What time do your dc wake up?

[Greta]

In the interest of making a schedule, I'm curious what time most people wake up their children. I realize this will vary by age of course, but I'm just curious where the trend lies.

 

My dd is 10, and she goes to bed at 10pm and I get her up (with some grumbling) at 8am. Do you think this is reasonable?

 

ETA: This is for during your school year. I let her sleep as late as she wants when we're not doing school and have nothing else pressing on the agenda.

Edited June 10, 2010 by GretaLynne

[SquirrellyMama]

My two younger kids get up around 6am-6:30am. My oldest gets up between 7:30-8am. I don't wake them up. I let them sleep until they wake.

[Pamela H in Texas]

Greta, it's actually probably a tad too little sleep for a girl about to (or going) through puberty. 11-12 hours would probably be more appropriate. What time does she get up naturally? If you let her get up on her own for 3 or 4 weeks (time to get used to it), at the end of that, when would she be getting up? If you're not comfy with that time, you may need to move back bedtime.

[Greta Lea]

During the summer, just whenever they wake up. If we have something to do early in the a.m. in the summer, they get up between 6-7a.m.

[Lolly]

Right now, in summer?

Dd17: bed averages..probably...3 a.m.? maybe?

gets up....around noon?

 

dda+b15: bed between 9 and 10

up at 5. Usually nap 2-3 hours between swim practices.

On Sunday sleep until lunchish.

 

ds14: bed 9

up 5.

 

School:

 

Dd17: bed-3-5 a.m.

up around noon

 

Ddab15: bed 10-11p.m.

up 4 a.m. on W

6 on MFS

8 on TH

1 or 2 p.m. on Sun.

usually nap a couple of hours daily.

Ds13: bed 11-12 p.m.

up around 8-8:30 a.m.

 

Btw, I think your hours are perfectly reasonable. You'll know if she needs more or less sleep. They let you know, believe me!!!

Edited June 10, 2010 by Lolly

[Lilymax]

I pretty much let mine wake up on their own, unless we have somewhere to be that day.

 

DS1 (12) usually wakes up around 8, DS2 (8) and the baby usually wake up sometime between 9 and 10.

 

But I'm not into strict schedules much, so it works for us. :)

[Dawn in OH]

I had to choose other. My children are not consistent. They wake up anywhere between 7:30 and 8:30, but it's rarely 7:30. These are the 3, 7, and 9 year olds. I don't wake them up unless we have someplace to be. Usually they wake me up. I'm a sleeper.

 

My 9 year old has been known to stay up until midnight reading in bed. I'm tempted to tell him to turn out the lights, but I waited so long for him to read that it seems wrong to come alone now and say "Stop reading". I let him continue to read as long as he functions in the morning without being a bear.

 

If your dd is grumbling, I would say she needs more sleep.

[Joker]

My 10 and 8 yr dds go to sleep at 10 (lights out at 9:30 usually always asleep by 10) and get up at 7:30 on their own.

[myfunnybunch]

My boys go to bed 8:30-9 (5 & 7 yo) or 9:30-10 (9 yo).

 

They get up around 7:30-8. Breakfast is 8ish. Sometimes they wake before breakfast, sometimes I have to wake them.

 

Cat

[Greta]

Greta, it's actually probably a tad too little sleep for a girl about to (or going) through puberty. 11-12 hours would probably be more appropriate. What time does she get up naturally? If you let her get up on her own for 3 or 4 weeks (time to get used to it), at the end of that, when would she be getting up? If you're not comfy with that time, you may need to move back bedtime.

 

Wow! Really? I had no idea she would still need that much sleep at this age. She will definitely sleep later (until between 9 and 10am) if I let her, though I haven't done that for 3 - 4 weeks on end, so I'm not sure if that's an accurate representation. But her father is NOT going to be agreeable to her sleeping that late, so I guess we need to move to an earlier bed time. 10pm is later than her ps friends go to bed, so maybe that's where we should make any changes.

[Parrothead]

Supposedly during the summer dd has a bedtime of 10p. During the school year it is 9p. For the last two nights we have both been up 'til after midnight playing so neither of us got up before 9:30a. During the school year we get up about 8-ish in order to start school by 9a

[MorganClassicalPrep]

DD has no schedule, never has. I make sure she gets enough sleep, so bedtime is usually based around what time we have to get up the next morning, or if we have to.

