For those with kids in school, what time do they go to bed, and what time do they get up?

My 6 yr old goes to bed at 8pm, earlier if we can swing it. I wake her up around 6:45am(School starts at 8am). Most mornings she is still sound asleep. She is so very grumpy in the mornings. I mean she gets close to 11 hrs of sleep, I would think that should be enough.

My 11 yr old goes to bed at 9pm, and is up by 7am. (His school doesnt start until 9am)He gets up by himself, and is usually in a good mood.

I find planning ahead for my 6 yr old is the key. Having her clothes out the night before, and things in place in the morning seems to make mornings smoother.

By Jann on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 09:04 am:

Why does the 6 year old need to get up at 6:45? Is it a long drive? Does she go to right to sleep at 8? Could you let her sleep in a little more?
It could be just that she is not a morning person. But planning ahead is always a great start to the day.

By Kernkate on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 09:05 am:

Brett 11 and Alissa almost 5 both are in bed by 9 and get up at 7:30. Brett is the tough one to wake up but Alissa jumps up and wants to get out for the Pre-K Bus too early
I have both of their clothes out the night before and I find thats much easier for the mornings.

By Kaye on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 09:06 am:

I wonder if she is getting too much sleep? I put my 8 year old to be at about 8:30 and he gets up by 7, usually pretty easy. My other son goes to bed at 9 and he is usually up right before 7, I don't have to wake him. My 11 year old doesn't typically go to bed until around 11 (we put her to bed at 9:30, but she doesn't sleep), I wake her up at 7, some days she is grumpy, some days not.

I found that if we have a plan for the mornings, and I hang out with them, we don't have much on an issue getting up. My dd loves me to sit with her and talk for awhile. The boys and I talk over breakfast. BUT when i come check email it can all fall apart...lol.

By Trina~moderator on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 09:12 am:

My kids (7 & 9) go to bed between 8:30-9 and I wake them up at 6:30. They just started school Sept. 1st and are still getting used to this new school routine. We have to get up a half hour earlier this year because DS started at the Intermediate school, which starts earlier than the Primary school. They are a little grumpy but not too bad.

By Feona on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 09:19 am:

Five years old - 8:30pm. Well that is the goal anyway... Makes them perform in school well and calmly. Tired makes for cranky uncooperative child.

Up at 7 am. Needs to be on the bus at 8:08. Missed bus twice already. Not a kid you can rush.... That oatmeal dh feeds him in the morning is slow to eat.

By Jackie on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 09:20 am:

I wake my 6 yr old up at 6:45, to give her a head start. If I wake her any later, everything is a big rush. She hates when I have to rush her in the morning. We are not in a bus zone, so I walk her to school. We usually leave around 7:35am. If I wake her late, its normally a screaming match in the morning because she doesnt like "come hurry, you will be late" coming from my mouth.She is a VERY active girl when she is awake, and it seems she needs all the sleep she can get,.

By Colette on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 09:21 am:

8 yr old is in bed by 8pm, reads til 8:30-8:45p, I wake her up around 7a.

12 yr old in bed by 8:30p reads til 9:30p - up at 5:45am out the door for school by 6:50am

14yr old, in bed by 9p, reads til about 10p, up at 5am and out the door by 6:50am

By Melanie on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 10:07 am:

Non-football practice nights, they are all in bed by 8:00 (ages 9, 8, and 4). Football nights (T,W, & F) they are in bed between 9 & 9:30. (On those nights we get home around 8:30 and then eat dinner).

The 8 & 9 year olds are up by 6:00. They have always been early risers.

The 4 year old usually wakes up between 7 & 7:30.

By Janet on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 10:27 am:

With sports and homework, my h.s. dd rarely gets to bed before 11. 10 yr-old gets to bed around 9:30. Both are up by 7 and out of the house by 7:45.

By Luvn29 on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 10:28 am:

My children are 6 and 9. They lay down around 8:45 or 9:00 and are allowed to stay awake until 9:30. I know most won't agree with me, but they are allowed to watch tv with the volume down very low that last half hour. It seems to calm them and transition them into sleep. Usually both are asleep before I go in at 9:30 to turn the television off. If not, they are asleep within just a few minutes.

They get up around 7:15 and catch the bus at 7:40. My kids are so easy to get up and get ready, and they eat breakfast at school since they get there with time to spare. They would prefer to get up with just enough time to get ready than to have extra time. I always have clothes laid out the night before, backpacks packed and by the door. They always take their bath the night before.

I guess I am pretty lucky with my children. Of course, we haven't hit teenage years yet! LOL!

I was wondering about the "too much" sleep thing, too. They say if you get too much sleep it can be just as bad as not getting enough.

And if that isn't it, sometimes just ten more minutes of sleep in the morning can make all the difference. I set my alarm for a few minutes early, and wake my children by rubbing their back, or "petting" them in some way for a couple of minutes and telling them it's time to get up. It makes a good start to the day.

By Latonya on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 11:26 am:

My 6 and 9 year olds go to bed at 9pm and get up at 6:30am. My 13 year old goes to bed at 10:30pm and gets up at 6:15am.

By Monicamomof3 on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 11:57 am:

My dd is the only one in school. She is 6 and goes to bed at 6:30-7:30 and wakes up at 6:00am.

