how much earlier do you wake up?

iluvmylab

Before baby, I woke up around 6:30.  It doesn't take me long to get myself ready and I usually had my breakfast and coffee on my 25 minute drive to work.  Now that baby is here, I get up at 5 so I can get myself mostly ready before I have to nurse him.  I guess I could get up later, but I like to have about 30 minutes to play with him in the morning.  I'm out the door by 7:15 at the latest.  What does your morning look like?

Mjmksb04

When DS was a baby, my morning looked about like yours. I liked to get ready before he woke up. Now, I get up at my usual time since he doesn't need as much time in the morning.

erodrigue5

I wake up at 5:30 and I'm ready by 6. Take baby out of the crib and keep him asleep while we drive to the sitters house. We leave the house by 615.

jnealet

If all goes well, I get up at 6:00am.  If it doesn't, like today, who knows.  I was up at 4:30 this morning with D2 and didn't get back until bed. 

Before D2, I was getting up at 6:30am - and some days I was getting up at 5:30 to exercise.  My goal is to get back to the exercising, I actually miss it.

iluvmylab

jnealet:

If all goes well, I get up at 6:00am.  If it doesn't, like today, who knows.  I was up at 4:30 this morning with D2 and didn't get back until bed. 

Before D2, I was getting up at 6:30am - and some days I was getting up at 5:30 to exercise.  My goal is to get back to the exercising, I actually miss it.

I had plans to work out for about 20 minutes in the morning, but it's too hard when my breasts are full, so I have to feed and pump before I can do that.  By that time, baby wants attention, so I gave the idea up.  Maybe when he gets older it will be more feasible.  I'm pretty good about taking him in the jogging stroller in the evenings for a run, but I miss the gym.  I feel bad about going to the gym when I get home when I spend so much time away from him at work already. 

CrazyToast

My DD is old enough that I don't remember what time I used to get up at.  I do know I would arrive at work around 7, so I was probably up around 5:45. 

My alarm is now set for 5:25.  I don't have to deal with DD at all in the mornings, because DH is the SAH parent (he works afternoons/evenings/weekends).  So I get up, put the coffee in the coffee maker and let it brew while I go shower.  I do everything in the bathroom in a row: shower, brush teeth, dry hair, makeup, get dressed (I pick clothes the night before and hang them in the bathroom).  I am ready by 6.  I grab my coffee, water and stuff to go to work.  I say goodbye to DH and am out the door by 6:15 at the latest.  I am at work by 6:45.

itsmevkb

We all pretty much get up at the same time.  My alarm goes off at 6:00am, if it's a good day I get up right away, if I'm still tired I hit the snooze once or twice.  Typically, the baby wakes up right around 6:00am, and if the older kids aren't up by the time I get up I go in and wake them up.  Then it's divide and conquer.  DH will take the baby and I'll get the other kids dressed or vice versa and then they all go downstairs where DH makes them breakfast and gives the baby a bottle while  I shower and get dressed for work.  Then I head downstairs and make sure my oldest has everything he needs for school, clean up the breakfast dishes and then it's coats on, baby in carseat and we're out the door right around 7:10 - 7:20am.

jlaOK

I get up at 6:00 and get ready. Get DS up at 7:00, we're out te door by 7:30, as I'm back at home to work at 8:00. The rare days I don't take DS to daycare I can sleep in until 7:00. Those days are glorious.

Leap08

I get up at 5:00. Most of the time my daughter wakes around then so I nurse her, pump, and then get myself ready. I'm usually ready by about 6:00, which is when my 2 year old wakes up. We eat breakfast together and then I get both girls ready for the day. I usually nurse my daughter again about 7:00. I try to be out the door by 7:15, but we are almost always 5 to 10 minutes behind schedule. I honestly don't remember what time I woke up before kids - probably about 6:30. Before the baby was born, I woke up at 5:45.

vigurl

Pre baby I would get up at 7:30 (1 hr before I needed to be at work).  Now I get up at 6:30.  I need 2 hours to be ready. 

30 mins to pump

30 mins to get myself ready

15 mins to pack bottles food etc

15 mins to get baby ready and in the carseat

30 mins to drop off LO and get to work

dizzycooks

I am planning on waking at 5am, I use to get up at 5:30.

5-5:30 will be for showering and getting dressed/makeup

5:30 is breakfast/coffee/dog care time although I may have to shift to breakfast in the car

6:00 feed DD, pump

out the door by 6:30 to get DD to daycare and then to work by 7:30

I have no grand plans to work out unless DD wakes up at 4am to nurse, then I suppose I'll have time to work out at 4:30 when she's done eatting since I just don't like going back to sleep for a half hour.

 

Fianschneid

Most days, DD wakes me up before my 5:45 alarm. If I get up before her, though, I have about enough time for a shower before she wakes. So, 15-20 minutes.

If she wakes first, she plays while I have a glass of juice. Then, I bring her bouncy seat into the bathroom so I can keep an eye on her while I shower and get ready. She has breakfast at 6:30. After that, I change her clothes. By then, DH is up and puts her in her car seat while I take 5 minutes for finishing touches (brush my teeth, pack our bags).

The three of us leave the house together at 7:15. I drop DH at the train, DD at day care and then I drive to work.

mylittlesunshine

I get up at 6:30 and take a shower, get ready and then eat breakfast. We don't wake up DD until 7:20/7:30ish. It is nice to have that time in the mornings to go at my pace rather then rush to eat breakfast. DD gets breakfast at daycare. We are usually  out the door no later than 8:10.

iristony

I get up at 5:30, shower, get dressed and if time start my make up.  My son gets up around 6:15, I get him changed and then we head downstairs. I give him milk and we either play for a little or I put on Sesame Street while I pack us up, turn on the car, etc...  Sometimes I even have time for a cup of coffee!  We leave house at 6:55 and I drive him 25 minutes to MIL house.  I usually spend 15 minutes with him there, head to work and usually finish up my makeup in the parking lot.  I am in the office by 8:15.

