My sister in law puts her child to bed at 5:30?

Question

The child is 1 and she sleeps from 5:30 pm to 6:30 am. That's great and everything but my husband seems to think we can do something similar with our son who is 3. I try to tell him there is an age difference and also every child is different. He laready gets 12 hours ina 24 hour period, that's all he needs. How many hours does your 3 yr old get?

Answer 1

Mine just turned 4 and he has awful sleep patterns most days he does not take a nap and I try to get him in bed by 9pm but most times he stays up playing in his bed to around 1030 and he wakes up around 530

Answer 2

My 3 and 5 year olds go to bed at 9 and get up at about 8 or 8:30 am they don't take naps and are fine. In fact when i put them to be at 9 they still chat for a while. Some 3 year olds require naps it just depends on the kid.

You should consider your own scedule if you must get up early for some reason then you will have to adjust the childs schedule by putting her to bed earlier. If you make bedtime too early it will be hard to do things, like if you are invited to a party or get together these things often start at 6 or 7.

Answer 3

Wow, at 3 I dont think he would be willing to sleep that long. I babysit a 4 yr old but Ive been with them since she was 2. I would get her ready for bed around 7:30 and she would be asleep by 8:15, and she wakes up at 7:30, but like you said every child is diffrent and when they are tired they will sleep.

Answer 4

Your husband needs to chill out and be thankful that your son sleeps the way he does. Because my son is 3 and has terrible sleeping habits. He goes to bed around 11 to 12 at night and wakes up at 8 or 9 in the morning and I know this is because he is not in daycare but at 5:30 in the afternoon I'm just taking my son to chuck e cheese to play (ha ha) so that's outrageous.

Answer 5

I would never put my child to bed at 5:30 pm for the common fact is that most families have dinner around that time and you are probably just getting off work at that hour. There is also need for bonding time between a parent and a child. My children go to bed at 8:00 pm on weekdays and 9:30pm on weekends and occasionally they get to stay up a hour late during the week.
Just to reference this to you my children are 7,5,2
You only have one chance to enjoy their age they only grow old.

Answer 6

I think that is too much, my doctor tells me that my 2 year old should get at LEAST 12 hours of sleep but should be around 14 hours so 5:30 may be too early but you guys can put him to bed around 7 or 8 maybe. My 5 year old goes to bed at 8 and I'm thinking that's too late because she goes to school all day and comes home exausted.

Answer 7

mine takes a nap with his little brother from about 12:30 to about 2:20 then he goes to bed a t 7:30 and wakes up at about 6:45 to 7 am. thats always worked for me. he has had the same cycle since about 7 and half months old. good luck.

Answer 8

a three year old doesnt need more that 10 hours of sleep in one night.

7:30 is pretty realistic for bed time... but 530 is just a parent trying to be selfish. your husband should spend that time enjoying his son.

Answer 9

It all depends on what the child needs...some kids need more sleep than others, but it's good to have a bed time! My daughter was going to bed at 7pm at the age of 3, but we were getting up at 6am too...

Answer 10

My son goes down at 8pm and wakes up at 7 am...and has a 2 hour nap in the day time...