working moms - do you wake LO before work?

sramasunder

i leave for work by 6:45-7 most days and I have been waking DD about 20-30 mins early just to hang out with her before I leave.  The days I leave at 6:15, I let her sleep and she wakes up on her own around 7:30.  DH thinks that I'm being kind of selfish to wake her up before she's ready...What do you think?  I just think that if I can't be there all day that it's important for her to see me in the a.m. so she knows that i'll always be there when she wakes up.  Or maybe i *am* just being selfish, but it makes my day so much better to spend time with her before i leave.

Melly Mel

I go by the motto, "never wake a sleeping baby".

BabyS.

I'm going back to work in just under 2 weeks. I will be working four 10 hr days, and I plan to wake DD for a few minutes before I leave for the same reason you do. Sure, it's selfish... but it's important to me for her to see me before I leave.

Hopefull11

I have to wake up ds before we leave for work/daycare. I leave at 5:30 am and he needs his medicine before we leave. I wouldn't wake him up if I didn't have to. Days when I am not working he will sleep till 7 most days, so I feel really bad for waking him early.

kimberly95

I woke my DD the first day for selfish reasons but now I leave her alone.  I figure the better she sleeps, maybe the better mood she will be in when I get home.

Lola'sDogMom

Today was the first day (this is my 3rd week back) that I didn't see DS before work. He either wakes up on his own or I wake him. I'm sad that I didn't get to love on him this morning but he and DH were sound asleep which I know was good for both of them. I'll leave work early to spend more time with him this afternoon.

hterry85

Since I BF I get her up to feed her before I leave if she hasn't woke up already. But typically she wakes up on her own. Otherwise I would let her sleep so DH could continue to sleep as well.

carrieannew

I have to get him dressed and off to daycare before work so its not really a choice. I would never wake him if I didnt have to bring him to daycare. On the weekends he will sleep till 8 or 9. During the week I wake him by 7. Unless he ate less than 3 hours before. Then Ill wake him right before I need to leave the house to get him dressed.

 

salinaterri

I just went back to work and I am working 4 10 hour days...I just put little one in the car and take him to the babysitter @ 6am; I don't wake him up 'cause I don't want him to be crabby @ the sitters, but he sleeps through the whole thing anyway.

Temp785382312506150

I don't leave for work until 8 am, so DD is typically already awake by then. If she weren't, however, I'd just let her sleep.

justrachet

We wake him up so that he can eat before I take him to daycare. Being woken up at 6 am consistently has helped him get into more of a routine. On weekends, he wakes up within 45 minutes of his weekday wake up time.

mejumpmore1

I do. I nurse him awake or not right before i leave.

sramasunder

BabyS.:

I'm going back to work in just under 2 weeks. I will be working four 10 hr days, and I plan to wake DD for a few minutes before I leave for the same reason you do. Sure, it's selfish... but it's important to me for her to see me before I leave.

totally unrelated - your daughter is just the cutest!