MirandaHobbes

Pre-baby I was actually always up early- by 6, and to work by 7 (30 minute commute). I've always showered at night.

When DS was born I tried to keep my 7 am schedule, which meant getting up at 5:30 to get dressed and feed the baby before leaving to get to daycare by 7. I got to work by 7:15.

As DS has gotten older (4yo) and sleeps longer we've gotten lazier. We wake up at 6:30 and are out the door (all of us) by 7:15. To daycare by 7:30, work by 8. He eats breakfast at home although I have the option of sending it with him.

I thought this question was going to ask about weekend risings- though have changed dramatically!!! I actually used to love getting up at 7 am pre-baby to tackle my day; start shopping lists, tinker in the garden, etc. Or if we were out the night prior we'd happily sleep in until 10 am. Long gone are those days.. now I'm so tired I can barely drag myself out of bed at 7:30 when DS wakes up (I know, 7:30 is late compared to when he was a baby waking at 5!!!!).

SouthFloridaMommy

I should preface this with - I don't have to be to work early.  I normally arrive around 10am.

DD2 gets up earlier than all of us, normally around 6-6:30am.  She has a bottle and then I try to get her back to sleep.  If I can get her back to sleep, then I sleep until 7:40, but if I can't, I wake up closer to 7:20.  I the dog walked and myself ready, then I get the girls ready.  We are normally out the door around 8:45-9. 

Ashley&Scott

Before DS was born we would get up at 7-7:10 & leave the house at 7:35.

Here's our new schedule:

6:30- DH gets up & gets ready
6:30- I wake up & play with DS/feed if he's hungry
6:40-7:00- I get ready while DH gets DS ready
7:05-7:15- I feed DS, DH eats, packs lunches & daycare bag
7:20- DH takes DS to daycare, I eat breakfast & clean up kitchen
7:30- I leave for work

kje120

I used to get up at 6:00 and be out the door at 7:00 (DH and I carpooled 3 days a week)

Now I get up at 5:45 and am lucky to be out the door by 7:30.  I could save a little time by taking his breakfast to daycare and having them feed him, but I like that time together in the morning so I do it. 

Christina_Diane

I'm not a working mom yet, but this post scares me for when I go back to work in August. As it is, I wake up at 5:00 am now and leave at 6:30 am. In this time, I get ready, walk the dog, and cook breakfast for myself. I really don't want to wake up much earlier than 5, and I won't give up walking the pup. We only do a mile and it takes 15-18 minutes depending on how much I let her sniff around. 

amyc216

Before baby, I think I got up at 6:20 and left the house around 7:20.  I probably spent 20 minutes just drinking water and watching the news.

These days, I get up at 5:30, take shower, get ready, make bottles, pack pump bag and anything else I need to bring to work, get DS ready, feed him (unless he ate not long ago) and we leave at 6:45.

allsmilesCMT

I love this post. I'm a going to be FTM and had no clue what to expect. Thanks for giving a little perspective!

mrambo3

Wake up 4am: work out 

5am-6am: shower, do hair, eat breakfast, pack DS bag for DC

6-6:15: DS wakes, change, dress, nurse

 

We're out the door by 7 

toribugwife

I wake up at 5:30. I get my baby up and feed her and then get myself ready for the day. She goes to daycare at 6:20 and I get to work by 6:45. My shift starts at 7 so I am usually early. It's nice because I usually have a little extra time built up and I can leave early on fridays.

laurakaz13

I used to wake up at 6:30 as well.  Now I wake up at 5:30, shower, get ready, drink my coffee and read the news.  Then DH or I will wake the baby up at 6:30 and get her ready. 

All bottles, bags, etc. are packed the night before.  I just need some 'me' time in the a.m. 

angelame1979

I wake up about 5:15 shower and get ready...done by about 6:30 ish run downstairs lunches set by the door for DD and I come up get dressed, get DD up at 7 and out the door by7:15.  

dragon_chica

Before kids I woke up around 6:15 and was out the door in 30 min.  Nowadays I wake up around 5:30/5:45 but don't always leave until 6:45 in the case that DS needs to nurse or he fully wakes up.  In the latter case if he doesn't go back to sleep I hang back to help DH get DD ready for preschool so he has one less kid to get ready in the morning.

manpuper

About 5:30

Brady77

Christina_Diane:

I'm not a working mom yet, but this post scares me for when I go back to work in August. As it is, I wake up at 5:00 am now and leave at 6:30 am. In this time, I get ready, walk the dog, and cook breakfast for myself. I really don't want to wake up much earlier than 5, and I won't give up walking the pup. We only do a mile and it takes 15-18 minutes depending on how much I let her sniff around. 

You won't have to give up walking the dog, I haven't.  I get up at 6:15 and do the bottles/baby food for daycare (H washes everything at night and used to do bottles but since I am using frozen milk right now, I mix it in the morning).  I leave with the dog at 6:30 and am back by 6:45.  I feed her (the dog) and am in the shower by 6:55.  I am dressed and done by 7:20 and i wake and nurse kiddo, throw her clothes on and am out the door around 7:30-7:40 and am at my desk around 8:30.

I just have had to move my workout time to the evening after she goes to bed.