Early bedtime = sleep better/longer?

Question

My son is 1 years old and for the longest time he went to bed at 10pm and woke up at 7am. Now he goes to bed around 9/9:30pm and wakes up around 8am
Anyway, is this normal or has anyone else experienced this? 
I read online that when kids get overtired they actually sleep less. I wanted to know if this is true

Answer

There aren't any actual "rules" that apply to every kid, they are all different and you have to find what works for you and your family.
Mine is a night owl, like me. She is up till about 11 and will sleep till past noon every day. If I put her down at 8 or 9 she wont go to sleep easily. She tosses and turns and then gets up at 7am. 
Experiment a bit and see what works.

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My son is 2 and is generally in bed by 7:30 and will sleep until 8/8:30 if we don’t have anywhere to be.
The few times he’s been up past 8:30/9pm he’s up by 6/6:30 without fail.

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My oldest (she is now 6) had the most amaizing sleep schedule, when she was 2 'till she turned 4 she went to bed at 7:30/8 pm and woke u at 7 am (sometimes with little interruptions throughout the night) and that worked amaizingly for us, she didn't get overly tired during the day and had a little 1 hr and a half nap in the afternoon some days.
However with my now 4 yr old everything was complete chaos. Her sleep schedule was all over the place and every night falling asleep (and staying asleep untill a resonable hour) and everyday (or more specifically night😂) was a challange for me and my husband.
She used to go to bed late (around 9/9:30 sometimes even 10 pm) and wake up really early in the day (5 am usually, we were lucky if she slept till 6😬) and then she was visiblly tired and falling asleep during the day.
We now have 8 mo twins and I can't even remeber what was the last night we slept peacefully (or without waking up every hour for multiple reasons like feeding, diaper changes and comforting them) 😂😭
Sorry for the long comment I kinda went off-subject😂. 
My answear is that for our kids going to bed early=better (and sometimes longer) sleep🧡

Answer

God I wish my daughter would go to bed that late 😑
But in my experience, yes. If she's overtired when going to bed, she'll be up between 5-6. For sure.

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If my 3.5 year old goes to bed before 8/8:30, he’ll wake up during the night and have a hard time going back to sleep. We make sure he doesn’t go to sleep until about 8:30, he sleeps through the night and wakes up between 7:45 and 8:30. He doesn’t nap anymore.

Early bedtime = sleep better/longer?

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