not doing bedtime

[Anonymous]

How old are your kids and how many nights a month are you personally not doing their bedtime?

And trolls please don't bother with "why'd you even bother to have kids" if someone says they only do bedtime a few times a month. You don't have any information to judge their overall time and relationship with the kids and even if you did, judging isn't the point of this thread.

[Anonymous]

We finally finally have it where dh does about half the bedtimes. He's better with the baby since she's so little and just needs a change and a song but he'll do the 4 year old too. Including shower and washing her hair and a bunch of books.
Every other Friday older dd goes to grandparents overnight and they do bedtime.
I do every single weekday morning since dh leave for work before anyone is up and he does almost every preschool pickup.

[Anonymous]

I have a 16 , 14 and 12 year old. I (dad) do bedtime every night that they need to wake up early in the morning. That includes school nights , games in the morning, early flight for vacation....ect. I'm have always been the disciplinarian in the family. When they were younger it was an issue, but now they just understand it is easier to do what I say the first time. Bedtime is the easiest part of the day for our family.

[Anonymous]

Five-year-old twins and I do bedtime pretty much every night now. My husband will also do it but we got a puppy recently so he's being handling that while I do the kids because he hates the cold less than I do. I will miss bedtime for work or for fun (i.e. next Friday night I'll be out at a friend's birthday dinner) and that's probably once a month or so? When they were younger I had a different job and I missed it more often, but mostly I used to miss every morning with that job because I had to leave the house before they were awake and I hated it.

[Anonymous]

Either DH or I do bedtime every night. 95% of the time it’s me with DH or me alone.

[Anonymous]

We have one 7-year-old and have always mostly done it together? Assuming we're both home. Sunday nights in particular, DH will do bathtime and helping her get ready by himself, but we almost always do stories together-- sometimes just he will put her actually "to bed."

[Anonymous]

Kids are 7 and 2. The only time I miss a bedtime is if the 7 yr old sleeps over at his grandparents. So yes, I do bedtime every night.

[Anonymous]

I do bedtime every night. Single parent here.

[Anonymous]

I have a 3 yr old and a 9 month old. My husband and I do bedtime together every night. He bathes baby, then I bathe 3 yo while husband does pajamas and a book with baby, then I nurse baby and put him down while my husband does pajamas, book, and into bed with 3yo.

[Anonymous]

I have a seven-year-old, and I'd say my husband and I each do about half the bedtimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old are your kids and how many nights a month are you personally not doing their bedtime?

OP are you talking about someone else (spouse etc) doing bedtime, or kids putting themselves to bed on their own?

[Anonymous]

My kids are eight and six. I have a more flexible job so I spend a lot more time with them than my husband does generally. He supervises bathing and toothbrushing etc. and reads with them at night. I give them a kiss and hug when they’re in bed unless I’m out which is maybe once a week.

[Anonymous]

We have 2 kids, 5 and 2. DH and I are both actively involved in bed time. The only time either of us doesn't participate is if we have an extracurricular outside the home on a given night. For me, that's about 2 x a month. For DH, once a month max.

[Anonymous]

I have one 7 year old. On your average night she gets ready for bed on her own then both DH and I come up for a little reading and a kiss good-night. When she was younger we would alternate who helped her get ready for bed but we both would participate in stories and good-night kiss. We individually miss bedtime 3-4 times a month for various meetings or social events (happy hours, book club etc.). We normally have a babysitter once or twice a month for date nights.

[Anonymous]

My kids are 9 and 13. We still read together (each of us reading our own books, but lying together) every night. DH and I alternate who is with each kid. Once every week or two something interferes (either a late activity for one kid or DH or I are out), so that doesn't happen.