Children Getting up in the morning

When I was a kid at weekends we weren't allowed downstairs (to put the tv on) until 8:30. We would literally stand in our bedroom doorways looking at the clock and then all leg it - the one who got down their first got control of the remote, hence the race :D
 
10 &12 yr old
School nights both in bed by 9 but 12yr old allowed to watch approved tv til 10 or read book.
Both up at 7 for school.
Weekends usually 10-11 depending if tired or not. 12 yr old lies in to 9ish younger one 8-8.30
 
When i have my daughter at the weekend she normally goes to sleep about 8 and gets up at 7,i live opposite her school but still give our selves 1 hour 45 mins to wake up and get ready,my daughter is 6.

I wake up when she wakes up,i know some friends who sleep in till 10/11 am on there days off and leave there daughter walking about the house on her own,she is 5.Really winds me up as that is pure neglect towards there daughter.
 
When he was a lot younger my lad used to get up really early. Anything from 5:30 - 6:00, so when he was about 4 we bought him a clock for his bedroom and told him he wasn't to get up until 7AM at least. It's worked like a treat for the past 3 years :D

Sometimes he has a lie in until 7:30 or so, but usually it's 7AM on the dot.
 
Depends on the child. Some people are mean and send their children to bed early to get them out the way and force them to stay in bed late on a weekend so they can be lazy. Other people do it responsibly and don't party too hard on a Friday night because you know you will be woken up at 5am:D by your lovely kid(s)!

Any way as they get older they don't wake up as early and before you know it, you will be dragging them out of bed because they are too lazy ;)
 
2yr old - bed 1830 up at 0600 - mostly gets herself ready
5yr old - bed 1830 up at 0630 - gets himself ready
9yr old - bed 2000 up at 0700 - gets himself ready
17yr old - bed 0100 up at 1400 (or at least that's what it seems like to me) - seems incapable of anything involving responsibility ...
 
We put our two and a half year old to bed about 1900-1930, but she doesn't always go to sleep straight away.

She mostly wakes up at around 0600, give or take 30 minutes...

Our eight week old doesn't have a schedule, yet!
 
7 year old. During the week the process of going to bed starts at 7pm. Lights out is 8pm. She tends to get up around 6:30 and will happily take herself downstairs and keep herself amused until we get up.

Weekend we are less strict but she still tends to get up 6:30 or so. Normally comes to wake us up when she wants breakfast if we haven't already got up.
 
al4x said:
I know I couldn't handle the lack of sleep.

Seriously. How do you guys do it?
Click to expand...


The lack of sleep part of raising a child doesn't really last that long, about the first several months of a baby's life can be like that. The rest of the time its not too bad, you just need to be responsible and go to bed earlier if your little one wakes up early and so on.
And like I said earlier the waking up earlier phase doesn't last that long and if you do want to stay in bed on Saturday morning, let the kids stay up late on Friday night!
 
Our daughter is three next month and for the party year has consistently woken at between eight and nine unless we get her up earlier for the child minder etc. She likes a good twelve hours sleep :-)
 
al4x said:
I know I couldn't handle the lack of sleep.

Seriously. How do you guys do it?
Click to expand...

It didn't last long for us. At 12 weeks we put him into his own room and he's slept through the night ever since. Maybe it was my snoring waking him up :D There are the occasional nights when he's ill and wakes in the night, or a bad dream now and again, but apart from that he doesn't disturb us at all.

My wife and I don't sleep well at all, but that's not down to our son. I lay awake for hours before I can drop off, she usually wakes up at 4 or 5AM and can't get back off :(
 
We have 2 boys (5 & 3) and a baby girl (2 months).

Obviously the girl goes to bed as and when she wants, although we are trying to get her in the same routine (by routine I mean night time order) as my boys, bath, milk, story, bed. And, again, she gets up when she wants.

On a weekday our boys have a bath at 7.30pm, milk, story and then bed at 8pm. They are woken up at 7am to get ready for school.

Friday & Saturday it is a little more relaxed. We still follow the same routine, but they usually go to bed at about 9pm. Saturday and Sunday they get up at around 9am, but are quite happy to play in their bedroom for half hour or so.
 
I've never been too regimented with my kids. When they were babies, my wife and I were always late to bed so we let our kids stay up late until they were tired (sometimes 11 at night!)

Now, if it's a school night, my 7 year old son is in bed no later than 9, my 10 year old goes to bed herself, usually around 10.

They get up no problem for school and at the week-end, they get up whenever they want.

I don't have a routine myself so no point in trying to force one on my kids.
 
My boys 7 and a half and my girls almost 10, we have a rule that they go to their rooms at 7pm and can then watch tv until 8pm, then its tv off and book out until around 8:30 then bed. Relaxed on a Fri and Saturday.
 
GTanny said:
My 16 month old get up between 6 and 8 varies a bit but Atleast she sleeps through most nights, my 5 year old gets woke up at 7 for school and if it's a weekend and she gets up before her little sister she generally plays in her room or on the ipad either in her room or in her bedroom depends on what she wants, we only ever send her back to sleep if it's very early I. E. Anything before 5.30 normally but that's very rare as she. I always feel I'm being lazy and selfish if I send her back to bed for my benefit but I'm happy with a 7am wake every morning, get more done and it's lay in when I'm normally up at 5 for my early shifts.
Click to expand...

I love parents such as you!

Keeps me in the repair business ;)
 
I remember as a child up until about 13, I would always be up around 7am even on weekends. My parents were very lax with me and I don't remember ever having a bedtime from about 5 onwards. I can't see how you can punish a child for getting up early, possibly for not going to bed at a certain time.
 
19month old gets to between 7-8:30. Can usually get another hour in bed whilst she minces around in our room with her toys
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom