https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:34:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2109215 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:53:19 +0000 Adira 2109215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We take turns, but now that we have an infant who nurses, it just means I never really get to sleep in. Looking forward to the day I can truly sleep in again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2109197 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:36:17 +0000 winniebee 2109197@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get up when the baby wakes and he gets up when the toddler wakes. It's usually the same time, 7ish but randomly one will get up earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2109164 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 09:49:56 +0000 Crisark 2109164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. We've alternated her bedtime and wake up situations since birth and she will be two next month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2109103 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 07:13:46 +0000 hellobeeboston 2109103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually yes. But lately, sadly, we are both up before LO </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2109073 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 04:51:23 +0000 looch 2109073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried, but it didn't work out...so now we all get up together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2109064 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 04:05:58 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2109064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty much both weekend days one of us gets our son and we bring him into bed to cuddle/play/get crawled on for about an hour, then we all get up and make breakfast or go out to get it. Our son just turned 1 and I thought by now we would be switching off and having sleep ins, but we've kind of gotten into the pattern and I really value that family time (I think my husband does too, although he's always been more of a sleeper inner than me, so maybe he hates it and bites his tongue!). I think this is also helped by the fact that our son sleeps through 99% of the time and we tend to go to bed earlyish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2109061 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 03:04:49 +0000 ellewoods84 2109061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually "sleep in." I still have to wake up with her and nurse her, but I usually go back to sleep for around 1.5 hours. My husband is a morning person and I sooo am not. He usually naps on the weekend, and I can never fall asleep napping so it works! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2109046 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:50:46 +0000 Corduroy 2109046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: This. I used to get so angry when DH would sleep in until 11:30 or so that it would ruin my day. That's 6 hours after LO gets up. By the time he got up he didn't want to do anything because it was almost LOs nap time. </p> <p>We capped the sleep time to 8:30 and I am much happier. I can't sleep in anyway (DH takes forever waking up to LOs cries, they are super loud, and LO throws a fit for me) but since I have 8:30 blocked in my mind as my time I usually lounge in bed until 7:15 or so. Before I was getting up with them when they woke at 5:30 which made DH mad and he would usually go back to bed, making me mad too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2108936 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 21:19:47 +0000 irene 2108936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So unfair.... never :(<br /> I have not know what sleep in meant since I had the flu 2 years ago, wait actually the last time I slept in was when I was in ER when LO was a 3 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2108927 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 21:03:14 +0000 Tidybee 2108927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: 8:30!? You are so lucky! We have both slept in if DD sleeps past 7!<br /> If she wakes super early,<br /> DH usually Gets up with her but I don't really fall back to sleep because I hear them playing and I feel badly he's up with her. I dknt get up with her bc DH would sleep til noon if I let him...and that's not happening on a weekend! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2108914 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:51:58 +0000 yellowbird 2108914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both get up together on Saturdays and Sundays he's gone at 6:30 am so I get up when lo waakes. We never get to sleep in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2108907 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:47:25 +0000 Mae 2108907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. I handle all night wakings always so he always gets up with lo (I usually sleep 1 extra hour, max of 2). Sometimes lo will sleep well for a few days in a row and I start to feel bad then she keeps me up all night a few days and I don't anymore lol. I've asked him if he would rather alternate (like he does nights and I do mornings) sometimes or take turns doing both night and morning for weekends but he says he's happy with the status quo (and so am I). Sometimes though if lo has a good stretch if nights I'll take a morning to be nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2108900 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:34:18 +0000 dolphin 2108900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we take turns. We decide the night before who gets what day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2108886 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:08:59 +0000 farawayyama 2108886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. He works second shift and I work from home (grad school), so we alternate daily whenever there has been a bad night. We keep odd hours anyway. </p> <p>She tends to wake about 2-3 hours earlier than we'd like. 80% she goes down again and 20% refuses. We take turns at who puts her to bed and if she doesn't stay down, it's on that parent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2108779 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 17:51:20 +0000 travelgirl1 2108779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: @Caly: Yeah it sucks, we have had fights about it, mainly because I hate hanging around the house waiting for him to get up when we could be doing something fun, and also when I had morning sickness I still didn't get to lie in. When I go back to work I will expect the same privileges. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2108724 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 16:21:12 +0000 cookiemomster 2108724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband gets up with her every morning. We tried alternating but he works better on less sleep and he enjoys the time with her sooooo I'm ridiculously lucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in/page/2#post-2108676 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 15:14:26 +0000 DillonLion 2108676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. But I'm a morning person and he isn't so even if I forced him to get up, I'd be awake anyway so there's no point unless I have a doc appt or need to workout early or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108666 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 14:58:46 +0000 meganmp 2108666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hell yes we do. Even in the summer when I'm home, because he understands that it's important for us both to get a break every now and then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108656 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 14:45:47 +0000 rachiecakes 2108656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nah, he works nights and I'm an early riser no matter what. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108650 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 14:35:05 +0000 Smurfette 2108650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used to switch who gets up. But lately we both do. Although DH usually goes back and lays in bed watching TV for a bit after breakfast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108641 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 14:30:45 +0000 hilsy85 2108641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: same here! I only get to sleep in if my ILs are staying with us, they will take him in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108632 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 14:20:25 +0000 Cherrybee 2108632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH works every other Saturday morning - although it tends to be more frequently in practice - so we cant do every weekend but if he isn't working on the Saturday we do this. The "rule" is that the other person gets to stay in bed until 10am - but sleeping is out of the question because E is NOISY in the mornings! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108617 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:48:51 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2108617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dh actually does both. He's an earlier riser than me. I usually sleep in one day, then get up a little after them the second day to go out and do something fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108611 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:39:44 +0000 Andrea 2108611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither of us sleep in. We always have something going on in the mornings so we can't! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108609 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:37:39 +0000 SweetiePie 2108609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm very lucky that my husband likes to get up with our son in the morning. He just loves going to him all smiling and excited in his crib. (Which I do too, but I like sleep more ;-) ) So he does first feeding and I sleep till 7:45/8. He really likes getting him up, so I don't fight it! :-) But if we both go out (like we are tonight), I most definitely encourage him to let loose and have more drinks and sleep in tomorrow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108602 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:32:35 +0000 tinyperson 2108602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get up before him for work m-f, so sometimes I'll stay in bed an extra half hour on Saturdays if she gets up early or I didn't sleep well, but I'll usually just get up with them. Sunday's we all get up because we need to get ready for church </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108573 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:04:59 +0000 blackbird 2108573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did when E was getting up before 6. Now she sleeps in until 630-7 so we both sleep. Going to bed at 9pm like old people helps mitigates us being overly tired..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108556 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:49:47 +0000 Grace 2108556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. He usually takes Saturdays and I take Sundays. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108545 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:40:57 +0000 Torchwood 2108545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO isn't here, but we have a plan in place that will hopefully go well. I'll be a SAHM, so DH will sleep his usual hours during the week mostly. On weekends he still gets up early though, so he'll take LO in the mornings and I can sleep in. Initially I'll still have to wake up to nurse, but hopefully I can pump enough later that he can feed her himself and just totally handle mornings. He'll also get up more at night on non-work nights. Since I'm a night owl, I'll probably always handle later in the evening/early night, and he'll handle once it gets into AM. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-take-turns-letting-each-other-sleep-in#post-2108543 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:39:49 +0000 namaste 2108543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I can't sleep in so it'd be a waste. </p>