 

This summer I'll be working on getting a more set schedule, since I have classes 5 days a week in the fall and will have to be on campus by 9 every day. I'm aiming for bedtime at 9, wake up at 7.

[AngelaNYC]

I pretty much let mine wake up on their own, unless we have somewhere to be that day.

:)

 

 

This.

[WistfulRidge]

DS is 1 and right now he's out between 7:30 and 8pm and he doesn't wake up until 7:30am on a pretty consistent basis. He usually starts trying to wake himself up at 7 but he drifts in an out for about half an hour. He'd actually probably sleep for another hour but DH is up and moving around by 7:30 and ds' greatest fear in his small life is that he will sleep through daddy-time in the morning, so as soon as DH is up then ds is up too.

[phathui5]

I try not to wake them up unless it's past 9am or we have to go somewhere.

[lionfamily1999]

Well, the boys have to be up by 8:30 for school days, but they're normally up around 7:30, because Dh's alarm clock has been going off for about an hour by then................................

 

Your plan sounds quite reasonable :D

[joannqn]

During the school year, the older two kids can wake up whenever they want as long as they are up, dressed, chores done, and fed themselves by 9am. The younger two can wake up whenever they want which is usually before I want to be up...as early as 5:30-6:00am.:glare: I'm not a morning person.

[Food4Thought]

I let mine sleep as long as they need to. However, I'm really strict about bedtime, and make sure they are settled in bed by 8pm. They usually get up between 7 and 8.

[gpsings]

Between 6:00-7:00 they usually come pestering for breakfast. ;)

[elegantlion]

Ds has been sleeping until 10am most days this summer, all two weeks of it. Normally he'll get up between 8:00 and 9:30. His need for sleep has exponentially increased this year. When he is in the midst of a growth spurt he needs 11-12 hours. he has fallen asleep in school before.

[Mrs Mungo]

I voted 7 and 7:30 because it's a range. ;)

[funschooler5]

I pretty much let mine wake up on their own, unless we have somewhere to be that day.

 

 

:iagree:

 

This is what we do, too.

 

I have noticed that DD12 sleeps longer than most of us. I think teens and pre-teens need more sleep in general.

[RamonaQ]

I try to have my kids in bed by 9:30 (newly 11yo and 7yo) , and they sleep til they wake, usually between 7:30-8:00.

 

I think if you want your dd up earlier, I would have her go to bed earlier and let her sleep until she wakes.

[kmacnchs]

I may be weird but I think that is LATE for a 10yo!

 

Mine are young - go to sleep at 8pm ish and wake up w/the sun. They are to stay in their bed though so I get them up at 7am. If they sleep in, I certainly let them sleep.

 

Friends of mine have a 9, 11, 12, and 13 yo and they go to sleep at 8pm (on a REALLY flexible schedule b/c of sports or other extra curriculars) and wake up with the sun. I can see how some may think this is extreme but I went to bed at 9:30 when I was in hs (MY schedule, not my parents) and 10pm in college (generally)...

 

why does a 10 yo need to be awake that late? what on earth could be going on?

[SilverMoon]

I voted for 7, as that's the average amongst the five of them. Sleeping in never occurs to them, in spite of being homeschooled their entire lives. :tongue_smilie:

[Homeschooling6]

My

 

• 11yr. 5:30a.m.
  
• 10yr. 6:00 or 6:30
  
• 9yr really does try hard to wake at 6:40
  
• 8yr. 7:00
  
• my 6 and 7yr. need their beauty sleep. Usually up between 7:00 and 9:30 ;)
  

My 10yr. dd is very consistent and disciplined with going to bed at 8:30 or 9:00.

 

Now that school is out and they only have a few subjects left they are not waking as early. Once school is back in session they'll start waking early again.

[MaMa2005]

DS wakes up at 7:00 every day regardless of what time he goes to bed. He is usually in bed by 7:00PM.

 

His internal clock is so good that my DH doesn't even set the alarm anymore to get up for work!

[Joker]

I may be weird but I think that is LATE for a 10yo!

 

Mine are young - go to sleep at 8pm ish and wake up w/the sun. They are to stay in their bed though so I get them up at 7am. If they sleep in, I certainly let them sleep.

