For parents of kids with early risers....

[ilovejack02]

DS5 did that up until this yr and now its anywhere from 7:30 - 8 am
When he was 3 and 4 if he got up before 7 he could come tell me good morning, potty, get a sip of water and then he had to go back to his room shut the door and quietly watch tv and play until i got up. I was lucky his room is right across from mine so i could hear him when he opened his door, worked well for us.

 

[kerrynic78]

Tell me it's not true!!!

My 13 month old is up at 5am, on a good day 6am. I thought for sure it would end by the time she was 2 or 3 but I guess not. What a bummer, I am not a happy mom at 5am!

 

[ljhmom]

My DS 8 gets up between 5:30 and 6:00 pretty much every day on weekends he might sleep until 6:30 if we keep him up late, luckily now he is old enough to get up and just watch cartoons for a little while, the only bad thing he does is ocasionally he will forget we set the alarm and he will open the back door to let the dog out setting off the alarm waking us all up.

 

[eyeheartgoofy]

I feel your pain. I understand that teenagers sleep in ...

I have an early riser in my DD6. She sleeps a teeny bit later this year ... as in she will actually sleep until 6:45am on some mornings. And, when she wakes up, she is ready to GO! DH likes to joke that her feet hit the floor as soon as her eyes open ... no leisurely wake up for my girl!

I'm trying to look on the bright side. She is always ready for bed by 7-7:30pm and I've NEVER had to wake her up for school.

 

[laughinplace199]

I don't know if they ever grow out of it!

DD8 sleeps until about 7:00 on weekends. DS6 rarely sleeps past 6:00. We have a rule that if there's a "6" as the first number on his digital clock, he can get up and go downstairs. He can play quietly or watch TV until DH or I get up. Of course, we don;t get to sleep in either since we have another DS who is 15 months and also an early riser. The only good thing is that if the baby wakes up before 6:00, we can give him a bottle and he'll go back to sleep for another hour or so.

 

[carpetride]

I've been like this all my life, even in college I always took the early classes because I was up! Seems some are just hardwired that way, our children are the same. Brothers family is just the opposite so you can just imagine what is like when our kids stay there

 

[nena]

DS9 is up between 6-630, which is ok during the week because DH is also up and I am almost waking up, but DD5 doesnt want to wake up.
On weekends, DS has learned that he needs to stay in his room, read or play his DS until 7, then he can watch tv, but cant wake us up until 8. Plus he is old enough and tall enough to make his own cereal as well as DD on the rare occasion she gets up befor 830-9.

 

[Tensixmom]

My 13 yoa has been an early riser since the day he was born. He slept what he needed to sleep and then he was done. Most of the time it was 6 am and sometimes earlier, especially when we changed the clocks back. It really was a pain, but we taught him to come get in bed with us and we would turn the tv on for him. When he was 5 or 6, he could get himself dresed for school, make his own breakfast and turn the TV and wait for everyone else. Breakfast was just dry cereal (he hates milk), so nothing spectacular.

I know your looking for an answer, but I don't have one. Mine turned 13 last month and just started sleeping in til 7am in the past 6 months.

For the longest time I hated him getting up early, especially when he was younger, but just recently I looked back on those times and I wouldn't trade it in for anything. We sat on the porch and watched the sun come up, we make donut runs for the rest of the family, we make breakfast together, and he would wait to watch Survivor til Friday mornings cause I worked nights and couldn't watch, we talk about school, girls, etc. this only a small amount of stuff we do. My only suggestion is make the most of it. They grow up way too fast and you'll never get this time back.

 

[Befferk]

My DS is 5, and has always been up early. He is always up around 5:00 - 5:30am. Even on the weekends And he goes to bed around 7:30 - 8:00pm (does no good if we let him stay up later, then he is just crabby).

 

[budbeerlady]

DD is 7, she still gets up early. She now will get a yougurt, turn on cartoons and keep herself busy untill 7:30-8am when we wake up.

 

[DisFam95]

My DS5 is an earlier riser too regardless of bedtime. I finally told him he had to let Mommy sleep and we was welcome to get up and watch tv/play.

I make sure the tv remote is next to the tv and on his channel. he does not like to eat early so I don't deal w/ food. But I was prepared to do the cup in the fridge and cereal bars etc sitting out.

 

[eh24fan]

My DS7 has always been an early riser and I'm not. I was so happy when he was old enough that I could tell him to come tell us he was up, then I usually tell him to go ahead and play the gamecube in his room until we got up. Now that we have the baby one of us usually gets up around the same time anyway since the baby is waking up at 6:30am. DS tends to get up between 5:30am and 6:45am. There is the occasional day where I'm waking him up at 7am for school, but those days aren't common.

 

[DebRMN]

I am glad I am not alone in this!! I have 3 that get up between 6-6:30..no one is interested in sleeping in yet...they are 4, 5 & 6!! We have also experienced that it doesn't really matter what time they go to bed, they will get up at their usual time and just be crabby! So, to counter-act this, we have a very early bed time and I just set the coffee pot to 6:15 and make the best of it! Really, the answer is just more coffee!!!

That is pretty much my house. I figure, add 30 min to an hour on the going to bed end since the morning wake up is basically always the same. (my twins do not nap)

My twins access each other via the jack & jill bath. they play until I get them at 7am.
My littlest one gets to sit in her room cuddling with me in the rocker until 7......before then is just too early for me :lol

Unfortunately it is getting lighter earlier & my littlest one see the light from under her door & tries to insist it is time to get up because it 'isn't dark out anymore mommy'

 

[GJM]

My DS was the same way, always up by 6:30, didn't matter what time he went to bed. And he wanted someone up with him. By 9:00 in the morning I felt like I was up for hours already!

Plus he was never big on naps, he gave them up at a pretty early age.

It does end - he is now 8 and probably starting last year he started sleeping later, he now wakes up about 8:30, which is so much better.

 

[SmallWorld71]

DS12 and DD4 are early risers no matter what time they go to bed. DS8 and I hate to get up not matter when we go to bed and DH is somewhere in the middle. Instead of waiting for the day when he sleeps in, which may never happen, start training him on becoming self-sufficient in the morning. Every morning DD4 has her juice which I have put in the fridge the night before, eats her yogurt which she gets herself and watches some T.V. or plays in the living room which is right outside of my bedroom. Even though I am aware that she is up, I am able to catch a little extra sleep and wake up slowly. On days when DS12 (my step-son) is with us, the 2 of them eat breakfast and play games long before the rest of us start moving.

 

[dougsmom98]

My kids are also early risers. The one thing that has saved my sanity is that DH and I take turns sleeping in. I sleep in on Saturdays, DH sleeps in on Sundays.

 

[KPeterso]

I hate to say it. Sounds like it is hard wired. I was the child that was up between 6 or 6:30 most mornings as a child (sometimes earlier). As soon as I was old enough, I was allowed to go watch tv. And I was given a specific time I could go wake up my Mom (I think it was 7:15) on school days. And on the weekends, my Dad who is also an early riser (between 5 and 6 AM in retirment) would get up with me so my Mom could sleep in and take me out to breakfast. Those breakfasts with Dad are some of my fondest childhood memories. And as an adult, I get up at 5:15 on work mornings and usually 7 at the latest on weekends. I get to Disneyland for 8 AM opening frequently on the weekends.