Help with after work routine

[Anonymous]

critty111 wrote:I have a 4 year old and a 16 month old. Our schedule is:

5:15 Home
5:15-6:00 - they watch TV while we cook dinner (well 4 year old watches while 16 month old runs around being crazy)
6:00 Dinner
6:20ish - dinner is over and we go up to play with toys
6:45 - start bath for LO
7 - 4 year old joins if bathing
7-diaper, jammies, book and nurse the LO - lights out 730
While doing the above - 4 year old is in his room coloring/reading/playing quiet games
7:30-8 books with 4 year old
8 lights out (I rub his back and chat with him until 8:15 and leave) He usually is asleep within 10 mins

This is very similar to our schedule with a 12 month old and 4 year old, except 4 year old only gets one 20-25 minute show instead of 2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too late of a bedtime, and too much TV are making them cranky. 9:30 is so so late for that age. It doesn't matter if it's light out and they can sleep in. It's creating bad habits for your whole family.

10 pm is very typical in Asian cultures. OP- don't ask for ask for advice if you will stick with this bedtime because they will eat you alive here.