What Time Do You Go to Bed?

[TheAutumnOak]

What time do you go to bed at night?...I am rethinking my bedtime ;)

[Cheryl in NM]

11-12 but I really need to be in bed around 10. I'd like to get up between 5:30 and 6am because I love how quiet the morning is and I love to watch the sunrise while I do yoga. I also like to be the first one up. The problem is that Ds is supposed to bring his laptop and phone to the living at room 10pm and have lights out at 10:30. I can't relax until that's all done.

[Dandelion]

Between 11pm and midnight... I'd like to be in bed around 10pm, but it never seems to work out that way.

[MaMa2005]

Around 9:30. I have to take several medications at bedtime that take about 8-9 hours to get out of my system enough for me to function the next day. I like to be up between 6:00 and 6:15 in the AM.

[Ellie]

When dc were home, after 11--take shower, go to bed, read for awhile. Lights out between 11:30 and 12. Happily, dds were never up before 7:30-8, and we all got up together. :)

[TravelingChris]

I haven't voted yet. I have been very tired here and have been going to bed too early. In Va, I went to bed usually around 11:15 to 11"30 and woke up anywhere from a bit before 6am to 6:30 am. For whatever reason, I have been going to bed earlier here and getting up a bit later. Maybe it has something to do with my B12 deficiency.

[jenL]

I think you need a choice that says, "Too Late". :lol:

 

I put 10:30 because that is when I begin the routine of checking on the kids, washing up, brushing teeth, determining clothes for the next day, etc. By the time I actually get in bed, it's probably closer to 11, and then I have to read (part of my nighttime ritual since childhood), so I probably end up falling asleep closer to 12-12:30. It's too late since I need more sleep, but I'm a work in progress on this one. :tongue_smilie:

[TheAutumnOak]

So far no one goes to bed at or before 9 :tongue_smilie:

[HollyB]

Around 2, sometimes later. :glare: My husband works really long hours. I need to stay up if I want to see him without the kids. I can't remember what "well-rested" feels like.

[danybug]

I voted 9:30. There are some nights that I get in and nurse ds around 8:45 and then read until like 9:30. When I first has ds I was in bed going to sleep at 8:30.

 

I think of it as being totally pathetic.:glare: I wish I could function with out going to bed so early. Ds wakes me up at 7am lately. I think I still need so much, because he still nurses intermittently in bed during the night disturbing my sleep pattern.

[Farrar]

Midnightish. I really think that should have been an option. Surely more adults go to bed around midnight than around 9?

[FrogMom5]

I voted for 10:30 but usually it's right at 11:00 p.m. when I get to bed. I'd like to go to bed earlier but I often need the quiet after everyone else has gone to sleep. If I get up at 5:00 a.m. or after, at least one child gets up too. So, the only quiet time is late at night or before 5 a.m.

Denise

[Pixjen]

On a night with insomnia? Any time between 2 and 4am

 

Or without? Any time between midnight and 2 am.

 

:tongue_smilie:

[Sukale]

My husband works from 3pm-10pm. I always wait up for him and we talk for a while. I try to be in bed ready to sleep by 12. I also work part time in the morning a few days a week from 8am to noon. On those days I have to be up by 6:30. Most days my husband and the kids sleep in until around 10am.

[Word Nerd]

Ideally I'm ready to sleep by 10:30 but it's usually more like 11:30.

[amo_mea_filiis.]

I try to be in bed at 8:30 and read for a while. We've all been a bit off lately, but that is the first fix I'm working on when we move. I like to get up around 5 to take meds and have some quiet before ds bounces down the stairs.

[Hedgehog]

On a night with insomnia? Any time between 2 and 4am

 

Or without? Any time between midnight and 2 am.

 

You and me both. Right now it's just gone 1am, and I still have some math to mark and a bit of planning to do for tomorrow. It's rare for me to get to bed before midnight and I'm sure it shows!

