What time do your kids get up?

dizzycooks · February 2014

Dd has always slept in until 730 or so given the opportunity, but for the last week she is getting up at 6 or 630 and it's killing me. Dd2 will sleep a while longer and I need that extra stretch of sleep. We are in the midst of pushing her bedtime back, but she is a bear at night after 7.

Chapter79 · February 2014

Mine is in school, so early

Her alarm is set for 6am.

On weekends/vacation she's up anywhere from 5:30-8am. It really just depends, she's all over. But typically on the earlier side/middle of the times.

Court0026 · February 2014

Anytime from 6:30 to 8:30. DS needs to be up by 7 for school and he is usually up by then.

Andrewsgal · February 2014

I wake them both up at 6:45 on the weekdays and they are up about 7:30-8:00 on weekends.

bhuffman · February 2014

DS1 is usually up at 7 and DS2 is up between 7 & 7:30. It's glorious. They used to be up at 5:30. That was awful.

MomIn2013 · February 2014

DS is usually up by around 6:30, but today it was 5:15, have no idea why. ~O)

raraavis28 · February 2014

6/6:30 is our standard rising time here. I can't remember the last time I slept until 8....definitely before the babes were born.

joyfullyfound · February 2014

It's always been 6:00/6:30, but for the last month or so it's been 7:00/7:30 and I'm lovin' it!

Ballet513 · February 2014

6:45/7 and I don't mind at all. I'm up at 4:30 anyway so it doesn't bother me. She goes to sleep at 6:30/7 at night.

cactus5 · February 2014

Two kids are usually up at 6 and one gets up at 7.

jnksmom · February 2014

I wake mine for school at 6:30 on weekdays. On weekends they sleep until 7 or 7:30. Before they started school they would sleep until 7:30-8.

Mrs.Greg · February 2014

On school days, I wake them up at 7. If left alone to sleep, they wake up around 7:30-8. They all go to bed at 7:30pm.

penguingrrl · February 2014

The girls naturally wake up between 7:30 band 8:30. Julia's school schedule doesn't allow for that though. On school mornings we have to wake her up by 7.

Drew wakes up at 5:30-6 most days. So not cool.

dizzycooks · February 2014

Ugh I should feel lucky, we were getting her up at 545 for daycare so really this is sleeping in for her, but with the new baby I'm dying. It sounds like this is probably the norm though. Can summer be here yet so I can at least send her outside while I drink my coffee in peace?

oh and I just stuck her back in her bes because she was throwing tantrums and kicking doors. Not cool baby girl. Now she's in there yelling for me. Ugh. Good morning.

Spin313 · February 2014

My kids get up between 6:30-7am....usually DD wakes up first, shortly after DH gets out of the shower.

caybeh · February 2014

Usually between 7:30-8.

roxy_jj · February 2014

DD is up between 6:00 - 6:30 and DS wakes up between 6:30 - 7:00.

Arnegard · February 2014

For school, our goal is for all kids to be up at 7:30. We leave the house at 8:30.

Summer/weekends, the big girls may sleep until 9-9:30.

Dylan is doing good if she sleeps until 7/7:30. She is our morning person.

chickaboo1974 · February 2014

Since we have dropped our nap and go to bed at 7pm- they get up at 6:45 am most of the time. But there are rare days that they sleep until 7:30. I use to have to wake them up at 9- ah those were lovely days.

Mc_Newlywed · February 2014

I'm a whole lotta jealous reading this. My son gets up between 5-5:30 every day (my daughter was the same way as a toddler).

My daughter now gets up between 6-7.

notkateanymore · February 2014

They both get up between 6 and 6:30

penguingrrl · February 2014

@Arnegard what time does school start that you don't have to leave until 8:30? I'm jealous lol! We start at 8:05 and have to leave by about 7:45 or the drop off line is so long she's late!

Icjt · February 2014

Dd1gets up at 6:00, she has always been an early riser and gets up at 6:00 on the weekends too. Dd2 and DS get up at 7:00. DD2 will sleep until 8:00 on weekends. Dd4 has always gotten up between 6-7.

