Bedtime

So I have always been pretty lenient with bedtime, I guess, some would say.  I work Monday thru Friday from 8am to 5pm, so I want to spend every minute that I am home with my little one and therefore

We have no routine.  No set schedule.

I just may have heard some gasps!

There I said it and I'll say it again. 

We have no routine. No set schedule.

M has more of a schedule/routine during the day, but come time when mom gets home from work there is no routine or set schedule and guess what!?  I like it that way.  I do!  I know we'll all make it to bed eventually.

M is done napping by the time I get home or by 6 p.m.at the latest and then we do whatever the hell we want.  We may go out to dinner, we may order pizza, dad might make something, we might snack and play then eat at 9 p.m.,  we sometimes watch cartoons after dinner 'til bedtime, sometimes M goes to G-ma's and we go on a date. 

Then what we do is we all go to bed at the same time or chances are M goes to bed when she is tired around 10 p.m., 11 p.m. at the latest - weekends are an exception.  I just see it that if we're awake why not all hang out together. 

This  non-schedule works for us,   it doesn't affect mine and my partners sleeping  or not sleeping if you know what I mean! 

Do what works best for you, your child, your partner and your family. Then guess what works even better for us!?!?  M will sleep in too and that is awesome.

I just think it's so easy for other mom's to tell you that their child goes to bed at such and such time and they never make any exceptions, well that just doesn't sound practical or fun.  M is so flexible.  Granted I know that a bed time will be put into place when M is in school, but you have your whole life for schedule/routine so live it up while you can!

Having a strict bed time when your child is so young and not meeting that bed time is just another reason to beat yourself up.  Take it easy. Relax and enjoy time with your family.  You can sleep when your dead.  Kids grow so fast!  Take and enjoy every minute together. 

Oh and even when Maizy does go to bed early I still never make it to bed before 11 p.m. I swear!!