what time do your child goes to bed?
musicmom posted on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 12:08
What time do your kids go to sleep. We have been very strict on TV. But because of that they only find time to watch TV at night. This also helps in making them eat fast. The negative effect of this has been on their sleep. They usually do not sleep before 11:30pm. Is that normal for children these days? I remember that I used to goto be bed never later than 9:30pm. And I think I was not alone in our times.
Looking forward to hear from you all.
i know what you mean. it has been the same at our home as well. but in our case we are responsible. we do not go to bed before midnight. now in such scenario it is difficult to imagine kids to go to bed when they know that their parents are watching tv.
one solution to this can be to have dinner together with your kid and then goto bed at the same time. Wait for him to sleep. Once he is asleep then you can come out and do all that you want.
I put to bed before 10pm. Most of the days it is 9:30pm. Even I was surprised to know that little children are awake until midnight. I think they need more sleep for their normal development. Sleeping at midnight will deprive them of minimum sleep that they need.
I really like sepp's idea if you cannot get to bed by that time yourself and your child does not want to go to bed until everyone else at home has gone to bed.
while i put him to bed before 10. I doubt if he ever sleeps before 11
one solution to this can be to have dinner together with your kid and then goto bed at the same time. Wait for him to sleep. Once he is asleep then you can come out and do all that you want.
This is exactly what we do. I go to bed along with him and put him to sleep and then I come out of room. In face I have my dinner only after he sleeps. This is the only meal I have while relaxing and watching TV. otherwise most of the time, I am in rush to see what he has been upto. And in the process I have rush through my meal as well.
I put my 4 years old to bed at 9 pm on weekdays while there is some freedom on Friday and Saturday as he does not have to go to school the next day.
My daughter goes to bed along with me. Though I have been trying to put her to bed but till now have not been successful.
My daughter would sleep at 9 if I goto bed at that time while she would sleep as late as midnight if I get on bed at that time.
My son goes to bed with us. He watches his favorite show Mr Maker while having his dinner from 9.00 to 9.30. We try to finish our dinner by 10.00 to join him. I am working towards changing this time from 10.00 to 9.30. Next year when he goes to big school, it will help.
I put both my kids on bed at 9:30pm after that it depends on whether they had an afternoon nap or not. If yes they sleep within 15 mins otherwise it may take hours.
For us day starts early so we goto bed by 10pm and our son also sleeps at the same time.
same here. i put him to bed at 9. and most of the days he sleeps within 10 minutes.