• Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Please Start Here
  • Home
  • Contact HoJo
  • My Story
  • Disclosure & Privacy Policy

HoJo's Life Adventures

Helping others live their best lives!

  • Parenting
  • Kids
    • Babies
    • Toddlers
    • Preschool
    • School Age
  • Money
    • Saving Money
    • Making Money
  • Around the House
    • Easy DIY
    • Organize & Clean
    • Tips & Tricks
  • Recipes
  • Other
    • Essential Oils
    • Faith
    • Friendship
    • From the Heart
    • Marriage

Why We Let Our Toddler Stay Up Until 10pm

February 6, 2017

There are affiliate links in many of the posts on this site. This means your purchase supports myself, my business, and my family when you click through to buy - at no additional cost to you. This site also uses cookies. You can learn more here. Thank you!

If never fails, we take our toddler over to a family member or friend’s house and the inevitably question gets asked. “What time does the little man go to bed?”

We respond that his bedtime is about 10pm, and we’re quickly met with eye rolls or a lecture on how he isn’t getting enough sleep each night.

However, this couldn’t be farther from the truth!!

"Why on earth would you let your toddler stay up late?" This is a question my husband and I have answered MANY times! Find out why we let our toddler stay up until 10pm each night and see if it's the right thing for your family as well.

Yes, our son typically doesn’t go to bed until 10pm at night. But since I’m a work-at-home-mom, he also gets to sleep in until 8 or 9am each morning. That means he is getting plenty of sleep each night!

Are we crazy? Perhaps! However, this is what works for our family right now.

We know that our little guy is getting enough sleep each day. We also know that he and his daddy are getting to spend plenty of bonding time together in the evenings.

Now that Andrew is a school administrator, there are many nights where he doesn’t get home until 8 or 9pm each night. On the nights when he coaches, he doesn’t get into the house until at least 6pm. If we put the little man down at 7 or 8 like many people do, there would be many nights where he would get to see his daddy for less than an hour or not at all. 🙁

The other perk of letting our little guy stay up late? He sleeps in each morning! I am not a morning person, so to have 1-2 hours each morning to get myself started is great. I can choose to blog, get some housework done, create a new teaching resource, or simply sleep in myself. (Yes, this happens 1-2 times a week depending on how late I stay up working the night before.)

Am I suggesting you do the same thing we do?

Honestly – that depends!

What works best for your family? Do you and your husband need time together to unwind in the evening? Then plan accordingly. Does your little one get up at 6am regardless of their bedtime? Then put them to bed earlier so they get enough sleep each night.

I am not saying what works for us will work for everyone, but I do encourage you to look at what will work best for your family, ignore the comments and eye rolls from others, and do what your family needs.

We know this plan is going to have to change when our little guy starts preschool, but for now – it works! The eye rolls and comments don’t get to us because we know we are getting as much family time as we can right now. And that is the important part!

"Why on earth would you let your toddler stay up late?" This is a question my husband and I have answered MANY times! Find out why we let our toddler stay up until 10pm each night and see if it's the right thing for your family as well.

Like this post? Then you may also like these:

Are you flying with a young toddler? Then you're going to love these tips and ideas from one mom who recently took her 16-month-old son on four flights with success! Do you have a baby or toddler with a short attention span? Then you're going to LOVE these book ideas to help them learn to love books! Check out the word count, start reading short stories, and get them hooked on reading! Plus there are a few other great tips as well! People, it's hard to be little! As a one-year-old, I'm going to share exactly what makes this life so rough! Click through to hear me out so you don't make the same mistakes with your baby or toddler!

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Related

Filed Under: family, toddler

« All I Need to Know About Friendship… I Learned from Charlotte’s Web
Books for Toddlers with a Short Attention Span »

Categories

Copyright © 2023 · Website Design By Jumping Jax Designs

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.ACCEPT Read More
Manage consent

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT
 

Loading Comments...