarkably different.

[Melissa]

My daughter is 2.5. If she isn't asleep by 8:30, she is standing at her crib chanting "Put me in the crib!" over and over. She generally wakes around 8:30 am, but sleeps as late as 10 am if I let her. I necer sign her up for activities that start before 10 am. She generally naps 2-3 hours a day (1-3 or 4), but takes no nap if she sleeps until 10. She is generally a complete wreck unless I let her sleep until she is ready to get up. Crying, general pokiness, irritable. Since she was 9.5 weeks old, she has slept 12+ hours a night. She has woken in the night less than 5 times on the years since, always due to illness.

She is VERY serious about her sleep. 1.5 days a week, she is at my mom and dad's while I work. I wake her at 6 am. She will NOT sleep at my mom's house and won't fall asleep earlier those days either. She is a wreck until my husband picks her up the second day and let's get have a 3-4 hour nap.

I wrote long ago about being concerned about a the sleep she gets. I'm not worried anymore. This is what she needs. When she is awake, she is active, cheerful, and talkative. She just needs her sleep.

[Chepkirui]

Our daughter just turned 3. She goes to sleep between 9 and 9:30. Wakes once or twice in the night, and usually just needs a pat; sometimes one of us (me or my husband) ends up lying next to her and falling asleep. She wakes around 5:30 or 6am and wants to nurse, and then nurses and dozes 'till 6:30 or 7. Naps at home at 1pm for 1 or 2 hours. We are just starting preschool three days a week. She hasn't yet napped there, but they do nap at 1:30. We leave the house around 8:30 or 8:45. So fascinating reading these; thank you!

[Tara]

An addition about naps...

The baby is not a big napper. 2 naps/day, no more than an hour each, somtimes just 30 minutes.

The 4 year old naps at school but almost never at home - which is awful, because I think he still needs a nap. Sometimes he will fall asleep on long car rides.

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My kids are 2.5 and 5.

Both are in bed by 8-8:30, but not asleep until 9-9:30 most days. We wake them at 7:30 and we leave the house at 8am. They both sleep with us.

The 2.5yo takes naps Monday-Friday at the sitter. She is an excellent napper there. At home, she takes a nap occasionally.

The 5yo naps at the sitter once in awhile, but is more likely to negotiate her way out of it (fine with me, b/c then she sleeps better at night). She attends pre-K 3 mornings a week.

I'm hoping for earlier bedtime next year when the oldest is in full day Kindergarten and her body needs more sleep.

I love these data point posts. :)

[creating balance]

I have just shy of 4 yr old and we have been ruled by sleep since he was born! My husband is so tired of talking about it and I'm obsessed with it, mostly because the nights rule the days and I spend the days with him:)
He is in the process of giving up the nap, so if he gets up before 7 he needs a nap around 1:30 or 2 for 90 minutes then he'll go to sleep around 9, 9:30. If its not a nap day then bedtime is at 7 and usually he'll sleep till 6:30 on his own and either is up for the day or crawls into bed for another hour with me! I LOVE no nap days as I have time in the evenings with my husband or be productive, nap days are hard because it takes him so much longer to fall asleep and we got into the habit of laying with him this Summer while traveling.
He has always been a night waker but its been better since weaning him last spring, but still at least 2X a week I'll have to go in and settle him usually a 5 minute affair.

He goes to preschool 4 mornings a week and we are out the door by 8:15

[MrsHaley]

5.5 y/o kindergartener in bed by 7pm, reads or plays until 7:45ish. 4 y/o also in bed by 7pm. Asleep by 7:15 if someone sits it's him until he falls asleep. Out by 7:45ish if left to his own devices. I have to work at 7:30 (at home, online) so the bedtime is ironclad. 5 y/o up by 7am, but under instructions to stay in bed until 7:30. 4y/o up at 5ish to climb into daddy's warm spot in our bed, then up for good at 7:30 - 8ish. I get up at 7. We're out of the house by 8:20. The 4 y/o will nap in the car on the way to kindergarten pickup at 3pm. Kindergartener gets rest time at school 1:30-2pm, but says she doesn't fall asleep.

[Ann Z]

Younger daughter turns 2 in less than a month. Bedtime is 7 pm, she's usually asleep by 7:45. She usually sleeps through the night (though not last night), and wakes up sometime between 5 and 6 am. We snuggle/snooze in my bed until 6:20 am. She and I leave for daycare at 7:20 am. She naps once a day.

