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What Time Do Your Kids Wake Up?
Ah, the weekend. I count down to it all week and it can’t ever seem to come quickly enough for me. Two days where there is no school, excuse to be a little relaxed on the bedtime routines, and our weekends are not generally jam-packed with things to do.
Every Friday I get that surge of excitement that soon it will be Saturday. My husband is home and I can stay in my pj’s if I want to and no deadlines I need to attend to. I daydream about sleeping all night and even the blissful sleeping in.
There is only one problem — my kids wake up too early!
I have never been a morning person. I don’t think I will ever become a morning person which is evident by the fact I have yet to adequately adapt. Even after 6 years of this motherhood thing. I am one of those people who will stay up until 2 am working, watching movies and enjoying talking to an adult for a few hours (since I’m around the kids all day). Then I regret the late night when at the crack of dawn one or more of the kids are knocking on my door asking for breakfast.
I have tried having my kids stay up later, playing high energy games during the day to super wear them out and I have even considered bribing them to sleep (hehe). Nothing can convince them to sleep longer then 7 am — and right now they are up before the sun even peeks out. I know this issue will flip when they get a bit older and I will be wondering how to get my kids to wake up for school on time — but right now — I really want me (cough) them to sleep at least until the sun gets up.
So I ask you fellow parents — what time do your kids wake up? Do they sleep in for you on the weekends?
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Jacqui commented on Dec 03 11 at 5:26 pmI can so feel your pain! My three year old has always been an early riser. And I’m a night person. She is up by 7 EVERY morning.. and usually by 6:30. I have tried every trick as well… guess I’ll just sleep when she’s a teen.
Devan McGuinness commented on Dec 03 11 at 9:16 pmAh Jacqui – it helps to know I’m not the only one with a night personality and kids who wake too early & you’re right – teenage years we will have all the sleep we need (i hope!)
Bonnie commented on Dec 03 11 at 10:48 pmOh Devan I feel your pain! C used to sleep in late until S was born. From birth S woke up at 5:30 am until she turned 2 -no joke.. and by that point C was used to the noise and became an early waker. Now they are usually up somewhere between 6:00-6:30. The problem is that like you I often stay up until about 1 or 1:30 doing work, reading and just catching up on some much needed “me” time. My “evenings” start at 11pm when I get home from work so it doesn’t leave a lot of sleeping time!
Alison@Mama Wants This commented on Dec 04 11 at 7:46 amDevan, you’re not alone! My toddler wakes up at 6.15am most days, and only very occasionally (maybe once or twice a month) wakes up past 7. So I have to get up by 6am so I can get a quick shower in, maybe a hot drink if I’m lucky! I have no idea how to get him to sleep in later – even changing his bedtime up to half an hour later didn’t work. He just ended up with less sleep, and being crankier when he woke up.
Ruth commented on Dec 04 11 at 8:12 amIt’s not just you! Colt’s sleeping patterns have changed many times but right now he goes to bed at 9pm and wakes up between 7 and 8 am. The other day he didn’t wake up till 7:45 and of course, I woke up on my own then starting freaking out, imagining that he wasn’t breathing anymore. SO, as much as I would love to sleep in; I never enjoy it because I’m imagining all the reasons he’s not breathing anymore!
Terri commented on Dec 04 11 at 9:00 amYes! I can let go of some (not all) of that mommy guilt. My mom gets up at 5am to this day and I always felt bad that my daughter didn’t have a warm pancake breakfast waiting for her on Saturday mornings. My husband and I finally got her trained (yeah, I said trained) to not wake us up till 8 and 8 years later I screwed it up and had another baby (please note I love my son to pieces)! Oh well, back to the drawing board…
theresa commented on Dec 04 11 at 9:16 amI used to have this problem, but one day it just changed. My son used to wake up at 5:30am!!! Then he pushed it to 6:30, then 7am. It was that way for awhile & my daughter (who is younger) always got up around 7am. Around the time my husband deployed they magically started sleeping in!! Most times it’s 8am, but lately little boy has reverted to 7:30 & little girl has moved to 9am!! (when I can let her sleep that long!!)
heather commented on Dec 04 11 at 12:39 pmmy now 2 1/2 yr old has slept from 9 at night to 8 or 9 in the morning since she was 4 months old. i know im very blessed. but she quit taking naps at the age of 14 months. my second child, 8 months, is not as good of a sleeper. she goes to bed between 8 and 9 and wakes up at 5 or 6 in the morning. though she does take naps, i cant because my 2 yr old doesnt. i wish they had the same schedule.
Charlene commented on Dec 04 11 at 4:32 pmAfter 11 yrs and 4 boys I have learned to be up for my quiet time at 5am..I realized hoping for them to sleep past 6:30 was a waste of time..It took me a long time to adjust but now I am fine…
g8grl commented on Dec 05 11 at 3:40 pmC’mon, certainly I’m not the only one who sets them up with cartoons on Sat. and Sun. so I can get an extra hour or two of sleep?
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