Sleep?

[KaisaG]

I'm a big sleeper- and always have been... and sometimes I see some of you ladies posting at like midnight, 3am and then again at 6am... so I'm just curious how much sleep everyone averages per night + naps (for those that take them...)???

I probably average about 6 hours per night, and like to take a nap for ahout an hour when I get home from work... but lately that hasn't been happening (except for yesterday when I came home and fell asleep for 3 hours!)

[Lynette]

Ideally, Alaina goes to be at 7pm and I go to bed around 11 or midnight and then wake up about 6:30 or so when Alaina does. When you see me posting in the middle of the night (early morning hours) it is because I fell asleep either putting Alaina to sleep or she woke up before my bedtime and I fell asleep then so I wake up in the middle of the night for a couple of hours before going back to sleep for a couple more. I haven't had a nap in who knows how long because when I get home from work Alaina is just getting up from hers and naps over 30min make me feel yucky and grumpy.

[LMS]

I vary. last night i went to bed at midnight and was up at 7am.... oddly enough i feel MORE awake than i did yesterday after sleeping from 9-7:00

[KaisaG]

Isn't it weird how too much sleep will make you tired?? :yawn

[meeg124]

I'm usually in bed by midnight and up at 6:30 or 7:00, unless I'm working a later shift, then I don't even get off until 1 am and then I'm in bed around 2 and up at the same time.

I love to nap and I love to take a power nap (3-4 hour) in the middle of the day. That doesn't happen too often anymore but thankfully, Caden is still taking a pretty big nap in the afternoon and sometimes I can get a couple of hours then.

[Kellie_MO5]

I usually go to bed around 1am, but lately it's been more like 3am... but my kids don't wake up til around 9am or so, so I don't have to either..lol LOVE kids that sleep in!!!

[Marisa]

We put Brianna to bed at 8pm every night and usually take about 1 to 2 hours to decompress and clean up or whatever. Then dh and I go to bed around 9:30-10pm. Brianna's up at 5:30 every morning and dh leaves for work then so we get a "good" 8 hours. Well, dh does. Brianna (and Mommy) still wake up 2-3 times a night!

[colleen&Kail]

i usually get between 6-7 hours of sleep. (broken) kail still gets up 2 times a night!

[jellybeanmichelle]

Most of the time V is down by 9pm, and we're in bed by 10 or 11pm.
V will wake up around 6:30-7:30am, depending on what time my hubby goes to work.
Lately though, she's been in bed by 9, but then wakes up at 10pm and wants to play. She still takes 2 good 1 hour naps during the day. I don't nap, cause I feel "off my rocker" if I do.

[Mom of 2]

I get about 5-6 hours a night. Ken works late and alot of times gets in around 11PM or midnight, so I am often still up. Then I will try and rest when the kids are resting during the day. The kids get up anywhere from 7-9AM depending on if Patty has preschool that morning. I feel like the only time I can get things done is when the kids are asleep.

Kate
Mom to Patty and Tyler

[FTM2Hannah]

Hannah's bedtime is 7 pm. We usually go to bed ~10 and then wake at 6 am. Hannah has been known to wake for the day at 5:30 though. I've been trying to nap when she does because we all have the stomach flu. :(

Beth

[becky]

I usually try and crash at 2am though i will sometimes loose tracj of time and not get to bed until 3am. Myah usually crashed at midnight so i will get only about 2 hours a day to myself which isn't much.

On weekdays, i get up around 730 to take kayla to school and most times i'm lucky and myah and i will go back to bed and sleep until 9 or 11am depending how tired she is.

As for naps, we both need at least 2 hours sleep but lately we have been sleeping for 3 hours. Myah might fight me initially but once i get her down to sleep there is no waking her and i always try give her enough time to sleep for more than an hour. When i dont then the whole purpose of the nap is useless.

[daisydoc]

Naps don't happen for me b/c the kids don't sleep at the same time. They are both in bed and asleep by 815pm and then jazper still gets up anywahere from 1-4 times a night!!! Sevannah typically wakes up between 630-7 am so I never get a routine amount of sleep :(