Older daughter turns 6 in less than a month. She just started kindergarten and has been completely wiped out and overtired the past few weeks. Bedtime just got pushed earlier to 7:45 pm with lights out at 8:15. She usually wakes up at 6 am with no alarm. Bus picks her up at 7:06 am. She no longer naps, and rarely sleeps in on weekends, which has added to her crankiness. We just started a token system, where she earns tokens by sleeping in or doing quiet time/naps on weekends, and those tokens can be redeemed for pushing bedtime back 20-30 minutes on non-school nights.

[Alexicographer]

Starting kindergarten recently has shifted our schedule, mostly for the better.

We (now) start bedtime routine around 8 and DS is into his bedroom by 9. He might go to sleep straightaway or might play for up to an hour (mostly peacefully) and climb into bed around 10. Once out he tends (touch wood) to sleep like a log, though there are occasionally (almost always phenomenally brief) wakings around 3 a.m. I wake him ~6:45 and we leave the house ~7:15 to walk to kindergarten and get there about 7:30 (admittance is 7:30-7:50, after that you are tardy). He wakes groggy and honestly I treat him approximately 50% like a sack-of-potatoes to get him ready (he sleeps in his clothes, by his own choice, and we will put on the night before what he needs for the next day; I'll e.g. put his shoes on him while he eats breakfast just to get us out the door).

Unfortunately, the early wakings (forced on him on weekdays) are rolling over to weekends. He climbed into our bed at 6:57 on Saturday ... ironic, as he doesn't wake that readily on school days!

He pretty much gets enough sleep, and if he doesn't, will take himself for a nap (though he rarely naps, usually). We try either to prevent these (and aim for an earlier bedtime) or to keep them short, as once out he will sleep for 2 hours and then be up until midnight and be miserable the next day.

The earlier sunsets are a useful thing for us, as he can't yet tell time and approximately associates "time for bedtime routine" with "dark." Right now, "dark" for us is about 8 p.m.

[Moxie]

What's "LO"? Love Object?

[Tine]

My son is 9 and my daughter is 6. They both go to bed around 8:30. They sleep in their own beds in their own rooms, both of which are upstairs. Hubby and I sleep downstairs. They rarely wake during the night--only for the occasional pee-mergency, illness, or nightmare. They wake up around 6:00. We need to leave the house by 7:10 a.m. They don't nap. We do have a consistent bedtime routine, but sleep doesn't fall apart if the routine gets messed up for some reason.

[Moxie]

Little One! That's it, right?

[Stacy]

6.75 year old boy in first grade. Wakes up between 6-6:30 no matter how late he went to bed the night before.

In bed around 8:30-8:45 most nights after a routine that begins at 7-7:30 consisting of bathroom, shower (some nights), teeth, reading 3 books, and lots of dilly-dallying and nagging. DH and I take turns cuddling with him in bed for 15 minutes or so before we leave. Sometimes he falls asleep right away but not every night.

Sleeps through the night but now and then wets the bed or now, sometimes he'll get up and go to the bathroom (hooray!).

No naps, but will fall asleep on long car rides.

School bus comes at 7:50. I leave for work at 7:20, so DH waits for the bus with him and leaves for work afterwards.

The only thing that can derail the routine is if for time or behavioral issues, we reduce the amount of books. Then, we'll get a tantrum and the night pretty much blows apart.

[Sheila]

My girls are 3.5 and 6. I aim to get the younger one in bed and lights out by 7:30, the older by 8:00 but it doesn't always work out that way.

It changes from time to time, but currently the youngest gets up at 6:30, give or take, the oldest often has to be dragged out of bed after 7 (and she's as grouchy as a bear - I think the transition to grade 1 has been rough). They each wake me up in the middle of the night at least once a week, but in most cases the problem is easily solved with a kiss and some reassurance.

They sleep in their own beds in their own rooms. On rare occasions the older one may be allowed into ours if she's not settling from a midnight waking and we're all too desperate for sleep, but the younger one is not a good bed-sharer. She's a very mobile sleeper, and if she is brought into our bed the novelty of it is far too stimulating and she just talks and fidgets.

The younger one still naps in general, but at her daycare the other kids can sometimes be too distracting and she won't settle. At home on the weekends she almost always does, from about 1:00 and ranging from 1 hour to 2.5.

I would prefer to be out the door by 7:30 or 7:45, but usually it's not until after 8. I've chosen to pick my battles. As long as the youngest gets to her daycare by the 8:15 snacktime (or Second Breakfast, as I call it) and the oldest gets to hers in time to catch the bus (before 8:40), it's all good.