By Debbie on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 12:01 pm:

My 5 and 7 yr old go to bed at 8pm, and wake up on their own around 7am. My youngest usually falls asleep right away after we read a book. My oldest usually reads until about 8:30 and then falls asleep. They don't start school until 8:45, so they don't have to be up until 7:30. So far this year, they have always gotten up on their own before then.

By Missbookworm on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 12:37 pm:

My kids all go to bed between 8 and 8:30 (14, 9 and 6) we have to all be up at 6:30. My son takes the bus to school and has to transfer so he leaves by 7:45 at the latest. Usually we're out of the house by 7:30. Next week i'll be getting up earlier than them since I'll be taking a pre employment program. Which means I'll have to be outta the house no later than 7:30 to have them at school no later than 8...so I can have the time to go there without being too rushed. Arghhhhhhhhhh!! I'm in bed by 10 and read til about 11 if I'm not too tiredlol

She may be getting too much sleep I know if I sleep more than 8 hours (rarely) I wake up not feeling well.

By Tink on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 01:33 pm:

My 6 and 8 yo dks are in bed by 8 and can read or talk quietly after that. They are usually asleep by 9 and wake up at 7:15 for school. My 6yo is an early bird and needs less sleep than his older sister so he often gets up at 6:15 or 6:30 and watches some cartoons on the Disney channel before the morning rush. My kids need to have clothes laid out and backpacks packed the night before, in order to have a good morning. Neither of them do well with the "Hurry, you'll be late" type of mornings.

My dd needs a lot of sleep. She's irritable and emotional if she doesn't get 10 hours and she's two years older than your dd. Some kids just don't do mornings and that may be how your dd is. If my ds is especially tired, I'll carry him out to the living room (well lit, tv usually on, people going in and out), still wrapped in his blanket and let him wake up for 5 minutes by himself. That will often do the trick for him. He just doesn't like having someone pushing and talking to him, when he's not ready for it.

By Mommmie on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 01:45 pm:

My 5th grader hates to sleep. Says it's a waste of time. He goes to bed at 11 and gets up with no problems at 7:15 (schoool starts at 8:35).

He sleeps less on the weekends.

By Spike on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 02:32 pm:

My 10 yr old goes to bed at 8:30 school nights, Fri & Sat gets to stay up.
My 13 yr old goes to bed at 10 and of course much later on weekends.

By Bellajoe on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 02:41 pm:

My 6yr old dd goes to bed at 8 and wakes up at about 7/7:30 most of the time. School starts at 9:00, so she has plenty of time to get ready. Sometimes she sleeps in and I wake her at 8:00 so she has plenty of time to get ready and we don't have to rush.

My 4 yr old ds goes to bed at 8:00 also and is up and bright eyed at 6:30! ARGH!

Being ready and organized is a good idea. Have homework in the bookbags and ready to go the night before and have clothes picked out the night before school also.

By Janet on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 02:45 pm:

Mommmie...that's funny! My teenage dd sleeps like crazy on the weekends and complains if she has to get up for anything (like lunch, LOL). Not really. She sleeps until about 9:30 on Saturdays, when she doesn't have a volleyball tourney. I used to sleep until after noon when I was a teenager! Now, I'm lucky if I can stay in bed until 8. I'm a very early riser now.

By Breann on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 08:42 pm:

Sleep time for my kids, ages 6 and 3, is 8pm-7am. Any later than 7am and we are in a rush to get to the school. We are fairly strict about bedtime.

By Pamt on Thursday, September 15, 2005 - 10:42 pm:

11 y/o-8:30
8 y/o-8:00

Both are up at 6:15 to leave for school by 6:55. Schools starts for my middle schooler at 7:20 and 7:50 of my youngest.

By Jtsmom on Friday, September 16, 2005 - 07:06 am:

My 4 yr old goest to bed by 8 and we read or sometimes he watches tv until 8:30. He gets up about 6:45 or 7am because he hates to be rushed also.

By Kim on Friday, September 16, 2005 - 07:22 am:

my 7 y/o goes to bed between 7-8 unless we have something going on. She gets up between 5:30 and 6:00 as does the 11 y/o. Their bus comes at 6:30! The 7 can never get up in the morning. It takes me at least a half hour.

The 11 goes to bed between 9-10.

The 16 between 9 and 10.

On the weekends I let them saty up until whenever.

By Cybermommyx4 on Friday, September 16, 2005 - 04:47 pm:

My 8 and 9 year olds go to bed anywhere from 8:30-10 on school nights (depending on where everyone is, older teens work schedules, athletics, etc.) Most nights around 9-9:30. They get up at 6:40, but can sleep as late as 7 if they have been up later the night before.

My two high school kids - we are LUCKY if they are in bed by 11 on a school night, and they get up no later than 6:15. They have to leave the house by 7:10. DD does field hockey and gymnastics and is often out late and then has homework on top of that. My oldest son also works 5-10pm (we have cut that back to only ONE school night - Wednesday - and then he works Friday nights, all day Saturday, and Sundays from 3-8) He is a senior this year and is taking some very demanding courses (Physics, Pre-Calculus, and is taking college-level Engineering courses as well) We wanted to make sure he had PLENTY of time to do homework and STUDY.