Sticky_Mommy responded August 22, 2008 at 9:46AM

  I love my job, it gives me a break from my kids!

My kids are 2 & 4. Right now we start getting ready at 7:30 and they are in bed by 8. That's way too late, but it's summer and we're outside playing, picking blueberries, etc. They're up between 6:30 & 7.

Next week - the crack down! Start bedtime at 7 and into bed by 7:30.

  wildmom responded August 22, 2008 at 9:52AM

  if mom ain't happy, ain't nobody happy

whoa...my kids are like 9:00...bad, rightt? time to crack down!

  Sticky_Mommy responded August 22, 2008 at 9:59AM

  I love my job, it gives me a break from my kids!

No, not bad - just real. Last night they were up until 8:45, and another time this week it was 9:30. Hey it happens.

  Sticky_Mommy responded August 22, 2008 at 10:34AM

  I love my job, it gives me a break from my kids!

LOL - I just thought of something, my Mom hates it when I say, "I have to put the kids down." She thinks I'm euthanizing them.

  rockergirrl responded August 22, 2008 at 11:58AM

  www.findbarefootbooks.com

my kids are 6 and 3. Bedtime in the summer is we start at 7:00 (clean up, pjs, reading) and lights out at 8:00. School year lights out at 7:30.

  Sullysmama responded August 22, 2008 at 12:19AM

  Will the next one be ginger too??

My wee one is 2 and in preschool. We were doing 8:30 and his teacher said he's exhausted by 10am, so we started the bedtime routine around 7:30 and lights out at 8. Then he's up at 6:45 and has enough energy to make it to nap time at noon the next day.

  dustbunny responded August 22, 2008 at 3:39PM

  dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

wow, you guys are good! I'm not so good...late nights - we really do need to be like in bed by 8:00. my 9 yo, 9:00.

  rockergirrl responded August 22, 2008 at 6:38PM

  www.findbarefootbooks.com

The best advice my mother ever gave me when I had my first child was to establish early bedtimes for your kids. The kids need the sleep and you need the peace. I would go crazy if my kids were up until 9:00 or later. I know as they get older the bedtime will get later but for now they are still young and need the sleep. I so value the time I have to myself and with my husband.

  cathyshearin responded August 22, 2008 at 10:47PM

  Live life on the edge, Have a baby... lol

well my husband and i own our own business, he barely works so we're really relaxed parents. lol or just lazy? we let the kids stay up till around 10! so i must be terrible! i have an almost 2 year old and a 5 month old. the 2 year old (Haylea) wakes up at around 8, but lately she decided 6am suites her better, so bedtime started creaping back to around 8pm. lol the 5 month old (Sarah) wakes up during the night a few times still, she's breastfed, and then she's up for real when her sister wakes up and makes all the noise. lol.
so she still gets proper sleep, just at a later time than other families. do i sound horrible? lol

  benbaby responded August 31, 2008 at 1:11PM

  Goofing around with my babies - Big and Lil

My 19 month old son goes to bed by 7.30 or 8.00pm. I'm trying to delay his bed time to 9.00pm so that I don't have to give him bottled milk late in the night when he wakes up hungry.