waking up poll

kat.in.the.hat · September 2010

Do you get up before, after, or at the same time as your kid(s)?

What time do you get up? What time do they get up?

I think I'd be better in the mornings if I could get up before Marion, but I just can't drag myself out of bed at 6:15 and she's up by 6:30.

LisaK2b · September 2010

I don't see getting up AFTER them for a long time. So on the weekdays I get up before they do to get ready for work. On the weekends, it's unfortunately same time they get up since we have to monitor them and feed them breakfast.

duchessII81 · September 2010

I beat L by 20+ minutes today but that's really rare. She's our alarm clock most days, waking up 8-8:30.

CareBear01 · September 2010

DH usually wakes up before DS - I usually wake up right around the same time as DS. (at 7:30am-ish). I usually take him to DC in the morning, so I get him ready, then go downstairs and get myself ready. He's pretty good at just playing in our bathroom and bedroom while we are getting ready - so I don't see a reason to wake up to get ready before him (yet).

nvp05 · September 2010

On the days I work (Mon-Thurs), I have to get up before Rena. I get up at 6 and leave the house by 7. Rena gets up around 7:30ish and DH gets her ready and takes her to school. On the days I don't work, I get up with Rena. I'm too tired/lazy to get up before her on the days I can actually sleep in.

When I was a SAHM, I always got up with her. I always wanted to get up before her so I could get stuff done, but I'm sooo not a morning person and loved getting that extra sleep.

mom2ll · September 2010

Depends on when they get up... DH gets up at 6:45 and I get up at 7:00 (stagger our showers).... Recently, our kids have been sleeping until about 7:15-7:30...

readyforbaby · September 2010

DS has been sleeping a little bit later so we are usually up before him. It is nice to be able to get ready and eat breakfast before I get him out of bed.

cali_girl92504 · September 2010

I get up with her most of the time. Like nvp, I am so not a morning person. For example, DD woke this morning around 8:15 just as DH was leaving the house...he went to say goodbye to her, put her binky in and turned on her mobile. She slept another 45 minutes and so did momma! I get her ready for the day first, put her on the play mat while I eat and take her in the bathroom with me to shower and get ready. No need to wake up before her. I do things around the house during her naps.

I like my sleep way too much to wake before her.

kreeper611 · September 2010

I get up between 5:30 and 6. I usually pray every night that I get up before DS so that I can get started on my morning before he wakes up. Today he slept until 6:30 and it was awesome.

melissa0312 · September 2010

during the week....

i get up and leave for work before dd wakes up.

i'm up at 5:45, dd usually wakes up about 7.

on weekends....

we try to trade off who gets up with her, but she's usually the "alarm clock" and will wake up anywhere between 6:30 and 7:30

alisa1228 · September 2010

when i'm working, i get up before maddy. i am usually out the door bt 7-730a and she gets up bt 8-830a.

since late in the pregnancy (when i wasn't sleeping well) and these days (with an infant) maddy is our alarm clock.

nanann · September 2010

they have always been my alarm clock up until 2 weeks ago.

2 weeks ago Elena started Kinder so I now get up and get their breakfasts ready before they wake. They've gotten used to the early wake-up though and are usually up 5-10 minutes after me, if not at the same time.

SigmundsGirl · September 2010

Weekdays I get up between 6:00 and 6:30. DS wakes anywhere from 6:30 -7:30. I hate that some mornings I have to wake him to get him ready for daycare. DH wakes every morning at 7:00, but I have to be ready before DS because he isn't a kid that can happily entertain himself for more than 10 minutes so it takes me soooo much longer if he is awake.

On weekends we sleep until Evan calls for us. :-)

ayersfam20 · September 2010

DH wakes up early with his alarm and takes the dog out in the mornings. At 6:10-ish he'll pick up Abbie from her bed and throw her into bed with me, waking us both up. We watch about 15 min. of Disney Channel to help her wake up (she is sooo not a morning person) and then I get up with her to get her breakfast ready and lunch made while she gets dressed for school.

On the weekends, DH usually wakes up early on his own, or the dog will wake him up. He worries about the pup and Abbie and Momma gets to sleep!

saturdaynightdoubletree · September 2010

I get up with DD. Anywhere between 6:30 - 7:30am. Although it's more often on the early side.

Nanner · September 2010

On weekdays, I'm usually up before the kids. I use that time to have my coffee in peace, and to get lunches packed without interruption. Ideally I like to be up about 1 hour before they are, but these days it's been more like 15 - 30 minutes because I've been a bit sick and sleeping late.

I get up around 6, they get up between 6:30 and 7 usually. However there are days when I have to go in around 7:15 to wake one of them up.

I find that if I wake up at the same time or later than they do, I feel unsettled for the rest of the day because my routine is off.

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