Well the two small ones anyway. New routine Sam in bed at 7 Archie 8 then Tom at 10 if he wants to go on his ps3 he's welcome to lol. Got out of it when I became single and wasn't getting the kids to bed till gone 9 and I wasn't getting any down time meaning stressed mother!! Since my holiday I vowed to get them back into a routine and I feel so much better for it! (I used to be like hitler with bath/bedtime lol)

What's your routine?

That sounds great! Will give you a bit of peace as well as being good for them too!

Amelia goes up at 7 and we have the bathroom routine then she goes into her room for pj's, story then straight to sleep. I rarely ever get a peep out of her once I've said goodnight. I've always been strict as heck with bedtime!

My 3 go to bed at 6.30/7pm... None generally nap in the day, jo has a max of an hour all day so come 6pm they're all knackered.

Well my 2 were in bed asleep but L has woke up crying again *sigh

Jamie's in bed by 7. We get in sometime between 5.45 and 6.30ish. He watches the bedtime hour (normally sitting on my lap) and then he has a story and a beaker of milk on the sofa in his bedroom before cuddles and bed

Joshua is in bed between 6.30pm and 7pm then Immi is in bed by 7.30pm. We don't do bath every night but when we do thats at 6.30pm Joshua will go straight to bed after and Immi will come down for about 30mins after then to bed. I wouldn't say we're strict, if we're out or have people round we can move it around but most days they are so ready for bed at those times that it just works for us