FT Working Moms and Bedtime

[zumbamama]

What time do you get home and what time do you put your DCs to bed?

[Anonymous]

We get home between 7 and 7:15 and rush to get our 18-month old to bed between 8 and 8:30. Trying to figure out a way to get home earlier!

[Anonymous]

Get home at 6:30pm - they're usually in bed by 8, no later than 8:15pm.

[zumbamama]

Never seems to be enough time in the day, huh? How much time do you spend together in the morning?

[Anonymous]

We get home around 6:30 and our 13 month old is in bed no later than 9:30pm. We get up around 7am and we spejnd about an hour getting ready.

[Anonymous]

zumbamama wrote:Never seems to be enough time in the day, huh? How much time do you spend together in the morning?

I'm a working Mom and I'm not sure how to take this comment. Are you trying to point out that working Mom's don't spend enough time with their children? I'm not sure you are trying to cause trouble, but it sort of seems like you are.

[zumbamama]

huh? not trying to start trouble. I am a working mom I just feel there is never enough time in the day to do everything I want to do. I wish I had more time with my kids is all. Not trying to put anyone down...definitely not my style.

[Anonymous]

We get home at 5:30-6:00 and the kids are in bed at 7:00-7:30. I only have a short time with them in the morning, on the mornings that I actually see them. DH gets them ready and takes them to daycare.

[Anonymous]

Get home at 6pm, DH by 6:30. 1 year-old in bed by 7pm, 4 year-old in bed by 8pm.

[Anonymous]

When I was a working mom, I got home around 7 and my child (then 2.5 and under) went to bed around 830. He often would sleep until 8 in the a.m. so I did not see him (sadly) often in the a.m. I know how hard it is to do it all- and to want to spend time with them in the evening. As a SAHM, I can't wait until bedtime and both of my children are in bed by 730ish. Sad for my husband, but I am done by that hour. . . nothing is perfect. Don't beat your self up whatever you decide to do per bedtime, but watch your child's behavior issues and see if he/she may need more sleep (ours did and I didn't clue into it until he was 3).

[Anonymous]

I get home at 5. Our 18 month old baby is in bed generally by 8.

[Anonymous]

Mine are early risers - usually 6am. DH and I take turns getting up early - we're out the door at 8am. They're both in daycare at my office so I get to go see my baby at lunch and my 3 year old after her nap, around 3pm. I love having them here and seeing them during the day - makes this whole working mom thing a little easier to bear.

[Anonymous]

I get home about 6:15 and he's asleep by 9. I work PT though and it doesn't matter whether I'm working or not, it seems as though the time between 6-8 are really LONG. Everyone's tired, hungry, etc. Mornings are much more fun for us.

[Anonymous]

I go into work early. DS wakes up around 7:30. DH plays, feeds, and gets him ready and has him at DC between 9-9:30.

I pick DS up between 3:30-4:30 and get him home with me between 3:45-4:45. I feed him dinner and play and DS is in bed between 7:30-8. I feel like we have struck a great balance. I could not imagine not tag-teaming with DH and each having our quality time with DS, working FT, and minimizing his time at DC. I could not handle 7 to 7. or even 8-6, that would be way too overwhelming and would make me terribly sad.

DS is 2 BTW. Bedtime was 6pm when he was under 12mos old. I'm glad he stays up later now, we get so much more time now.

[Anonymous]

We get home between 5:30-6pm and five-month-old DS goes down at 7, sometimes 7:30 if he's had a late afternoon nap with the nanny. It feels like a race when we come through the door to get everything done that needs doing, but he really needs that early bedtime. We do get a couple of hours in the morning because he's typically up around 6, and we don't leave for work until just before 9.