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hunnybunnysmama (17.6 days ago)
Now that you`ve mentioned that you were speaking of school aged children your poll makes more sense....I was a little dismayed by your shock but I have a 2 year old and I am a SAHM... as stated before, she goes to bed late and still gets 12 hours of sleep plus a 2 1/2 hr nap.
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mumbo (17.6 days ago)
And to clarify my original comment what got this whole slanging match started, I feel, particularly on this site, that as a parent, there is always someone who lets you know that whatever you do is wrong. You`re damned if you do and you`re damned if you don`t! That was my intention from my original comment to try to stop this vicious cycle!!
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mumbo (17.6 days ago)
No I called myself a BITCH because I know I turn into a bitch when I don`t get enough sleep! So you`re off the hook - I admit it! I`M A BITCH righ now!!!!!!!!!!
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hunnybunnysmama (17.6 days ago)
I put my daughter to bed around 8:30 or 9 but she sleeps in til 8:30 or 9 too. Her dad would only get to spend like 30 - 60 minutes a day with her if I put her to bed earlier. If we were forced to get up at 6 or 7 - because I worked or she were in school - she would go to bed at 6 or 7. Different schedules work for different people.
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ladobruk (17.6 days ago)
8:00? That is not late! My 18 mths old goes to sleep between 7:30/8:00, she still gets 11-12 hrs sleep at night plus a 2-3 hr nap a day. We are just finishing dinner at 5:30/6:00 in this house. I wouldn’t want to put her straight to bed after dinner. We like having some time with her in the evening and were happy when she was able to stay awake past 7.
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MTNWOMAN (17.6 days ago)
I took it to be quite judgemental. Hence my last sentence in my reply. Try reading it from the point of view of someone who does NOT put their child to bed at 7-7:30. You make them sound inferior to you and your routine. You may not of intended that to happen, but that is how it reads to people who do it differently than you. Just to help you understand where some of us may be coming from...
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mumbo (17.6 days ago)
Maybe the fact that my baby ISN`T sleeping, and my lack of sleep as a result makes me a bitch on my soapbox, but when I see a judgmental comment `I`m shocked to read some of you put your LOs to bed at 8 and 9pm (one or two later)..` gets me fired up, but if you`d like to come to my house and settle my son at 7pm when he`s completely wired, then be my guest!!!! Or maybe you should just wait until the separation anxiety/teething phase really kicks into gear before posting polls like this!!!!!!!!!
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mumbo (17.6 days ago)
Settle petal!!!
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faith-star-x (17.6 days ago)
i my 13month old goes to bed at 7pm and wakes between 7-7:30am even my oldest three which are 6,8 and 10 are all in bed by 8pm on a school night, it is great to have my evenings doing what needs to be done, wether cleaning/relaxing or being with my fiance, i cant do the things i need with my kids around, plus they get cranky if they dont get enough sleep, i am a sahm so i do get to spend more time with then than a working parent, so i wouldnt judge those who had a later bed time , so they could see their kids, its each to their own and whatever works best
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mumbo (17.6 days ago)
Also, I don`t really think it`s the place to start judging others about bedtimes, you get judged if you CIO, you get judged if you co-sleep, now it seems you get judged by what time your little one goes to bed! We all have different sleep patterns, who cares if a baby sleeps from 8-8 or 6-6, or whatever it is. So long as they sleep and you`re getting to sleep, is it worth getting fired up over what people you don`t even personally know do?
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mommiekayla (17.6 days ago)
Oh don`t be shocked, my kids go to sleep around 8:30pm and sleep in until atleast 8am. Plus, my 22 month old has a 2 hour nap during the day. So, they still get 12 hours of sleep even though they don`t bed down early.
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MTNWOMAN (17.6 days ago)
I don`t get to pick my little man up from Day Care until 6pm. then its another 15 minute drive home. Then I make dinner and by the time that is all done and we`ve had some together time its around 8 pm. Then its bath time and he doesn`t get to bed until 8:30-9. If we put him to bed earlier we would never see him! I wake him up at 8 in the morning and put him straight in the car to take him to day care. I think it is WAY more important to have quality time with him as much as possible rather than insisting he gets to bed by 7:30. Everyone`s life and schedule are differnt though. If I was a stay at home mom and Riley got to spend a couple of hours with his dad when he got home from work then off to bed at 7:30, that would work. But for us both being working parents, it doesn`t. Being "shocked" is quite rude towards people who don't have the same life as you.
