Everyone! Bed time and wake time for 8-9 yr old girl?

[Lovedtodeath]

I am wanting to know how many hours of sleep I should expect her to need? She sleeps past 9 every morning and I am trying to get her up earlier. Thanks. She is a very big girl (4'5") for her age and growing a lot, so I think this makes a difference.

[Jean in Newcastle]

My dd8 sleeps for 10 hours at night.

[Beach Mom]

My boys (8 and 9) both go to bed between 8:30 and 9 and rise between 6:30 and 7.

[NanceXToo]

My daughter doesn't end up going to sleep til between 10 and 11 PM and wakes up around 9 or 9:30 AM. She's a nightowl, like her dad!

[littlebug42]

My almost 9 year old goes to bed (lights out) at 9 PM and wakes around 7-7:30 so she usually gets around 10 hours of sleep. This seems to be the perfect amount for her.

[Marie in Oh]

My almost 9 year old goes to bed (lights out) at 9 PM and wakes around 7-7:30 so she usually gets around 10 hours of sleep. This seems to be the perfect amount for her.

 

 

9-7:30 is about normal and enough.

[RebeccaS]

My dd goes to bed at 8 and unless she didn't get enough exercise, will fall asleep shortly after. She will wake between 6:30 and 7. My kids are all early risers no matter what, so they go to bed a bit earlier than their peers.

[nukeswife]

My dd will be 9 in exactly a month and is currently 4'6" tall. She is usually asleep by 11:30pm and wakes up between 10 and 10:30 am. I'm not worried about the later wake up and to bed times because we're night owls and I'm in no rush to be up before 9am and then only if I have to be.

[Pamela H in Texas]

In my home, 7:30 or maybe 8 (except meeting night, of course). However, don't y'all kinda live a bit later also? My kids also got up really early. BTW, for dd, bed didn't mean sleep. She just didn't require an average amount of sleep til she was a teen.

[Garga]

My 8yo ds gets between 9-10 hours of sleep.

 

Bedtime is at 8:00. Wake-up is at 6:00. But we allow him to read in bed until he is tired. He might read for 15 minutes, or a full hour. Depends on how tired he is.

[In The Great White North]

DC went to bed around 8 when the youngest was 9-10. When the oldest was 9, and none of them knew how to read a clock, I could get them to bed by 6 :D. Life was good.

 

DD (14) still needs 12 hours sleep (ideally 8:30 - 8:30ish). Dd(16) is lucky to get 9 (10 - 7) unless it's crew season. Ds (19) morphed into a night owl in middle school.

[AngieW in Texas]

At that age:

 

my oldest went to bed around 11pm and got up around 8:30am

 

my middle went to bed around 9:30pm and got up around 7am

 

my youngest went to bed around 9:30pm and got up around 6:30am

 

So they were all in bed for 9-9.5 hours.

 

 

Nowadays, the 17yo goes to bed between 1am and 3am and gets up around 9am on days she has class (starts at 10:30am) to as late as noon on the other days. The 15yo goes to bed between 11pm and midnight and gets up around 8am. The 12yo goes to bed between 10:30 and 11pm and gets up around 7am.

[Parrothead]

Dd has needed 9+ hours of sleep since ditching naps. If I let her she would happily go to bed with me at midnight and wake up at 10a.

[abbeyej]

Mine really needs 10+ hours per night. I usually send her to get ready for bed at 8, then reading in bed by 8:30 and lights out by 9. Getting up at 7:30 or 8 is still tough for her. ;)

 

She has *always* needed more sleep over a 24 hour period than her brother, even though he took more naps as a toddler than she ever did.

 

And mine is a small one who doesn't grow quickly. ;) Heaven help us when she *does* finally hit a growth spurt! ;)

[mytwomonkeys]

Dd has needed 9+ hours of sleep since ditching naps. If I let her she would happily go to bed with me at midnight and wake up at 10a.

 

 

my daughter is the same way.

 

bedtime is about 8ish here (later in the summer). i read to my daughter & after i leave she usually reads or plays a little with her barbies (stays in bed though & has nightlight on). by about 9 or after though, i usually start telling her to settle down. i wake her up by 8:00 or 8:30 (sometimes 9:00 if she had a really crazy weekend). if i don't wake her up though, she would seriously sleep til 10. she's like my husband, and could stay up late with no issues & loves sleeping in. my son is like me though, even if he stays up late, he's up by 7:00ish

[Momling]

Both our 6 1/2 and 8 1/2 daughters turn off their lights at approximately 8:30. The younger gets up by 7 and the older gets woken up by me around 8am. I think she'd sleep later if given the opportunity. In other words, my younger gets 10 1/2 hrs and the older gets 11-12 hrs. On weekends/summer/holidays, I let the girls read in bed for as long as they want, and they often fall asleep around 10 and get up around 8-9.

[Lovedtodeath]

Okay, last night she was in bed at around 9:30 and lights off an hour later. Up at 8:35. Let's see if we can continue this pattern.:)