How many hours of sleep for an 8 year old?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours needs a full 12 hours. Peds say that's high end of the normal range

At 8!!!!? JFC you literally parent 2-3 hours less per day compared to most kids. I cant imagine what it was like when your kid was an infant.

OP- same problem here. Won't fall asleep before 9pm no matter how much exercise, lack of screentime, etc. but needs to be up by 730 for school to have a sufficient breakfast, etc. School drop off starts at 815.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours needs a full 12 hours. Peds say that's high end of the normal range

At 8!!!!? JFC you literally parent 2-3 hours less per day compared to most kids. I cant imagine what it was like when your kid was an infant.

OP- same problem here. Won't fall asleep before 9pm no matter how much exercise, lack of screentime, etc. but needs to be up by 730 for school to have a sufficient breakfast, etc. School drop off starts at 815.

Weird thing to get worked up about. Not really 2 to 3 more hours a day since you said yours is getting 10.5 hours of sleep so thats at most 1.5 hours difference...

The jump from 10.5 to 12 isnt that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 8 year old we try to have lights off at 8 and she is usually actually asleep by 8:30. She wakes up on her own usually around 7:30ish so gets about 11 hrs of sleep typically.

It obviously varies by kid but it seems like your DD isn’t getting enough sleep for her right now. Try having her go to bed earlier consistently and see if eventually shes able to fall asleep earlier. It might take awhile if it works at all but many ppl can in fact train their body to fall asleep earlier if they stick to a consistently earlier bedtime routine.

And no screens and no eating or drinking in the hour before bed.

I have a 7yo on a similar schedule. He's really tired if he gets up a little later or wakes up earlier.

[Anonymous]

We started going to 9pm bedtimes a few months after he turned 8, since many of his peers stay up even later, but he started getting cranky and sassy and I had to wake him in the mornings. We went back to 8-8:30 and now that it’s a sport and bike intensive part of the year we shoot for 7:30 in bed (with reading allowed). No hard lights out time, but I try to peek in around 8 to see if he’s turned the lights off. Wake up is 7am and he gets up himself without an alarm.

[Anonymous]

7-10 hours, just depends.

[Anonymous]

11 hrs/night for my two at that age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7-10 hours, just depends.

This is incorrect. 9 to 12 is the healthy range.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7-10 hours, just depends.

This is incorrect. 9 to 12 is the healthy range.

That is incorrect.
There is no "healthy range" other than what is needed per the individual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7-10 hours, just depends.

This is incorrect. 9 to 12 is the healthy range.

That is incorrect.
There is no "healthy range" other than what is needed per the individual.

According to our pediatrician it is in fact 9 to 12, and where they fall in that range depends on the individual kid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7-10 hours, just depends.

This is incorrect. 9 to 12 is the healthy range.

That is incorrect.
There is no "healthy range" other than what is needed per the individual.

According to our pediatrician it is in fact 9 to 12, and where they fall in that range depends on the individual kid

Well if you worship at that alter, then there's no reaching you with any discussion of facts. YDY I don't care.

[Anonymous]

I do not give my kid melatonin regularly BUT there is kids low dose melatonin at CVS and it can be useful for adjusting schedules, like getting back into a routine at the end of summer. I might try giving a melatonin at 8 or 8:30 one night and keeping the same wake up and then try keeping that 8 or 8:30 lights out time.

[Anonymous]

A well rested child wakes up on their own. If they are being woken up (by alarm or parent) they aren’t getting enough sleep.