What's a good bedtime for a 2 year old? I know this woman who keeps the kid up way past 10:00 PM!?

Question

That just doesn't seem right to me!

Answer 1

My daughters was 6:30, at that age they need 10-12 hours of sleep, your instincts are right on...

Answer 2

My son will be 2 in February, and his bedtome is 9. Sometimes he's up later, and he's been up as late as 10:30 before when people are over and he gets wound up. But he sleeps in the morning until 9 or 10 am, and then naps for about 3 hours in the afternoon.

I've always been a night owl, even when I was a toddler, so I think his sleeping habits are somewhat genetic.

My neice goes to bed at around 7, she just turned 2 in November, and my other neice (2 in April) has a crazy schedule. Her parents are no longer together, and her dad only has her on the weekends. He puts her to bed anywhere from 8 to 11, and I have no idea what her mom does with her. I think that she needs a more structured schedule, but you can't just tell people that they're not taking care of their kids right, you know?

Answer 3

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What's a good bedtime for a 2 year old? I know this woman who keeps the kid up way past 10:00 PM!?
That just doesn't seem right to me!

Answer 4

Like some of the other comments say... just because your kids wake up at 6 in the morning or whenever doesn't mean her kids do. As long as the kids aren't being sleep deprived which I'm sure they are not then who cares what you think is right. I myself am not a morning person so I would opt for putting the kids to bed later to be able to sleep later in the morning.

Answer 5

Does the child stay at home or are they off to daycare at 6 in the morning? Because that makes a load of difference.

My children all stayed up ungodly hours when they were little. I'm a night owl. I thrive at night. But we were able to sleep in the next day. It worked for us because we were able to spend time as a family - husband has a wicked commute.

When they started school, it was a VERY easy transition to an earlier bedtime - it was the amount of sleep, not "when".

They go to bed normally and are all straight A students.

If it doesn't seem right to you, I suggest you don't do it. If it works for their family, then more power to them.

Answer 6

Well, you wouldn't want to put the baby to bed to early because he/she will wake up late at night crying and the baby will keep the parent up. Then again keeping the baby awake past 10:00 pm is not good either. The baby should at least go to sleep at 8:00 pm or 9:00 pm. It just depends on how the baby's mood is.

Hope I was of some help.

Answer 7

It's her child so it's her concern. My 2 year old normally goes to bed about 7:30 or 8:00 and sleeps until 7:00. He also naps from 1-3:30

Answer 8

It depends on the wake-up time. My son would sleep for 12 hours when he was 2. When I wanted to sleep in the next morning...I would keep him up until 10 pm. and I knew he would sleep until 10 a.m. the next day. It's the quantity of sleep that counts....not when that sleep should happen. However, when they start school, changing this sleeping schedule can be hard to change for the child. AND, the school isn't going to change their start time.

Answer 9

When the child is tired.
It may not seem right to you but it must be right for that family.
Not all parents adhere to the put baby/child to bed at such and such a time.
I never did, I always let them sleep when they were tired or needed to sleep. Each child was different and so each night was different.
My youngest at that age wouldnt go to sleep until after midnight!! Because that was her sleep cycle it also meant she wouldnt wake up until 11am. But if we'd had a big day and she fell asleep at the "normal" 8pm then she'd wake up in a few hours and be up ALL night.
My eldest put herself into a sleep schedule and at 2yrs old was asleep by 8:30pm and would awake at 7am.

So what works for each family and each child is different.

Answer 10

Before my kids started school, we would keep them up until daddy left for work. He works 3rd shift and leaves at 9:30, now, but left as late as 10:30 when my oldest was little.

That way, they were more likely to sleep late in the morning, so that daddy could get an hour or two of sleep when he got home from work, before waking to watch them while I was at work.

Nothing wrong with a family doing what works best for them, as long as the child is getting enough sleep altogether.

Answer 11

Kids at that age sleep when they need to and do not always have fixed schedules. It may be that the child sleeps during the day.
Unless there is an observable indication that the child's health is being negatively affected, I would not concern myself with how other people raise their kids.