Arnegard · February 2014

penguingrrl said:

@Arnegard what time does school start that you don't have to leave until 8:30? I'm jealous lol! We start at 8:05 and have to leave by about 7:45 or the drop off line is so long she's late!

The bell rings at 8:45. We live a mile from the school. This winter, they have to sit in the gym until the bell rings, because it is too cold to be outside (which means below zero).

penguingrrl · February 2014

Arnegard said:

penguingrrl said:

@Arnegard what time does school start that you don't have to leave until 8:30? I'm jealous lol! We start at 8:05 and have to leave by about 7:45 or the drop off line is so long she's late!

The bell rings at 8:45. We live a mile from the school. This winter, they have to sit in the gym until the bell rings, because it is too cold to be outside (which means below zero).

That's a good time lol! We're 1.5 miles from school but still need to leave 20 minutes early because of the back up, especially if it's cold or wet out (most of our town walks/bikes if it's over about 40 in the morning).

fancynewbeesly · February 2014

Between 6 and 730am.

LoriLee14 · February 2014

around 8:30

tbmadeamistake · February 2014

6:30 generally, give or take a half hour depending on growth spurts/teething. She wakes up the same time regardless of bedtime, so we put her down between 7:30 and 8pm and she gets a decent night's sleep. 21 months old.

JCM · February 2014

DD wakes up on on non-school days at 7:00 am but stays in her room until the "cow wakes up" at 7:30. On school days(M/W/F) I have to wake her up no later than 7:15 or she'd sleep until 8. I have NO idea why she choses to sleep longer on the days we have somewhere to be and wakes up earlier the days she could sleep longer, drives.me.nuts!

dizzycooks · February 2014

How do you get them to stay in their rooms? Dd can't open her door, but she pounds in it and it's obnoxious plus once the baby is in there I would hate for the banging to wake her.

ginger313 · February 2014

DD will be 2 next month, she goes down at 7:30 and gets up at 7:30. She takes a nap from 1:30 to 2:30 every day too. With a new baby coming in July I really want her to keep the nap! But she's made it through the day without before and is just ready for bed earlier. If she stays up late for any reason she still gets up at 7:30. If she doesn't get enough sleep she's really unpleasant to be around. I try not to let her stay up late 2 days in a row because of this.

likeanoldtimemovie · February 2014

On school days, they're both up at 6:30. Weekends, our 5yo is up at 8:30, like clockwork, and our 7yo is up around 9 if little brother lets her sleep that long. She's a night owl though and, despite going to bed around 9:30 on weekends, could sleep until 10 if she had the quiet.

I'm always up around 7, so I get at least an hour and a half of quiet for my coffee.

chardonnay24 · February 2014

He wakes up around 8 or 8:30, and I get him out of bed between 8:30 and 9 depending on our plans for the day. It's rare that he wakes before 8, but it does happen.

zbeesma86 · February 2014

7 or 8.

8 is usually sleeping in for us.

bumpuser8448316 · February 2014

DS- anywhere from 5:30-6:30
DD- anywhere from 6-7

magentawarped · February 2014

DD is up somewhere between 8 and 9:30.

LinnyAnne10 · February 2014

between 6:30 am to 8am it varies. and depends on how he slept that night

babywisher · February 2014

Ds gets up between 7:30 and 8:30. Dd is anywhere between 8:30 and 10

mandymack · February 2014

We wake them both up at 7:00am.

Emily has to be at school at 8:20am and I need Nolan to nap between 12-2:00pm so I can pick Emily up from school at 2:50pm every day.

They will both sleep until 8-9:00am on weekends. I have no idea why - they must know and I'm ever so grateful!

dizzycooks · February 2014

DH and I agree, an Ok to Wake clocl is probably in our future...Thanks everyone, good to know I'm not alone in this.

pitterpatter129 · February 2014

DS1 is 3yrs old and gets up at 5am every single day. When the sun peaks through, he loudly comes in to announce I need to get out of bed because the sun is up and it's morning. Not to worry, I've been awake since five since he's the loudest child on Earth. DS2 gets up about 7:45/8:00 if the DS1 didn't wake him up with the "sun is up Mom!" announcement (bedshares with us still.)

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