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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a twist on this thread. How about clueless house guests? I’m hosting SIL and she arrived over the weekend for an 8 day stay. We have had numerous discussions and conflicts in the past about how disruptive her visits are to the kids sleep. Both kids have sleep disorders and my biggest stressor in life is getting my youngest to sleep and ensuring she gets the maximum sleep possible. My husband and I were looking forward to sleeping in Saturday morning (only day for the next week) and was woken up at 6:40am to giggling and screaming laughter from SIL and daughter together in the next room. SIL seemed confused when husband went in and asked them to be quiet and asking why daughter was awake. My son woke up moments later. I couldn’t fall asleep after that. Daughter was up almost 2 hours earlier than a normal Saturday. And his family wonders why visits are so exhausting! [/quote]

How old are your kids that you expect them to sleep until 9am or later? 6:40 is a typical waking time for young kids and it sounds like they were staying in their room. I’d be interested to hear your SILs take on this visit. [/quote]

All three of my kids are professional sleepers at 5, 7, 9. If we let them they'll sleep until 10 every morning.[/quote]

Then you do not provide age appropriate bedtimes. This does make your poor children good sleepers. It makes them chronically exhausted. Good sleepers sleep 7/8pm to 7/8am. [/quote]

What? Not that PP but my ES kids don’t go to sleep at 7 pm, wtf. They have activities, homework, dinner. [/quote]

No elementary aged child should be awake (or at least up) after 8:30 p.m.  Our country is full of people who are sleep deprived and kids' behavior and attention has gotten terrible as parents stopped believing in bed times.  If you have over scheduled your kids, time to re-examine.[/quote]
Just stop. There is no “right” time for children, or anyone for that matter, to go to bed. People are different and have different natural cycles in their bodies. The amount of sleep matters, not going to bed and getting up at certain times. 
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