[tiredmommyof8]

I usually try to be in bed by 10:30 but that doesn't always work and that certainly doesn't mean anyone is asleep by then.

[Soror]

I put at 9pm, ideally it is 8:30pm though but usually we talk abit before sleeping. I don't get staying up late, I really don't. I like feeling well rested and I like to have time awake before the kids and the only way to do that is to go to bed early. Sleep is soooooo important to me!!!! I'd be a bear and not getting anything done if I stayed up as late as most.

[theYoungerMrsWarde]

You didn't put other! I need an other! :willy_nilly: :D

 

But seriously, I do because I don't got to bed at a fixed time. I should, but dh and I over-indulge in kid-free time :tongue_smilie:

Edited August 26, 2011 by theYoungerMrsWarde

[elise1mds]

Between 12 and 1 a.m. Sometimes slightly earlier or slightly later. Ideally I'd be up till 2 a.m. and then sleep till 8:30, but that can't happen here. So instead I go to bed at midnight and get up at 6:30.

[AK_Mom4]

It's 10pm now.... but as winter sets in and it gets darker and darker, I go to bed earlier. By December, I will be wanting to crawl off to sleep by 8pm!

[Firefly]

I'm usually settled in by 10:30/11pm, then I like to read for a bit. How long entirely depends on how tired I am-- some nights I'm lucky if I make it through a couple of paragraphs. :glare: I voted 10:30 though.

[Sandy in Indy]

It's a rare night that I go to bed before 1...and then I read for about an hour. Fortunately, my early bird ds is able to get up, let the dog out, get his breakfast and entertain himself for a bit in the mornings. I'm usually not functioning until 9 or 9:30.

[Laurel]

So far no one goes to bed at or before 9 :tongue_smilie:

 

That's because they were already getting ready for bed when you posted...

[TheAutumnOak]

That's because they were already getting ready for bed when you posted...

 

:lol:

[sparrow]

Between 12am-1am and sometimes a little later. Every morning I vow I'll get to bed earlier :glare:.

Edited August 26, 2011 by sparrow

[Kirch]

I've been pretty steady at 2-ish for a while now, but I'm working on it. So far this week I've been in bed by 12:30/12:45. Progress! :D

[amyable]

Between 10:30 and 11:30. I wish it were earlier, I really need more sleep. Stress is wearing me out. But I stay up to keep dh company, because he is happier that way - which keeps me happier. :) One kid is usually up a little after 5, 6 if I'm lucky. Plus the 3yo has started waking in the middle of the night again. I think I'll ask for sleep for Christmas. ;)

[Peela]

I have always been an early morning person, but I really hate being tired, so I have trained myself to go to bed by 10pm most of the time. 2 nights ago I was asleep by 9.30. Lately, sometimes its closer to 11. But 10pm is my average bedtime.

I think I learned when I went to school, how horrible it is to be tired all day, dragging myself through the day. I learned to put myself to bed on time.

[regentrude]

I need 8 hours sleep minimum, prefer 9. So, if I have to get up at 6:30 to be at work at 8, 9:30 is my preferred bed time. Often it gets 10pm, because I wait up for my teen to come home.

[MamaT]

I go to bed at 10:00 without fail. I have been getting up at 6:30 lately, which is late for me. I really would like to go to bed at 9:00 at get up at 5:00, but I can't seem to make that happen.

[Annie Laurie]

Between 12am-1am and sometimes a little later. Every morning I vow I'll get to bed earlier :glare:.

 

This exactly. I have a high-needs infant who is not easy to get to sleep and he wakes several times before he'll finally settle in for an hour or two without waking, so it's usually quite late by the time I can read, watch tv with dh, or whatever I want to do to relax for awhile.

 

I should go to bed earlier since he still wakes multiple times a night and I'm always tired. But he does at least sleep in until around 9:30.