[Luo Lin]

My son is 5y3m and just started week 4 of kindergarten. I wake him up at 6:30 (well, today was 6:40) and we leave the house around 7:25-7:35 to walk to school. The tardy bell rings at 7:45. In theory, it's a 10 minute walk. We were late twice the first week of kindergarten.

I am working on getting bedtime closer to 7:30pm, but 8:30 is more common and 9:30 is not unheard of. The late bedtime is usually if we take him out someplace with us and don't get home till 8 or 9.

That was ok when he could nap at day care, but there are no naps now. He does seem to need the 11 hours of sleep that I've seen listed for 5 year olds.

On weekends, we do an hour or so of quiet time, mainly so I can get a nap. He sometimes sleeps then, but usually plays or draws in his room (only pencils allowed since the time he drew an elaborate map on the wall of his room, which was pretty cool actually, but ....).

These days, he *usually* falls asleep soon after goodnight hugs and kisses. He sleeps through the night (or if he wakes up, gets himself back to sleep).

When I was growing up, I used to try easing myself back into a school schedule for bed/wake-up time. I was usually foiled by things beyond my control, like being at my father's house for the weekend, which meant getting to bed later for various reasons (mainly that he didn't know what to do with us once he had us for full days at a time, so we got a lot of movies, plays, concerts, etc.)

Now, I'm doing that to my son--the weekend after school started we took a trip to another time zone for a big family event. Then again, 2 days before school started, the PTA sponsored a back-to-school kickoff party, which was great but it was 6-8, as was back-to-school night last week.

Sorry I'm not sticking to providing data points--it all brings up parental guilt feelings that I'm dealing with.

[Amanda]

The oldest is nearly 6, in first grade. Goes to bed around 8:30 (closer to 9 if dad is in charge of bedtime) and wakes up around 7:30. No naps, sleeps in his own bed (shares room with middle), does not wake that I am aware of.

Middle is 2.5, trying to drop naps. Sleeps in his own bed (shares room with oldest) and wakes 1-2 nights a week. Asleep at 8:30, awake around 8am.

Youngest is 9 months. 2+ naps daily. Starts night in crib in his own room, bedtime 8:00. Wakes between 2am and 4am and is brought in to nurse/co-sleep until real wakeup between 6 and 7am.

We have a nanny who arrives at 8am. Oldest gets on the bus at 9am, so mornings are leisurely for the kids (less so for the working adults!).

[Kate]

7YO son (8 in December) goes to bed between 7:30 and 7:45, usually asleep by 8:15. He sometimes has trouble falling asleep, especially if I cut the snuggling too short ("too short" has different definitions on different days, so it's a bit of a moving target). He sleeps in his own bed, though he considers sleeping with a parent a special treat. No naps unless he's sick.

He generally awakens around 6:45 to go to the bathroom; if not, I wake him at 7:30 to get ready for school. We leave the house by 8:30 at the very latest (more often 8:15 or 8:20; 8:00 if we're walking) to get to school.

[BeccaV]

My 4 year old goes to bed between 8:30-9 (he prolongs going to bed as long as possible) and wakes up between 7-7:30am. He does wake at night occasionally, but usually just requires a tuck in and goes back to sleep. He goes to daycare 3 days a week and naps there for 1.5 hours. If we can get him to nap when he is home the other days we do, otherwise he is cranky in the evening.
Occasionally we have to wake him up in the morning if we have to leave to take him to daycare early.

[Therese]

7 year old in bed by 8:00, lights out at 8:30. Wakes up (or we wake him) at 6:45-7:00 am and leave the house at 7.30/45am.
Exact same as first commenter in fact.

[Courtney]

My 3YO goes to bed around 6:30, but generally falls asleep between 7:00-7:30 as it takes him a while to wind down. This is unless he hasn't napped that day, in which case he's in bed by 6:00 and usually asleep minutes later. He gets up between 6:00-6:30.

He definitely still *needs* to nap, although at this point he's averaging maybe one nap/week at daycare (he's still a reliable 2hr napper on the weekends). Like Susan's LO, his behavior with the nap is markedly different (i.e., pleasant) than without.

My husband takes J to daycare at 7:30, so we've got about an hour for him to get ready in the morning. Now idea what will happen to this schedule once the new baby comes in a few months.

As far as routines, he still sleeps in a sleep sack. He has two taggie blankets, and still uses a paci (only to fall sleep!). We also do white noise. He's still in a crib, as we're going to be moving fairly soon and with the new baby coming, we don't want to alter that part of the routine until absolutely necessary--probably a few months after the new baby is here. I think the paci will go then, too, as part of some "big boy" campaign that I haven't thought through yet.

