When is it too late to bring out toddlers, in your opinion? (single parent, parent)

[LPDAL]

When is it too late to bring out toddlers, in your opinion? Does anyone have any experience with having the only option of bringing a toddler out late at night?

[Hopes]

What do you mean by "too late" and "bring out?"

[LPDAL]

Originally Posted by Hopes

What do you mean by "too late" and "bring out?"

Late at night.
OP edited.

[Hopes]

Toddlers should be in bed by 8:00pm IMO. That was my children's bedtime. A consistent sleep schedule is important.

[RDH35]

Originally Posted by Hopes

Toddlers should be in bed by 8:00pm IMO. That was my children's bedtime. A consistent sleep schedule is important.

I agree with this. BUT I can imagine that there would be lots of variations to this based on individual families and circumstances.

[Eresh]

My two year old has a 7:00 bedtime, and her routine starts at 6:00. She doesn't do well when we change things up. So for OUR family, it's 6:00. However, in general for OTHER families, my answer is whenever works best so that everyone stays well rested and happy.

[Kibbiekat]

Depends. For us, probably 7:30 or 8:00. But, if you are a single parent or your spouse isn't home and you need to buy medicine or food or something...

[glass_of_merlot]

^^^this

[Riley09swb]

How old and for what reason? My kids have different bed times in the winter vs the summer. It's also a car of know your child. If they don't do well if routine is off don't do it.

[Mattie]

I no longer look askance at seeing small children out late. I always tried to have mine in bed no later than 8:00 pm (for my own sanity), but we moved to South Florida, and saw a completely different viewpoint. It was commonplace for people to take their kids out to eat at 9:00. As long as the kids get enough sleep, it really doesn't matter until they have to attend school.