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Posted: May 17 2007 at 9:56am | IP Logged Quote mom2mpr
I am really working hard on making sure my kiddos get enough sleep-especially since dd(4) still kind of needs a nap, but doesn't go down for a nap. We try to do quiet time and read around 2-if we are home.
Dh gets home late(and varying degrees of lateness) so we seem to run a late schedule, which drives me nuts We just get going and dd needs QT but ds is ready to roll--and we haven't touched schoolwork.
Anyhow, as ds is STILL asleep in bed and it is almost 11am I am wondering if I should be letting him sleep this late. He is 9. We got home about 10pm yesterday after visiting friends 2 hours away(and he got to bed about 11) and we have a very busy and early day tomorrow. So, since we are trapped home without a car today I figured I'd let them sleep in. We have to be up and at 'em tomorrow at 8   
Do you wake your kids? Do they have a specific time they HAVE to be in bed? I am struggling with the "floating" bedtimes. I have been fighting the "crankies" here and am trying this new method of letting them sleep but it is driving me CRAZY!!
Thakns in advance for any insight..
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My kids go to bed at 8:00 p.m. I get up at 5:00 a.m. and they are both usually up by 6:00. If they aren't up by 6:15, I know they are sick!

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Posted: May 17 2007 at 2:40pm | IP Logged Quote doris
We've been struggling a bit with this too. My dc find it really hard to fall asleep especially when the nights are light. Plus, my dds share not just a room, but a bed -- which worked well for a while but now needs to change as they wake each other up or keep each other up...

Bedtime for my lot always used to be between 7 and 7.30. Now, a year later, it's 8 for the younger two and 8.30ish for my eldest. (They fall asleep better with staggered bedtimes.) They wake up between 7.30 and 8.30 but occasionally my eldest sleeps beyond 9. I do let her because she usually tells me she's been awake in the night.

Later bedtimes happened for us mostly because of dh's schedule. Sometimes you just have to work round these things. I don't think I'd let my gang sleep until 11 though -- then they wouldn't be asleep until late the next night.

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Posted: May 17 2007 at 3:20pm | IP Logged Quote mom2mpr
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My dc find it really hard to fall asleep especially when the nights are light. Plus, my dds share not just a room, but a bed -- which worked well for a while but now needs to change as they wake each other up or keep each other up...
Late bedtimes happened for us mostly because of dh's schedule. Sometimes you just have to work round these things. I don't think I'd let my gang sleep until 11 though -- then they wouldn't be asleep until late the next night.

Yes, the "light" thing makes it so hard, too.
I am hoping ds will still go to bed at 9ish tonight--depends on when dh gets home I try to let them sleep since I never know what the next night will bring as far as dh getting home, 9,10,11?? It is exhausting me-and he wants to see them and they wait to see him-arghh!!
Mine used to share a bed but I found dd slept better alone. Now ds has his mattress on her floor--she is kind enough to share her room at night. Ds still is scared at night. I am glad just being in the same room with dd helps--it was getting old for me.
Glad to know I am not alone.
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 12:53pm | IP Logged Quote SaraP
My DH also gets home with "varying degrees of lateness" (love that phrase ) and I have found that it is better for everyone to put the kiddos to bed earlier - almost always before DH is home - and have our family time in the morning because mine won't sleep in. They are up by about 7am at the latest, so I try very hard to have them in bed and settled by 8pm at the latest.

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Posted: May 21 2007 at 2:54pm | IP Logged Quote mom2mpr
If dh didn't mind not seeing them in the evening(well, it is actually night:)I would try to have them to bed before he came home--but he really wants to see them after a hard day and they do wait up for him. He leaves at 7am so we wouldn't have much morning time
I have started having "my" time in the am and doing bills, a chore or two and I need to start exercising. I don't get much time with dh unfortunately. This is a season though, right?   
It is affecting our outside social commitments now. We aren't able to see friends as often because it is hard to get out in the am. I feel bad for ds. I am trying to make it work though.
Nice to know others operate on this type of schedule--not many near me and sometimes I get so frustrated!
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