Getting kids ready for bed, and making them stay there. See the "sleep" tag for questions on issues while they're asleep.
Questions tagged [bedtime]
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7 year old demands to go to sleep at 5:00 pm
My 7 year old son (and his brother, 5 sometimes) in winter generally demands to go to bed as soon as the sun goes down. We really wish he would stay up to 6:30-7:00 or so because when he goes to bed at 5:00pm he generally gets up at 4:00 am or the…
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Is a Set Bedtime Appropriate for Teens?
For teens, in this case a rising Junior in High School, is it appropriate to set a bedtime for him of 10PM? How does this compare with the majority of teens?
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How can I handle my toddler's bedtime-avoidance tricks?
My son is 2½ years old and he thinks he's figured out a smart trick to avoid having to sleep. Our responses sometimes work, and sometimes they don't. Even when they work, it's time-consuming and prevents us from our evening tasks or whatever we do…
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How do I help my elder child's sleep not to be disrupted by her sister?
We have two daughters; one is 2 years old and the other was born a week ago. Right now, daughter 2 is sleeping a lot and doesn't cry much, but if my experience of the first was anything to go by, that will last for about 3 more weeks and then she'll…
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Best practices to maintain an early, consistent bedtime
Some background, my wife and I have a preschooler and a seventeen month old. We ended up transitioning our eldest out of a crib and into a bed around the time our youngest was born. We did this before he was born to minimize disruption, but over the…
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Almost 4 year old does not want to go to bed at night
We have our night time routine but it has stopped working. She refuses to go to sleep. We ask her to stay in bed she'll squirm and walk her feet up the wall. She seems full of energy. She also has a 2 year old brother in the same room. He's pretty…
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How to help a 7 year old understand how much sleep he needs?
My son is now writing a timetable for himself which is fantastic. His mother was never keen because she'd have to keep to it too. His mother is finally starting to try to set a bedtime but still fails since is sleepy every morning before school-…
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Why is my 9 month old not sleeping through the night?
My son would sleep 10 to 12 hrs every night from the time he was about 3 months old. All the sudden he's waking almost every hour. It's worse than when he was an infant. Also would like to know if night feedings to get him back to sleep will cause…
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