 

Friends of mine have a 9, 11, 12, and 13 yo and they go to sleep at 8pm (on a REALLY flexible schedule b/c of sports or other extra curriculars) and wake up with the sun. I can see how some may think this is extreme but I went to bed at 9:30 when I was in hs (MY schedule, not my parents) and 10pm in college (generally)...

 

why does a 10 yo need to be awake that late? what on earth could be going on?

 

My dh gets home from work at 5:30pm. We get done with dinner at 6 - 6:30, clean up and the girls have baths / showers. When all that's done its usually about 7:30pm. My dh and I read aloud to the girls for about 30 min. and then we just hang out till 9pm. Sometimes we watch something on tv, but we ususally just talk or play games. At 9pm they go to their beds and read for 30 min and then lights out at 9:30. They're asleep by 10pm. I've never thought it was too late and I think having time with dad is important.

[kmacnchs]

My dh gets home from work at 5:30pm. We get done with dinner at 6 - 6:30, clean up and the girls have baths / showers. When all that's done its usually about 7:30pm. My dh and I read aloud to the girls for about 30 min. and then we just hang out till 9pm. Sometimes we watch something on tv, but we ususally just talk or play games. At 9pm they go to their beds and read for 30 min and then lights out at 9:30. They're asleep by 10pm. I've never thought it was too late and I think having time with dad is important.

 

I TOTALLY think time with dad is upmost! I was just saying 10 seems late...to me...

[Aubrey]

In the interest of making a schedule, I'm curious what time most people wake up their children. I realize this will vary by age of course, but I'm just curious where the trend lies.

 

My dd is 10, and she goes to bed at 10pm and I get her up (with some grumbling) at 8am. Do you think this is reasonable?

 

ETA: This is for during your school year. I let her sleep as late as she wants when we're not doing school and have nothing else pressing on the agenda.

 

This is different from the question in your title. *sigh* I've never had that pleasure. Mine naturally wake up at about 4:30AM. :svengo:

[Mom in High Heels]

Wow, your kids stay up late! Indy is in bed around 8:30pm, which is hard now that the sun doesn't go down until 11pm and gets up around 8:30am. There are mornings he's up as early as 7am, but usually he sleeps for a full 12 hours (bless his sweet heart). During the winter he's usually in bed at 8pm at the latest, but the sun is down here at 4pm, so he's ready. Even then though, he's not up until 8 or 8:30am. I try to get school going around 9:30 at the latest.

[H0MEFree]

My children get 12 hours of sleep a night. Sometimes only 11 hours.

 

If they get up at 7am then that means they went to bed at 7pm... which always raises eyebrows of the people I share that with. But my kids always are healthy and able to pay attention with no behavior problems associated with lack of sleep.

[Lara in Colo]

I have two early to bed and two early to rise---so with all four of them keeping each other up late and waking each other up early---They go to sleep WAY too late (9:30-10:00) and wake up WAY too early (6:30-7:00) I have yet to find a sleeping arangement/punishment/reward to change this.

 

 

Lara

[Lisa in the UP of MI]

My kids are all little (5 months to 5 1/2 years) and they wake up on their own. Youngest ds is usually up between 6:30 and 7 and the others are awake between 6 and 7. Lately it has been even earlier. Poor dh, as he is the one who gets up with the older kids.

[tex-mex]

Son and I are not morning people... but we are most definitely "Night Owls". He is a teenager and can sleep 10+ hours. ;) When sonny boy was younger, we'd enforce an early nighttime routine... now that he is in High School, forget it. :D

[kewb]

Obligatory other. On school nights they are in bed between 9 and 9:30. Normally asleep by 10. When they get up. Anywhere between 6:30 and 8:30. My dd does not seem to need as much sleep as my ds. If they are not up by 8:30 (and that is really unusual) I will wake them up so we can get our day started. The other day I let my ds sleep until almost 9:30. He seemed to really need the sleep. I would have let him keep sleeping but we had somehwere to be.

[tex-mex]

I think teens and pre-teens need more sleep in general.

 

YES!! And lots of food... my teen boy is always hungry. Eeeek. :confused:

[Carrie12345]

I voted "Whenever they want to." That tends to be somewhere between 7 and 8.

[jenn-]

All my kids are in bed around 830 (sometimes I go as late as 9 for DD). The three boys are up between 630-7, and DD is up by force at 8 during the school year. This summer so far, we are up at 7 though as the boys have swim lessons 4 days a week and DD has a morning gymnastics practice on the 5th day. I thought summer was supposed to be for sleeping in, but my kids' schedule didn't get the memo.

