When your child wakes up in the morning...

missmuffin87 · January 2013

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Does s/he immediately start hollering about breakfast from the moment s/he sees your face until the moment the dish is set before her/him?

I seriously dread getting hazel up everyday. I just wish she would see that I am preparing her breakfast and play for the 2 minutes it takes until its ready. But noooooo, she just has to continue yelling about it like she never gets fed, and hang on my legs crying "coookin', cooooooookin" like the apocalypse is going to arrive before I'm done pouring the milk into her cereal.

Why Hazel? Just why? It's too early in the morning for such hollering.

JoJoMama730 · January 2013

Yes, G wakes up hungry and is ready to eat immediately. So unlike me! I just try to have something ready for her to eat right away. Heaven forbid it should take 2 minutes to prepare something! Smile

OhSewCrafty · January 2013

Charlie used to be like that, but lately he just plays quietly in bed until we come get him. My little introvert loves his alone time - its weird. Haha If he's particularly hungry, he'll call for us, but most times he eats 30-45 minutes after waking up.

PGASTL · January 2013

When LO wakes up, she gets a quick snuggle and then is put on the couch with a sippy cup of milk and some cereal because usually I am still getting ready for work. She watches TV for about a half hour while I finish getting ready, then we head to the sitter's.

She does sit up and start crying right away though - she's never been one to wake up happy even when she was a baby. I have heard of babies babbling in their crib in the morning, that was never her.

pitterpatter129 · January 2013

Yes. You'd think we never feed him. On days I'm off, he usually plays in our room with all the things he shouldn't have and then stands an inch from my nose and yells "Wake up!" Once I'm out of bed, he's pointing at the kitchen screaming though.

On work days, I get up 30 minutes ahead of him and get ready for work. If I have time left over, I make his breakfast before he can ever get up so that I don't have to deal with it. Then I get him up and dressed and let him eat. We only have about 30 minutes from the point he gets up until we leave anyway, so it works out for breakfast to be ready.

N is much, much worse at dinner time than breakfast. You'd think he hadn't had food all day long. There's crying and screaming and climbing the cabinets while I try to cook. Or he sits in his chair at the table and screams from there. He doesn't get the concept of preparing the food at all.

onlymeggan · January 2013

If my boy is awake he wants to eat. He pretty much screams at me from the time I wake him up until the time he gets fed. He does stop screaming at me while we're in the car because he knows the routine enough to know that when he gets to his nana's or to daycare they will feed him. If we're home he wants to go straight from bed to highchair and yells at me through his diaper change. He loves his highchair in general and once he's done eating he'll stay in there for another half hour to an hour watching cartoons and drinking his milk.

xxbabycakesxx · January 2013

G wakes up crying and screaming but judt cause, not necessarily for food. I could lie in bed with him for another half hour and he wouldn't ask for food.

Sonadora · January 2013

No, but as soon as she is dressed and we go downstairs, she gets really annoyed that I go straight to fixing her something to eat. She seems to want to pay total attention to her and play for at least 10-15 minutes before I divide my attention to fix her breakfast. We don't have time to play that long in the mornings and there's no way I am waking her up even earlier to do so. So she's hollering at me, but not because she wants to eat, but because she wants me to play.

EVM1216 · January 2013

We have this problem at dinner, not breakfast. Once we begin to prepare dinner it is the apocalypse if it is not on the table in under 5 minutes. And we can't be sneaky about it anymore because she knows to ask "What daddy doing?" and then demands to be shown.

Oh, and after that she usually eats 2-3 bites before declaring she is all done.

janneann1127 · January 2013

That's funny! Griffin wakes up very happy. Usually he plays in his crib for 20 minutes or so until I come get him, because he just wakes up too dang early. But usually within a few minutes of being out in the living room, he asks for an "Elmo packet" or some yogurt. But that stuff is pretty easy since it's just readily available. We eat breakfast in stages.. yogurt/packet, then toast/eggs later, and maybe a smoothie at 10. We're both grazers.

lrn327 · January 2013

He usually wakes up quietly but the first thing he asks for is milk. Sometimes he'll play in the crib a few minutes, but the second I walk in, it's "I need milk."

He usually then asks for some Cheerios but doesn't often eat them. He eats his full breakie at DC about an hour later.

Five Months to Plan · January 2013

She wants milk and Bubble Guppies. She eats breakfast while watching cartoons. It is the only way she will eat it. Lunch and dinner are better as long as she is hungry. She would much rather eat snacks then meals. We are working on that.

jillybean800 · January 2013

I don't think A has actually ever asked for food hahaha!

MrsDe2008 · January 2013

No...thankfully, Sam gives me a few minutes to get things going. I 1st change her diaper and then settle her down to play or watch sesame street. While I straighten up and get breakfast ready, she is usually calm. But, I usually have her in her high chair, eating breakfast within 15-20 minutes of her getting up. Sorry she is giving you a tough time.

enjoylife · January 2013

A doesn't necessarily want to eat the second we come downstairs, but he does demand undivided attention. (which has been interesting since both he and J are waking at the same time). We usually have A make his own breakfast. He chooses waffles or oatmeal typically. Oatmeal he chooses which packet from the box and empties the packet into the bowl, I add the water and he presses the start button on the microwave. Waffles he pushes the button on the toaster down and watches it cook. He does fine with meal prep (no meltdowns) as long as I give him tasks to do to help prep. I could get it done in half the time, but then I have meltdown boy to contend with, so he helps and we just eat a little later (I wake starving every day)

klinky · January 2013

DD wakes up slowly in her crib, but then once she calls for me she is screaming for breakfast. She can't even wait for me to make toast.

The past few days I've been holding her off with a cup of milk or a yogurt, just so I can start the coffee and make her breakfast without getting screamed at (I'm not a morning person at all.)

jax63081 · January 2013

A is very happy sitting in his crib talking to himself till I get him up. He can usually go for about 15-20 mins playing before I get him breakfast. I usually give him Cheerios while I am making his pancake or oatmeal. That and milk keep him happy.

bosha711 · January 2013

Ha! no! He wakes up miserable crying everyday, but not for food - it's just him being his miserable morning self. He gets milk kinda first thing. Then has breakfast at 7:30ish, which is about an hour after he wakes up. He gets excited to eat & then doesn't want to eat once he's in his chair. He'll eat a little bit & then like a half hour later when I am eating my breakfast, he's begging me for my food. My little pain in the_ass.

jnicolen1 · January 2013

Niether of mine beg for food first thing. Odie asks for oatmeal about an hour after he wakes. Dunk would prefer not to eat until noon. Probably because he still eats at night. Oy.

utlawgirl · January 2013

OhSewCrafty:
Charlie used to be like that, but lately he just plays quietly in bed until we come get him. My little introvert loves his alone time - its weird. Haha If he's particularly hungry, he'll call for us, but most times he eats 30-45 minutes after waking up.

This, except that she doesn't enjoy the alone time. We get her and then snuggle and play for a bit, and eventually she gets hungry for breakfast. There is definitely teh hanging and fussing at other mealtimes, though!