In my household, sleep=happiness. So for now, I’ll take well-rested kids over a social life.
I’m always fascinated by, although not judgmental of, parents whose kids stay up significantly later than mine. “I can’t believe he stayed up to watch the ball drop!” I said in amazement to my best friend, in reference to her 4-year-old. “I love keeping the kids up for special reasons,” she gushed. And since she’s my BFF, I can easily look at her with a wink and say, “You’re bonkers” and she’ll wink back. It’s a mutual understanding that we have different views on this topic.
Nonetheless, I sometimes forget that not all families function the exact way mine does. That there are toddlers who are awake until 9 p.m., 10 p.m. . While that schedule obviously works for some parents and children, it does not for mine. I also remind myself that other parents likely have the same amazed reaction to my kids’ bedtime: “Your kids go to bed at 7:30!?” And that’s OK.
Perhaps kids like my friends’, though, are the type who actually do sleep in later in the morning. Maybe even if they get a little less sleep one night, they’re still tolerable the next day. This would never work for my daughters.the fact that my kids go to bed so early. The time between their bedtime and mine is a chance for my husband and me to connect, to talk about our days without a whining toddler clinging to our legs and a crying baby needing to be soothed.
Will they go to bed this early forever? Certainly not. And even now there are the occasional instances when something extra special pushes back bedtime. So while the near future likely forecasts a lot of early nights for our family, I know down the road they’ll get to experience life after 7:30 p.m. And hey, maybe they’ll even get to see some fireworks.
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