[HRAAB]

During school my 12 yr old is usually in bed by 10:00 and the 9 yr olds are in bed by 9:00 to 9:30. I don't wake them in the morning but they're usually all up by 8:30. If it were much later than that, I would move bedtimes up a little bit. My main concern is that they're getting enough sleep.

[lisabees]

My dh gets home from work at 5:30pm. We get done with dinner at 6 - 6:30, clean up and the girls have baths / showers. When all that's done its usually about 7:30pm. My dh and I read aloud to the girls for about 30 min. and then we just hang out till 9pm. Sometimes we watch something on tv, but we ususally just talk or play games. At 9pm they go to their beds and read for 30 min and then lights out at 9:30. They're asleep by 10pm. I've never thought it was too late and I think having time with dad is important.

 

I don't think that's too late. We all have different internal clocks and tend to raise our kids the same way. We are all night owls around here. We usually don't even return home from sports until 9:00 or so. DD7 goes to bed right away, but the others stay up another hour or two.

[lionfamily1999]

YES!! And lots of food... my teen boy is always hungry. Eeeek. :confused:

Augh, my sister has three boys and I have two....................... Who can afford to pay for college once the boys have eaten us out of house and home?!?

[everlastingstarflower]

We have a pretty established bed time, although nights they have karate or go to Wed. night prayer meeting makes it later.

 

My ds is the early bird and usually gets up between 6:30AM and 7AM. My dd gets up around 7:30AM but, if it's been a later night she may sleep in until 9AM.

 

I have some medical issues and my dr. has me sleeping until 9AM so the dc have morning assignments that they complete until it's time for me to get up. My goal is to start school by 10:30AM but, sometimes we don't get started until 11AM.

 

Last year we counted days so it didn't much matter about keeping track of time but, this year I decided to count hours because I think we'll be at 900 hours much earlier than if we count 180 days. So, the dc keep track of when they start their morning assignments and when they finish so we can add it to their daily school hours. We've been doing this system for about two weeks and it seems to work pretty well. The dc are loving keeping track of their time. I think it makes them feel more grown-up and important since they have some responsibility for part of their time log.

[Greta]

why does a 10 yo need to be awake that late? what on earth could be going on?

 

:lol: Well, nothing that unusual, I promise. Often, she and I are watching Food Network together. :D Sometimes she's playing video games on my iPod. These are things she doesn't do during the day, so it's just a nice, relaxing, goof-off kind of time. My "natural" bedtime is 11-ish, though I can't do that because of dh's schedule. I have to force myself to go to bed earlier in order to be up when he needs me to be. So I guess I've let dd tend in the same direction as my natural inclination. But dh would like to see her more like him - he's in bed by 9 and up at 5!

[Greta]

This is different from the question in your title.

 

You're right! I didn't notice my inconsistency there. Sorry!

 

*sigh* I've never had that pleasure. Mine naturally wake up at about 4:30AM. :svengo:

 

Oh my. I think I'd keep them up later. I am *not* a good mom at 4:30am! :lol:

[tofuscramble]

Mine all naturally wake up between 6 and 7am. They go to bed at 8. DH and I usually go to sleep about 10.30 - 11.

[m0mmaBuck]

We are an "other." I leave for the gym around 5:30 a.m. DSS has to be out the door for the bus by 7:15 a.m. DD4 usually is awake by the time I get home (around 7:30 a.m.) but I'm not sure when she actually gets up. DS8 wakes up when I drag him out of bed at 8:00 a.m.

[Veritaserum]

My 8yo wakes herself up at 7 (I'm usually awake, but not out of bed until 7:30). All but my oldest are usually up by 8. My 10-yo often sleeps until 9 (or sometimes later). I usually wake her up if she's still asleep at 9 so that she has a chance of finishing everything she needs to do that day. She's a night owl.

[Desert Rat]

My boys are in bed by 8-8:30 and up at 7. This is new for us. I used to let them get up naturally as long as they were up by 8:30. I've gone back to work in the afternoons so we need to start our day a bit more consistently.

[Ellie]

I'm so thankful that my dd slept until 8. I have several friends whose dc wake up at 6 or earlier.:eek: