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Prefer the C&C sites but once we're on holidays there are no hard and fast rules.

if the day's been particularly active, we found that they were ready for bed at about 8pm and were so zonked they didn't stir till about the 8am.

If not that active we'd plan a good dinner and a walk down to the beach, up the hill, round the wood etc at dusk then hot choc and bed. Seemed to do the trick and we never really noticed what anyone else was doing.

I was on a cub camp this weekend and nearby (it sounded VERY nearby) was a hotel with a wedding reception with a very loud (and not very good) band doing covers!!

Grief, it was bad!

Quote: Originally posted by janso100 on 09/7/2007

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11 am....thats a bit drastic foggers  

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Both my children have reacted very differently.

Took my first at 11 months old, would he go to bed without screaming for 20 mins? Most embarrasing. He was a very tantrumy toddler anyway and we were surrounded by very quiet Dutch families. After that he wasn't too bad and just kept him up till he couldn't keep his eyes open. Had to make sure we went for a drive at some stage in the day to catch up on sleep. Was always aware of him being an early riser but sometimes you just can't stop a 2 year old having a paddy at 6.30 am!

Took number 2 away from 6 months, he was the sort of baby who'd drop off without a prob and wasn't too bothered by noise. Just got back with them both at 2 and 6 years and they both stayed up till 10pm then woke at 8am. The youngest is one of those children who keeps going and can manage on not so much sleep. He doesn't melt down when tired!

Hard to cater for everybodys needs and only havng a bit of canvas between various holiday makers isn't ideal. I went to one event years back that had a curfew field. That would be nice on the larger campsites, it was little noise after 8 or 9pm. Normal talking but no loud music, shouting. Gives parents a chance to get young children to bed at an OK time, good chance all your neighbours will be early risers also!