Bed Time for 2 and a 1/2 Year Old.

I think 8 is a good time too (Mom needs some time to herself at night!). If she is still napping, it may be time to shorten her nap or give it up altogether.

i put my 3 yr old (almost) to bed around 8pm...depending on how good a nap she had! if it's a short nap or if she refuses she's in bed by 7pm...

i've read kids her age need 12-14 hours a sleep a day! also, naps are recommended until age 5! i think parents give it up too easily and early...although each kid is different! mine is fighting the nap...but i won't give it up! i think it's important!

i can also tell by her mood...if she's cranky & short tempered- 99% of the time it's a sleep issue!

bedtime routine is also bath, lotion, pjs, vitamins, brush hair/teeth, read 2 stories and bed! i start that between 6:30 and 7:30 depending on her mood...

it is not the time that you put them in bed.. but the amount of sleep that they get. she needs 12-14 hours of sleep per day... between night sleep and nap.

I have a2 year old and 3 year old. we try to be walking them upstairs to bed at 730 so we are done with stories songs kisses and hugs by 8 pm.

My 3 year old wakes up at 7 am no matter what time she goes to bed.

Both of my kids take a nap starting at 1- my 3 year old will sometimes sleep 3 hours but often it is 2 hours.. my 2year old sleeps 3-4 hours for an afternoon nap.

We cuddle our 2.5yr old to sleep at night, so it's generally whenever we go to bed. Which is usually between 9-10pm she snuggles up between us and is out within 10-15 minutes then we transfer her to her big-girl bed.

I put my 2.5 year old to bed between 8:30 and 9, depending on what she did at daycare and how tired she seems to be; if I try to put her to bed any earlier, it doesn't go well; tho we still fight with her to stay in her room no matter how late it is. lol Good luck!

In bed by 8 for my 2 1/2 year old. I think it might be just a phase. My 3 1/2 year old did the same thing and my 2 1/2 year old started to but I knew this time to nip it in the bud. I think it is an age when they are just learning to communicate and understand more and therefore test boundaries more. Just stick to your guns and I bet your child will get past it soon!

Our daughter just turned three, but has had the same bedtime now for over a year- 7:30. That means she is really in bed around 8:00, but we are upstairs going through the bedtime routine around 7:30. We also established a routine from when she was a baby, and have adapted it as she has gotten older. We find our daughter thrives on the consistancy, and it helps her to sleep in all situations (at home, at grandmas, on vacation, etc). We change into PJ's, go potty, brush teeth and read a story, then she gets tucked in with her "friend" (stuffed animal of choice) and we sing her twinkle twinkle (which we have since birth) and say goodnight. I think it depends on if your daughter still takes a nap (ours stopped at 2) and if she is showing signs of being tired. We highly recommended Dr. Weissbluth's book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" which talks about sleep challenges and how to avoid them and fix them.

The time doesn't matter - the length does. I have 3 (ages 18 mo., 4 1/2, 6 1/2), and it is easiest for me (since I am doing it by myself) if they all go to bed at the same time. Our schedule is.... 6:00 Dinner, 6:30 PJ's and Teeth, 7:00 Read Books while laying in Bed (all 4 of us), 7:30 Lights out and no talking. I sometimes have to gently hold the youngest down at this point, but he quickly understands he is not going to be allowed up. They are usually all asleep by 8:00. They wake up around 8:00 for the youngest, 7:00 for the older 2. Then, the youngest gets a 2 hour nap in the afternoon (he may wake up sooner than that, and that is okay,but I always wake up up after 2 hours regardless).

I have a two year old born 8/07. We put her to bed at 9pm every night unless we are out and about. She goes right to bed with no problems. We have made a routine. First we pick up toys and put away. Change into pj's give kisses to Mom & Dad. Brush teeth if not done after dinner. Then she runs and gets in bed, then either hubby or I tuck her in and she goes to sleep shortly there after in most cases. Once in a while she will play in her bed for about a 1/2 hour or so. Hope this helps.

My 2 1/2 yo goes to bed at 8. She gave up naps at 18 months so sometimes it's even earlier.

my daughter is 26 months, and goes to bed between 7:30 and 8. she has also just started saying "i don't wanna sleep" when it is bed time, but still goes to bed.

My twins are two and are in bed at 8:00 right now unless we're out and about. When we set our clocks back and it gets dark so much earlier, we'll probably move them back to a 7:00 or 7:30 bedtime. They wake up around 7:00 a.m. regardless of when we put them to bed.

I agree that 8 is a reasonable bed time. We still start getting our children ready for bed at 8 - they are 7, 9, and 11. I think too many parents let their children stay up too late.

My daughter goes to bed around 8, sometimes 7:45 and sometimes 8:15, it all depends on what we have going on and how cranky she is.

My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter goes down around 10:00 p.m. because her mother works until midnight or 1:00 in the morning and by putting her down later, she sleeps until around 9:30 in the morning, which allows her mom to get at least 7 hours sleep. If I put her down at 8:00 at night, her mom would be lucky to see 4 1/2 to 5 hours of sleep before she woke up. Hopefully, as she gets older and starts school, we can wean her into going to bed around 8:30 at night.

Good luck with all of that, they never want to sleep...