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brooklyn143 (17.6 days ago)
Well i have friends who are SAHM`s and they are alot more flexible w/bed times just cuz they can afford to not have as much sleep the next day or are able to take naps w/their LO`s... i have to get up early in the morning and go to work, i put my LO down from 8pm-8:30 and i wake up and am able to get ready before she wakes and she wakes up at about 7am-ish so then i have time to get her ready...yeah and if guess you schedule what works for your home as well...but when i 1st had her i would sometimes keep her up late til 9:30 ish cuz i missed her while i was at work i use to cry cuz i wasnt home w/her all day.... but i dont know how ppl let them stay up well past 9pm, i cant gaurentee i wont be tired by 10pm and they arent ready to go to bed, Ohhhh no!.
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mumbo (17.6 days ago)
My 8 1/2 son went to bed at 9:30 last night but not for a lack of trying, I give him a bath between 6:30-7pm every single night and a bottle straight after but he would NOT go to sleep! Ideally he would go to sleep at 7pm but it`s very difficult when they`re amped up and just will not settle, and also it`s still very light at the moment and only getting lighter so I`m not only fighting my son but the sun!!! I am having a very difficult time with my son right now, this past month or two have been the most challenging by far since he was born.
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~2nd TyMe Mom~ (17.7 days ago)
MY 5 YEAR OLD GOES TO BED EVERYWEEKDAY NIGHT AT 9 HE HAS HAVE HIS ROOM CLEAN AND TOOKEN A BATH BY THIS TIME I GTE HIM UP AT 625 EVERY MORNING WHEN I GET READY FOR WORK ON THE WEEKENDS I LET HIM SLEEP IN AND HE STILL GOES TO BED AT NINE......I DONT GET OFF TILL 5 I COULDNT POSSIBLY PUT HIM IB BED AT 7 I WOULDNT HAVE ENOUGH TIME WITH HIM..
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Amalthea (17.7 days ago)
My son sleeps from 845pm to almost 9am and sometimes til 930am... i never understood the super ealry bedtime ... would never work in my house..my hubby doesnt get home til 730pm... he spends an hour with our son, then bed,,,then we get our time..and from about 9pm to 11pm we spend together... i dont think my sons beditme is too late... but to each their own..and not all kids sleep 12 hours...
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MaddoxAndAverysMama (17.7 days ago)
oh please PLEASE tell my kid he needs 12 hours of sleep! we put him to bed around 7-730he`s 10mo old and sleeps 5ish hours the first leg of the night, sometimes stays up for a couple of hours before he goes back to sleep... I would LOVE it if he slept for 12 hours straight!
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Mommy2Chloe (17.7 days ago)
My 10 month old goes to bed about 7:30 and wakes between 6 and 7. Sometimes she`ll stay up until after 8 but seems to still wake at the same time.
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Sarah - Hopeful for 2010 baby (17.7 days ago)
Liam is 9 months old and goes to sleep at 7pm and wakes up at around 8am. I am with you completely on this. I don`t think I could function properly if I didn`t have some adult time when he went to bed.
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5against1 (17.7 days ago)
Well, if your kids start playing sports, they will have late games. My kids all started playing sports at about age 5. And Im not sure if it was when they were that young, but I am sure that by age 7, they had games on weeknights that didnt start til 7pm, then it would last 1.5hrs, then getting home and showered and into bed. My oldest, who is 15, has basketball games that have STARTED at 9pm.
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brendalee (17.7 days ago)
Mine goes to bed between 6:30 and 8....whenever she gets tired. You have to remember some babies won`t sleep that early, no one can control when their baby goes to sleep. Sometimes mine doesn`t go to bed til 9 or 10...but she always sleeps in til 8 or 9, sometimes 10 so it`s not a big deal.
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mdbabyno1 (17.7 days ago)
Oh, and she wakes up about 6:30/7am
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Lou-Li (17.7 days ago)
I agree with you entirely; I am ALL FOR early bedtimes for kids!! My twins are 18 months, and I put them to bed at 7 or half 7. Sometimes it ends up being 8 but only if they had a late nap in the day or something like that. I had a tough time settling them tonight; that`s why I put up my previous poll. It made me think about bedtimes and how other people get on settling their toddlers, and what time they put them down etc! PS Definitely adults need their alone time in the evening; I don't know where me and my fiancé would be without our evenings alone together, to chill out and eat dinner together, without two toddlers climbing on the dinner table and offering us bits of fluff off the floor...
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NeverPreggers (17.7 days ago)
Ever since I can remember my bedtime was 8pm when I was a kid even in high school until I started working at 16 years old.
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mdbabyno1 (17.7 days ago)
I am COMPLETELY with you on this!!! My 16 month old goes to bed at 6:30(originally her bed time was 7pm but was waking up super early. I heard to put them to bed earlier and they sleep longer so I tried it and it works!). She gets a great nights rest, what she needs, and we get to eat dinner peacefully and enjoy our time. Some night it might be me doing laundry and he is working on something else but it is time we need to get things done and relax.
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