Do you "get your kids up"?

[Tree House Academy]

My oldest is naturally an early riser. My youngest and I are...NOT.

Ds11 gets up around 7am, eats breakfast (usually waffles or cereal), and then starts school. He does most of his independent work before ds7 and I get up. Ds11 prefers it this way. He says he can truly concentrate when it is so quiet and we are in bed.

Ds7 and I get up between 9 and 9:30. While ds7 eats breakfast, I work with ds11 on the things he that require my help/input/instruction. Ds11 finishes up his day and ds7 and I set to work on his school. Using this method, generally both kids finish their school day around noon. Then, we have lunch and the rest of the day is ours to enjoy!

ETA: The only chores the kids do before school is making their beds and getting dressed. They both have to put their own breakfast dishes in the dishwasher, but that takes literally 2 seconds.

[birchbark]

NO.

Not usually.

We are later risers too.

Our goal is to get up around eight and start school around nine/nine-thirty. The boys get dressed, do chores, and have a quick breakfast (often quick oats) between. We usually finish around one, but we don't take any breaks. The kids' bedtime is around nine, DH and I around midnight.

[christina101902]

No not really. My daughter and I are nightowls, so we are up til 10 almost every night. I am up by 6 with the little ones. My 4yo sleeps in until 8 most days with breakfast for her at 8:30.

[NicoleJ]

I like to sleep too, just earlier . Like the pp said, kids are in bed by 7/ 7:30 and up around 6:30, which works great for me since I like to go to sleep by 10 and get up at 6. I think we do a lot of things earlier than most people. We eat breakfast at 7, lunch at 11:45 and dinner at 5 or 5:30. Just seems to fit all of our needs and preferences that way! My dh and I have very "early" personalities in other ways, too, we are usually the first to arrive anywhere and are always ready before the appointed time of something. Funny how we all are just made differently in these ways!

Me too Cirons! This is our schedule too.

By the way, everyone, did you know that one hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours? And hours after midnight aren't worth much at all. So you are better getting your sleep earlier and getting up earlier than going to bed later and sleeping in in the morning.

[tnahid]

I am also a night owl, and my oldest son is turning out like me! He has to lay in his bed and read at night. Oh well, I say it could be worse! At least he is READING! I don't mind my children staying up until 9:30 or 10:00 because they can spend more time with their dad that way. We don't usually wake up until 8:30 and sometimes 9:00. I DO feel that 9:00 is too late, but sometimes it does happen.

I would ideally like for us all to be up and ready to "do lessons" by 9:00. I want to shoot for that, because I must get myself into bed earlier than I do. 1:00 is just TOO late! But I just LOVE that time when it is all nice and quiet at night. It's just great!

[Carrie]

My two oldest sons set their own alarms and get up on their own. At our house this level of independence usually truly sets in about 6th grade, where the boys choose to do this on their own and choose their own wake time. We do not allow them to get up before 6:00 A.M., and they must have at least 8 hours of sleep each night minimum. So, they calculate their own waketime based on when they get to sleep. We allow the older boys (6th grader and high schooler) to read in the evenings in their rooms, with lights out around 9:00 or 9:30.

Prior to 6th grade, during 3rd - 5th grade, we get our kiddos up at a set time to be sure they are started on time. My two younger ones are allowed to sleep later if they need it, as they are younger than 3rd grade. To make sure they get enough sleep, they have a later start time and breakfast time than the two older boys. Typically these two naturally wake up up by 8:30 or earlier.

Blessings,
Carrie

[nacmama]

I LOVE sleep!! and am a night owl so mornings are not my cup of tea! I always let my kids sleep as long as they want, well, except sundays, they tend to sleep forever sunday am. Fortunately mine are still young, 5 and 3 and i feel they really do need lots of sleep, they go to bed 7-8ish and typically are up 7-8ish AM.

typically they come and get me up, then they are off playing while i make breakfast., after we all clean-up and do our chores we start our 'school' .

Don't forsee me ever getting them up when they get older

[water2wine]

My kids basically get me up. My oldest four (11-13) wake up on their own at 7:00 by6 alarm or self. My youngest two sleep as long as you let them. They are 6 and 8 years old. I sometimes let them sleep a bit while we do school. Sleep though is a hard thing for me. I have sleeping issues so I do not always get to sleep when I want and sometimes I need sleep so we all work around that. All my kids even my six year old will start school of some sort on their own but I want to be awake when they are up. We have been known to sleep until 9:30 though. My older kids will not wake me up because they know I have sleep issues. There is though a little bit of competition on getting things done in the morning and they will let me know who won the competition in the morning on getting things done often.

[mamas4loves]

My kiddos are early risers except for one. And I am my most patient, energetic, tolerant in the morning so we do have a definite start time. With my 'sleeper' she gets up on her own with the alarm clock at 8am. She has 45 minutes to make her bed, get dressed, brush her hair, and eat breakfast. She cried a lot when I would wake her up so this is better for us that she gets up on her own. We used silly bands as an incentive to get into this routine. If she was up on time she got to keep the silly band I placed on her alarm clock and if she did not get up I would get to keep the silly band. Once we went through a package of bands she then had to earn the right to keep them, meaning if she failed to get up and moving she would give me a silly band. Of course she could then earn it back the next day. this has worked and helped establish good morning time habits.

Jess

[nacmama]

By the way, everyone, did you know that one hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours? And hours after midnight aren't worth much at all. So you are better getting your sleep earlier and getting up earlier than going to bed later and sleeping in in the morning.

That has to be!! I know when i go to bed early i am up in 4-5 hours and feel more refreshed than when if go to bed at 1Am and sleep til noon.
hmmmm......

but when i got to bed early my problem then is I am WIDE awake at 3AM and I can't make it all day from that time without a nap, and that isn't gonna happen, lol!

[raceNzanesmom]

My 17 y/o gets himself up on school days. I have to get him up on non-school days.
My 6 y/o gets himself up if he's had PLENTY of sleep. Otherwise, I have to wake him.

[grandsophy]

What time do you get going in the morning?

Let me admit one of my greatest vices...SLEEP!!

I don't wanna get out of bed.

If I "let" my kids rise on their own, they are up by 8:00-8:30.

What time do you and your kids start your days?

What do your mornings look like...breakfast...chores...starting school?

Thanks!

My kids naturally wake up about 6:30. The only times I've ever woken them up were times we had an early morning flight or were going to the orchard early in the morning before the desert heat was too intense. I would love it if my kids slept til 8. Yesterday they tried to let me sleep in, but they went downstairs and played an Andrews Sisters CD loudly. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" is not sleeping music.

[8arrows]

If we didn't use alarm clocks (olders) or get the kids up (middles) no school work would ever be accomplished! I don't wake up the littles, because they are already up! We try to start breakfast and Bible at 8. Lately, it has been 8:30. We will get back to 8 after Christmas!