What time do you put your Kindergartener to bed?

[Anonymous]

I have been letting mine stay up too late, and she is complaining about being sleepy in school. I looked on line, and they say that she should get 11-13 hours a night. Is that too much?

[Anonymous]

my little one was always a terrible sleeper, until she started full-day preK. Now she's in K, and she's down by 7.30 pm, up at 6.30 am.

[Anonymous]

In bed at 7:30 and allowed to read until 8. Up again at 7 a.m. FYI, they (twins) have been very tired anyhow since Kindergarten started as they adjust to the new schedule.

[Anonymous]

Between 7:30 and 8, and she is up around 6:30.

[Anonymous]

In bed at 7:30pm - sometimes I heard footsteps up there until about 8pm. Rises around 7:30pm.

[Anonymous]

Between 8 and 8:30. He usually falls asleep while we're reading to him. He has to get up at 6 to get ready for kindergarten. 10 hours is ideal for him. He usually sleeps 11+ hours when he goes to sleep at the end of the week.

[Anonymous]

In bed - story already read - by 8:00 - generally wakes up between 6:30 - 7:00.

[Anonymous]

Between 7 and 7:30.

[Anonymous]

8:00 to bed, asleep by 8:30, up at 8:00. Weekends bed by 9:30, dare her to utter a word before 8:00. Usually on the weekends she wakes up early. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

dinner by 5:30 or 6, reading by 6 or 6:30, in bed by 7 or 7:30. I have a 4 & 6 year old and they are usual;y up around 6:30.

[Anonymous]

No, 11-13 hrs is not too much for KG.

Ours is in bed by 8 and up around 6:30 or 7am.

[Anonymous]

If your child is sleepy, and there's no metabolic reason, then your child needs more sleep - doesn't matter what the average is.

12-13 hrs per night was what our kid needed. It was a big struggle to achieve that, but he was a happier boy when we did. We made it a big priority.

[Anonymous]

Agree with previous poster. We put our son to bed by 830 he gets up about 730.

[Anonymous]

OP here, we are improving. She is now in bed by 8:45, but does not sleep until 10:00 (??). She has to be out of bed by 7:00.

[Anonymous]

PP here - 8:45 wouldn't have cut it with our kid. I think you need to start with making your evening rituals shorter. 8:45 to 10:00 is too long. (The transition isn't easy...)

We made bedtime the most important priority in our lives. Shifted my husband's work life a bit earlier so he could get home a bit earlier. We ate plainer food. We hardly said hello to eachother until after the kid was asleep. Sounds crazy, but his disposition and behavior and general level of happiness improved. Once that happened, everything got easier.

We're finally shifting to 8:45 now that the kid is in 3rd grade.