Anonymous
09/16/2020 11:31
Subject: How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
30 minutes to 2+ hours. Most often it’s 45 mins.
Anonymous
09/15/2020 20:47
Subject: How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
ha maybe not! I met a mom once who had an only child who napped from 2-4:30/5 woke up ate dinner at went to bed at 7. The kid was 4 almost 5.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Mine is 4.5 and still naps. And she’s home with a nanny and her infant sister. I don’t mind the nap. On weekends the whole house naps from 2-3:30. She literally goes upstairs after lunch and crawls under the covers and goes to sleep most days. Gets up at 6:30. Bedtime starts right before 8 and I leave her room by 8:35 after shower and lots of books. It’s a nice time we have together.
You cannot possibly mean she wakes up from her nap at 6:30. And then goes to bed two hours later? Typo, right?
Anonymous
09/15/2020 20:34
Subject: Re:How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
Our 4 year old doesn't take naps during the day. She likes to go to bed late. At 8 pm or 830 pm we take her upstairs, brush teeth, pyjama, story. So the evening routine takes about 45 minutesShe likes to sleep till 8 am or so. It's so hard. I can't wait when she gets independent.
Anonymous
09/15/2020 20:32
Subject: How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
15-20 min for my 4.5 yo. Usually head up around 710/715. Brush teeth, change to jammies, potty, 2 books, lights out, kiss goodnight, shut the door around 730. Sleeps 745/8pm-630/7am
Anonymous
09/15/2020 20:29
Subject: How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
Anonymous wrote:How convenient that the husband misses the bed time.
Yeah, my DH is also a lawyer who works crazy hours and he does bedtime, then goes back to work. With 3 kids in the mix, one being an infant, he needs to step it up.
Anonymous
09/15/2020 20:23
Subject: How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
Anonymous wrote:Mine is 4.5 and still naps. And she’s home with a nanny and her infant sister. I don’t mind the nap. On weekends the whole house naps from 2-3:30. She literally goes upstairs after lunch and crawls under the covers and goes to sleep most days. Gets up at 6:30. Bedtime starts right before 8 and I leave her room by 8:35 after shower and lots of books. It’s a nice time we have together.
You cannot possibly mean she wakes up from her nap at 6:30. And then goes to bed two hours later? Typo, right?
Anonymous
09/15/2020 17:37
Subject: How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
Mine is 4.5 and still naps. And she’s home with a nanny and her infant sister. I don’t mind the nap. On weekends the whole house naps from 2-3:30. She literally goes upstairs after lunch and crawls under the covers and goes to sleep most days. Gets up at 6:30. Bedtime starts right before 8 and I leave her room by 8:35 after shower and lots of books. It’s a nice time we have together.
Anonymous
09/15/2020 17:27
Subject: How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
Stop the nap.
I cannot believe some of you start bedtime at 6:00-6:30.
I cannot believe some of you start bedtime at 6:00-6:30.
Anonymous
09/15/2020 17:21
Subject: Re:How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
Can you manage an earlier bedtime? And ask daycare to stop naps for 4 year old? Those are the 2 biggest issues it sounds like. My kids didn’t nap past age 3 and as soon as naps stopped they’d reliably go to bed at 7. To answer your title question: it takes about 20-30 minutes (Maybe 40 minutes if they’re taking a bath, which we don’t do every night) to get my 5 year old to sleep including the whole bedtime routine. We start getting them ready for bed between 6:30-6:45, bath or wash up, brush & floss teeth and go potty, put on pajamas, read 1 book, sing 1 song while rubbing their back and then lights out and we leave.
Anonymous
09/15/2020 17:17
Subject: Re:How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
After tubby time my kids will play for 20-30 minutes then we read for 15-20 minutes and cuddle for a few minutes more. They are usually pretty tired so there is rarely a struggle.
Anonymous
09/15/2020 17:09
Subject: How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
Just jumping in to say my 9yr and 10yr old still need some attention to get them to bed. It doesn't really end but it gets easier.
I agree with the PPs who say they should get to bed a lot earlier. It really helps. Mine are in bed at 830pm and they're 9 and 10!!!!
I agree with the PPs who say they should get to bed a lot earlier. It really helps. Mine are in bed at 830pm and they're 9 and 10!!!!
Anonymous
09/15/2020 17:00
Subject: Re:How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
Solid hour for my 5 year old. We go up at 8. It's always been a struggle. I think it depends largely on kids' personalities. Mine is a night owl.
Anonymous
09/15/2020 16:16
Subject: Re:How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
About 45 min. This includes bath, PJs, last-minute snack, brushing teeth, reading, good-night kisses. I don't see my kids going to bed by themselves any time soon. But they are asleep by 7pm, which gives me plenty of time for cleaning/unwinding.
Anonymous
09/15/2020 15:37
Subject: How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
5 yo, 30 min.
Anonymous
09/15/2020 15:24
Subject: Re:How long does it take to put your 4-5 year old down at night?
Anonymous wrote:About 35-40 minutes for me with a 1 and 4 year old. They both get baths together at 645,
I brush their teeth while they’re in the bath, 4 year old pees/gets dressed/picks out books while I put baby to sleep, and then we read, sing maybe one song, cuddle for 2-3 minutes.
+1 this exactly except just with my 4yr old.