SAHMs and WAHMs, do you let them sleep in?

pregarella · January 2012

LO generally wakes up between 6am and 7am every morning on her own....lately it has been almost always at 6:30am on the dot.

This morning she woke up at 6am and I told myself I'd get up at 630am to get her and feed her since she wasn't fussing in her crib, just chatting with herself.

I woke up at 710am and she is back asleep! Now it's 7:30am and I'm unsure whether to wake her or just let her sleep until she wakes up on her own.

KYBABY2011 · January 2012

I don't wake DS up unless we have somewhere to be. lol He usually wakes up anywhere between 8 and 9 but it depends on when he goes down at night.

klang621 · January 2012

Let her sleep. and go back to sleep yourself

mjid1105 · January 2012

I'd let her sleep. DD slept till almost 7:30 the other morning it was so weird! She wakes up usually around 5:30-6am.

cmread · January 2012

I wouldn't wake DS up! I figure if he's sleeping, his body needs the rest.

SarahKate31 · January 2012

I'm not a SAHM or WAHM but if DS sleeps in on the weekends, we let him!! The latest he'll sleep is 8am anyway.

wendy46001 · January 2012

Most mornings I?m waking her up, so if we have nowhere to be I always let her sleep. Its nice to have a cup of coffee and relax before she's up. Unfortunately Bells is a morning person so it hardly ever happens...ugh

Telly21182 · January 2012

SarahKate31:
I'm not a SAHM or WAHM but if DS sleeps in on the weekends, we let him!! The latest he'll sleep is 8am anyway.

This! Actually, if I were a SAHM or WAHM I'd prefer him to sleep in a bit so that he will learn to sleep later on the weekends too!

LexGator · January 2012

Oh yes! I WAH, so I can get some stuff done on the mornings she sleeps in. K actually slept until almost 10 this morning (she woke up to nurse at 8 but went back to sleep). I love those mornings!

Magenta728 · January 2012

klang621:
Let her sleep. and go back to sleep yourself

This!

MommaG123 · January 2012

I guess I am in the minority here because I would wake C up. I would be afraid it would mess up her entire schedule for the day.

Also Ferber's book mentioned something about babies having more like a 24.5 hour internal clock or something and if left to their own devices they would push back their wake-up time every single day.

Gwyneddlesliegrace · January 2012

Heck yes!

skidaisy · January 2012

Let her sleep!!!!

Turtle143 · January 2012

we're baby led so yes I'd let her sleep in since I don't go to bed until around midnight. This morning would be an example of when I wish she'd sleep in but no bueno. She is up at 7am and I could use a couple more hours.

SarahP15 · January 2012

I would never wake a sleeping baby!

(and I'm so jealous of all of you whose babies sleep til 7 or later! DS thinks it's playtime around 5:30-6)

tarahnpaul · January 2012

Heck yes I'd let her sleep. It just never happens

We have zero schedule so I'd love it.

kaitylin · January 2012

Yes! DD and I are on a late schedule. She and I go to bed late and we sleep in late. She gets up around 8 or 8:15 then goes back to bed until 9:30 or 9:45. No way I'm changing that - I like to sleep then too!

kas80 · January 2012

We are on a later sleep/wake schedule then most others but I never wake her up unless we have somewhere to go. She naturally wakes up anywhere between 9am-11am.

barefoot barista · January 2012

Let her sleep! Enjoy.

maddiemoon43 · January 2012

kaitylin:
Yes! DD and I are on a late schedule. She and I go to bed late and we sleep in late. She gets up around 8 or 8:15 then goes back to bed until 9:30 or 9:45. No way I'm changing that - I like to sleep then too!

This is us. DS usually goes down about 8:30pm but I usually wait up for DH if he is working until midnight, plus push my last pump as late as possible and often don't go to bed before 1. DS and wakes between 7-9ish, but will go back down after eating and playing for a few minutes until 10:30 or so.

ETA - We do need to start gradually changing out schedule. I have 5 months of mat leave left, and I have always been a night owl and loved to sleep in, but managed to make it through work tired and catch up on weekends, etc. I don't quite think it's going work out that way anymore once I'm back... Stick out tongue That said, I am planning on DH being able to drop him at child care mid-morning if he only works at noon-ish most weeks, so maybe DS won't have to adjust too much.

waterfall11 · January 2012

Mare0527:

I guess I am in the minority here because I would wake C up. I would be afraid it would mess up her entire schedule for the day.

I'm in the minority too and would wake within 30 min of the time we have established (7am wake time so 7:30 at latest) so we can stay on schedule. I think I have only woken her once or twice- this is a very rare occurrence in our home. I am really hoping the spring time change helps us push her schedule back.