Bedtime! It’s a bit of a challenge for us, with 5 children in our house (aged between 0 to 13). We’re not overly strict, but in an IDEAL WORLD, this is our weekday schedule:
- Casper (5) 7:30PM
- Ava (8) 8:00PM
- Pim (11) 8:30PM
- Sara (13) 9:00PM
Which means that we go upstairs around 7:15 to wash, brush teeth and put pyjamas on. While I deal with baby Bram, Tamar brushes Casper and Ava’s teeth and reads Casper a little story. He ought to be in bed by 7:30; usually he’s pretty tired and happy to go to sleep by that time!
I then sit down with the oldest three to read (Narnia, at this moment) until around 8PM. In the meantime, Tamar cleans up downstairs. Then Ava and Pim go to bed — Pim may read for half an hour. Sara is usually still doing something in her room at that point (preparing her book bag for the next day, for example), but I like her to be in bed by 8:30. She’s allowed to read till 9PM — she might be a teenager now, but I feel she still needs quite a lot of sleep!
But… As I mentioned, this is the ideal scenario. Because often, and especially in summer, we don’t even finish dinner before 8. The kids are happily running around in the garden, or playing on the pavement with their neighbours. Tamar and I have a glass of wine and it’s all so lovely that we just let it go and enjoy the moment. By the time we finally decide to call in the troops, it’s often after 8! And so Casper goes to bed with dirty feet and no story, and so do the rest… But we just love these slow, happy evenings!
I’m curious — what time do your children go to bed?? Are you very strict about it? And what about your own bedtime??? I’m often in bed around 9:30! I like to relax and read for a bit, but sometimes I fall asleep before Tamar even comes to bed!
xxx Esther
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