Bedtime 😫
What time does your 11 year old go to bed? Mine is constantly being asked by her friends why her bedtime is so early. We live rurally, up 6:45ish; out the door 7:30ish; on bus 7:40ish. Home 4:10ish. My kids are knackered on school days & bedtime is 7:30, asleep by 8. Am I being unreasonable?
Tween Bedtimes
Tween Bedtimes
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That's very early. Soon she will have homework to do at night. And if shes a good reader, half an hour won't get you very far. My 8 year old goes at the same time but it's because the younger ones do and I think it's too early for her also.
Nope, my 12 year old is in bed at 8, asleep around 8:15, due to sports mostly,but I know her phone can be going off at all hours of the night (on the kitchen bench) around 11pm- midnight it's ridiculous, she's up at 6:30-7am so needs to be in bed by 8
My kids are 9, almost 11 and 12.
School nights they're all in bed between 7.30 and 8pm - they usually read for a little bit depending how tired they are. They're all asleep by 8.30 at the latest but it's often before.
My hubby and I usually aren't far behind the kids during the week either 😂
You know how much sleep your kids need. Don't base your choices on what everyone else is doing!
If he is actually asleep at that time it’s probably appropriate. If he is lying awake in bed until 8:30 then I’d probably push the time out.
My nephew is this age and is asleep at 8:15. He has homework, after school sports and music and manages to fit it all in.
My son of that age is supposed to be asleep at 830. Sometimes he can’t sleep though and is allowed to read in bed. No devices though.
I have my primary school kids in bed at 8 then I read them a chapter of a book which usually takes half an hour as I read them classics like Little Women and Oliver Twist etc so they're asleep by 8:30-9
She might be complaining about it to them and has said it to you in hopes you will reconsider without having to actually ask you? My teenage son used to get sent to bed at 8 at my exes house and lay awake for 2 or 3 hours. It was way too early for him! If she can fall asleep within 20 minutes, have a solid sleep until morning then it's not too late. If I go to sleep too early I have a shocking sleep, i wake at 1 and can't get back to sleep for a few hours.
That's pretty early. Your schedule isnt unlike our and we live in town.
Maybe 830-9.
But 730 is more 6 year old territory.
Thanks everyone, I think Ill stick with it, she needs her sleep. She isn’t ‘in bed’ at 7:30 that’s when she starts getting ready for bed. We also don’t have a choice in the morning - if they miss the bus it’s close to a 2 hour round trip for me to take them in!! Most of her ‘town’ friends don’t even get up until 7:30-8!
Sounds like us, on the bus at 7.40 home at just after 4. School is 60kms away. It's a long way to go when they forget their lunch 😂🤦♀️
I have a 12, nearly 13 year old, he starts getting ready for bed at about 9.30, lights out 10.
High school and homework have made it later lately 😂😂😂
On weekdays Miss nearly 10 yo is up at 7am, bus 7.50am home by 3.20pm and her bedtime is 8.30. She doesn’t go to sleep until 9.30/10pm though. Weekends they don’t really have a bedtime but are usually sleep by 10.30/11pm.
She obviously doesn’t need much sleep to function!!
Totally not too early at all!!!! Sleep is sooooo important for young ones. My 11 year old is usually asleep by 7:30. Get sent around 7, sometimes earlier, depending how tired and cranky she is. She’s always up really early tho. If it’s working for you then stick to it! Who cares what other people are doing. All the kids staying up late are probably a mess by the afternoon and the parents are wondering why 😂😂😂
My 11yr old goes to bed at 8.30, lights out at 9 with me. With his dad it’s lights out 8.30.
He gets up at 6.30 with dad, 7.30 with me (we share care, week on, week off). On days he has after hours activities we sometimes don’t get to dinner until 7pm, as I work full time, we need time at home to get dinners done etc.
He manages it well. You know your kids, so do what is best for them ❤️