[Claire]

I have a 5 yo and 2 yo. They both get up around 6:45 for school. We leave the house at 7:45, the 5 yo old likes to have some play or tv time in the morning. Bedtime for the 2 yo at 6 or earlier if she skips naps. 6:30 for the 5 yo, asleep by 7:30. So 11 hrs of sleep for the 5 yo, he sleeps in his own bed but sometimes dh goes in in the middle of the night and finishes the night in there. The 2 yo sleeps in our bed and wakes at least 1 x to nurse sometime more(all night!!). We aim for 12+ hrs for her between nap and night, preferably all at night. We are going to start transitioning her to her own bed soon.

[Goyt]

Ages: 5.5 and almost 3

Bedtime: 7:30 with lights out at 8 p.m.

Arrangement: Sleep in a room together, away from us

Awake: 3-year- old around 6 or 6:30. Comes to our room to hang out with us before we all get moving. 5-year-old stays in his bed until around 7.

Naps: at school only for 3 y.o.; no naps for 5 y.o.

Leave: We all carpool together. We leave by 7:20 if we're on time.

[Emily D]

My 11 year old who has always needed less sleep than most (tension increaser too) goes to bed at 9-9:30pm and usually wakes on his own by 6 or 6:30am. He's out the door by 7:50 for school.

My 9 year old daughter is a competitive figure skater, and practices early 3 school mornings a week. She has always needed more sleep, so she is in bed by 7:30/8pm every night. On skating mornings she is up at 4:30am, on ice by 5:30, and at school by 8am. Non-skating mornings she is up by 7.

Both sleep in their own beds/own rooms and no issues with sleep interruptions except in cases of illness or the occasional nightmare.

[kp]

6 y.o. boy, 2.75 y.o. boy.

Both in bed 7-7:30.

We wake up 6 y.o. around 10pm to pee. Little guy usually crawls in our bed around 3am.

Both up at 5:30 am. (it was ever so. no matter how late, they are up. I am a lark; I have borne larks. Ah well.)

Yes, both actually still nap. 6 y.o. just started kinder, so he's not getting his naps except on the weekend. 2.75 y.o. naps 1-3 hrs in the early afternoon.

We walk big brother to the bus at 7:50am, then back to the house and I'm out the door by 8:20-8:30.

[Kathy_B]

Obviously I don't have any current data points but here's what I remember:

Ages 3 - 7 (or so) bed at 7:30; never woke up during the night; we woke her around 6:00 a.m. or so to get her ready for daycare/school. Never was an easy riser.

Ages 8 - 12 bed around 9:00 - allowed to read in her bed if she wished. Up at 6:00 as above.

After age 12 - I have no idea when she actually went to bed; she was in charge of her own bed time, but all the way through high school, up at 6:00 to get ready. (Except for weekends when she got up whenever she darn well pleased!)

[Kathy_B]

Oops - before age 3 - I don't remember specifics, but she was sleeping through the night by 6 months or so.

[Kathy_B]

Sorry - one more oops - she gave up naps at about 18 months. Yeah- bummer for Mom!

[Bucky]

Mine are 8 and 10. They go to bed around 8:30, and the 8 year old reads until 9pm then falls asleep, the 10 year old reads until 9:30pm, but has a hard time falling asleep before 10 (we're working on it).

They both wake up at 7am. The 8 year old is full of energy and the 10 year old is not.

Breakfast at 8am, and they leave the house to walk the 1 mile to school at 8:30.

[Laura]

In bed by 8, lights out 830, both (4 & 7) asleep by 9. Wake on own 730. Generally no naps.

[Charisse]

Oh hai parents of tension increasers who need less sleep than most. My 8-year-old's bedtime is 10pm but it's rare that she's asleep at that point; usually closer to 10:30. She gets up at 8 on weekdays and needs to leave the house by 8:50 to take the public bus to school with me. School starts at 9:30. On weekends she shifts a little later - will sleep in until 9ish. Hasn't napped since she was weaned, at just before 2.

She adapts shockingly well to jetlag, which I think is a function of the low sleep need. Still likes a cuddle at bedtime but goes to sleep on her own and stays there except for the occasional nightmare or being sick or something.

[Lisa F.]

My tension increaser son turned 7 in July, 2nd grader. Gave up naps at 2.5.

We aim for a 7pm bedtime so we can read a lot together, but it's been 7:30, lights out at 8, and he's been having trouble falling asleep until 9ish. Seems tired at 8, but a lot going on w/transition back to school & playground/friendship stuff. Or maybe we could push his bedtime later.

His alarm goes off at 6:50, we aim to go out between 8/8:10.