I love having teenagers

[mefordis]

..because it means not being woken up at 6am on Christmas day! Yay!

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, everyone!

 

[Dan Murphy]

..because it means not being woken up at 6am on Christmas day! Yay!

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, everyone!

So very true. Merry Christmas.

 

[kdonnel]

When my kids were young, my wife and I had to wake the kids up. Once they hit around 16 or so they started getting up around 9am.

Not at all like how I was as a kid. I know I woke my parents up sometimes and they told me I had to go back to sleep.

 

[disneychrista]

Just wait until they move out and the house is empty on Christmas.

 

[barkley]

..because it means not being woken up at 6am on Christmas day! Yay!

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, everyone!

you are fortunate-this was not our experience. mine are 30 and nearing it-i am hopeful to not be up before 8 a.m.

 

[marthachick]

I miss it. Our son is 33 with his own 2 children. It went too fast.

 

[WorldWacky]

As I was prepping for tomorrow’s breakfast, I wondered why I was even bothering. If I let them, my three will sleep in until noon!

 

[dreamer17555]

My 17yo son still will be up early. He negotiated with his 22 yo sister to let her sleep till 8:30 AM.

I’m just feeling very lucky to have them both home this Christmas. We have a back to back on the dream in January and I’m so excited to spend nine nights at sea with them.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Not at all like how I was as a kid. I know I woke my parents up sometimes and they told me I had to go back to sleep.

My folks trained my brother and I to put on a pot of coffee before we woke them up.

I'm the first one up here - couldn't sleep for other reasons.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

 

[Meriweather]

DGS is up................4:45.....and he had woken up every 2 hours over the night. His poor mom, she was sharing a bed with him and had to keep telling him it wasn't time yet.

 

[Suger Mag]

wish I was still sleeping in like the rest of my family...ahhh menopause. Mine def changed also when they became teens... sleeping in was much more the norm.... when they were both little I remember being done with presents by 5am for most years

 

[neverlandsky]

Mine has and still wakes us up early.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Yeah, long gone are the days when we are woken up pre-dawn. DD18 is practically nocturnal after her first semester of college. We all slept in because some nasty storms kept us awake much later than expected.

 

[RangerPooh]

Our kids span 13-19 years old. We still get woken up around 4am. One year they let us sleep in until 5:30! But they do start the coffee maker to make sure we have coffee during presents. By 5am gifts were unwrapped and DH and I went back to sleep until 7:30!

 

[bbak30]

HAHA, good point! However, I had to be at work for 5:30am this morning--ER nurse :-(
I do remember that transition a few years ago, it was sad and happy at the same time. I was very happy to ditch moving that damn elf though!

 

[Deb]

There is something to be said with Chanukah presents being an evening thing.

 

[Kitty 34]

At my age my bladder is the one that gets me up early now.

Merry Christmas.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Yep, it's funny because we old people are the ones up early I think we were up by 6... My step-daughter (who is 21) spent the night here on Christmas Eve... had to drag her out of bed at like 9.

She stayed the night at her mother's last night, she said she wasn't going to plan on getting out of bed before noon today.

I have to work today (from home), but I still got up at regular time. It is nice to just relax early and enjoy some coffee in the peace and quiet for a while.

 

[Simba's Mom]

I miss it. Our son is 33 with his own 2 children. It went to fast.

Didn't it though? Now my son nearest to that age lives half way across the country, and got home from work Christmas eve around 2:00am. I miss those days too!