[twoforjoy]

It varies wildly. Ideally I like to go to bed between 9 and 10. But, with the new baby, it's really dependent on him. Some nights, if he seems like he's going to sleep a long stretch early, I go to bed around 8 and then am up with him for a couple of hours around midnight. Other nights, he'll have his before-bed feeding around 11, and then we sleep for a while and he gets up around 3.

[PinkInTheBlue]

Wow! I really thought the bell curve would have put me in the minority and, instead, I'm in the majority. We are proud of ourselves if we make it to be around 11:00. Most likely between 11:00 and 12:00 is the norm. Later is unusual but not impossible. I tend to get up at 8:00 am.

[AngelBee]

Between 11pm and 3am :001_huh:

[LucyStoner]

I consider 11 early. :blushing: And I get up around 5am to work out. Yeah, I am aware this is a stupidly small amount of sleep.

[ereks mom]

I aim for 11:00-11:30, but it's usually after that, like 11:30-12:00 or even later. I get up between 7:00 & 7:30.

[Hannah C.]

I've been going to bed after midnight. I need to work on that (aka, start going to bed earlier).

[SueinNC]

Night owls here too. It's usually well after midnight - 3am. Up by 7ish.

[Mommee & Baba]

I'm guilty for staying up later than I need too! I'm not snuggling into bed until 11:30pm..sometimes closer to midnight!

 

Hey what can I say in my defense?? The house is SOOOOOOOOOoo quiet then! :lol: But I'm up around 6am every morning!

[susankenny]

After 11.

[ChandlerMom]

Kiddos head up to bed at 7pm (asleep by 8), dh is up by 3am for work (yuck), so he heads to bed right after the kids (8:30p). Kids get up between 5-6am, no matter how dark the room or when they go to sleep. So I go to sleep between 8:30 - 9:30, unless I'm up late with a migraine. :x. DH shift is changing so he'll be able to sleep in until 4am, which will put us back on a much more pleasant 9:30p bedtime (work nights I miss our private time, but I'm spoiled since he's home by lunchtime). :D

 

Even before kids, we were more an early up (commute), early to bed. If you start turning down/off lights after sundown it helps your body adapt to a more natural clock, I think. I'm just thankful the kids are all on the same basic schedule!

 

'night! :lol:

[jewellsmommy]

Between 11pm and midnight... I'd like to be in bed around 10pm, but it never seems to work out that way.

 

 

This is me. Usually around midnight, sometimes a little later.

[Crissy]

I get into bed at about 10:00, but I read, watch a bit of TV or talk with my husband until around 11:00--then the lights go out.

[Tree House Academy]

I am usually up till around 1am and sleep till between 8:30 and 9. After 11 (when the kids are FINALLY in bed - this summer it has been really hard to get them to go to sleep before 11 since we don't even come in from outside until 9:30 or so) is when the house is quiet and I can watch what *I* want to on TV...or I can spend time on the computer without "MOM...HEY MOM" every 30 seconds. Some nights I am just willing to give up my me time earlier than other nights! ;)

Edited August 26, 2011 by Tree House Academy

[AngieW in Texas]

I generally go to bed between midnight and 1am and get up between 7am and 8am. I used to get up between 8am and 9am, but after construction going on behind my house for months, I started automatically waking up early every day.

 

My 15yo tries very hard to be in bed by midnight because she has a hard time getting to sleep after that.

 

My 13yo goes to bed between 10:30pm and 11:15pm.

 

My 18yo is gone to college now, but she was going to bed any time between 10pm and 3am this summer.

[jubilation]

Between 12 and 1, on nights I don't work.

 

On nights I work, ~8 am is bedtime. :tongue_smilie: I'm naturally a 10 pm bedtime, 6 am wakeup type person, so I only endure night shift out of necessity. :glare:

[Cindyg]

You just lump the whole night and early morning into "After 11"?

 

I would have checked "Shoot for 2 a.m. most nights" if that had been an option.

[Mothersweets]

Wow! I am surprised to see that so many of us stay up late! For me it is the need for quiet time that causes my night owl behavior. :)