Hellobee Boards Topic: If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?

Hellobee Boards Topic: If you stay home, do you wake up before LO? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:06:06 +0000 Mrs. Pink on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468694 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:15:53 +0000 Mrs. Pink 2468694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ it's a mix of both-- we co-sleep and right now she's the only child. Hubby gets up at 4am, sometimes if I wake up when he does from his alarm I'll get up to chat with him before he leaves and then spend some extremely lazy time reading before she wakes up around 7- if I'm still tired I'll climb back in bed until she wakes me up! delight on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468689 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:59:34 +0000 delight 2468689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes I am an early riser and am always the first one up. On weekends I'm up at 630/7 and DD (and DH) get woken up at 8:30/9. I love my couple of hours of alone time. I play on my iPad, read a book and drink my coffee in silence. lemondrop on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468686 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:54:30 +0000 lemondrop 2468686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No way! I work late into the night, so they (or the school alarm clock on some days) are my alarm clock. deerylou on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468677 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:33:24 +0000 deerylou 2468677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ She is often in our bed, come morning, so she just rolls over and pulls my eyelids open around 7. Boogs on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468672 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:24:33 +0000 Boogs 2468672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ They've been waking up really early, so they've been up first. In the past when they've slept in, then I've gotten up first. MRSJX3 on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468422 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 01:28:41 +0000 MRSJX3 2468422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope! She wakes me up when she wakes up and starts playing in her crib. Keybee on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468356 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:29:06 +0000 Keybee 2468356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Right now she wakes me up, but down the road I would like to wake up first. But also I like to sleep as much as possible, so we'll see. BabyTsMom on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468344 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:07:28 +0000 BabyTsMom 2468344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Always, and it sucks. I really want to be able to "sleep in" until 7, but I naturally wake up between 6-6:30 am since having lo. I wish I could sleep more!!! Mae on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468323 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 21:21:35 +0000 Mae 2468323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The last 6 months or so of SAH I did. But she doesn't wake until 8 generally. I'd get up at 715 or so and eat breakfast and read for a bit before she woke, definitely a better start to my day than being "on" first thing. sandy on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468296 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:31:01 +0000 sandy 2468296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Right now she has school during the week and I wake up 30 minutes to an hour before she has to be up for school. I get ready and dressed and then I go wake her up at 7:00 (we need to be walking out the door by 7:55). Weekends I sleep in until she wakes up - usually 8:00/8:30 Torchwood on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468273 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:45:09 +0000 Torchwood 2468273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Hell no. The fact that she sleeps till 8-9-ish makes me very happy. Plus she's so much nicer as an alarm. She wakes up so happy! Also, if I got up first I think I'd be upset if she woke up early and cut into my alone time. Planning to be up together avoids that. skipra on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468203 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:36:46 +0000 skipra 2468203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No way! LO2 comes in our bed around 4 am and if we're lucky I can get him back to sleep until 6. DH gets up with him at 6:30 and LO1 usually climbs in bed with me soon after and will snuggle until around 7. I am not a morning person and gladly let DH take charge in the morning! HLK208 on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468199 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:31:03 +0000 HLK208 2468199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Haha, no!!! DS woke up at 3:15 this morning! On a good morning he sleeps until 5:30, maybe 6. DD1 is usually up by 5am too. Cherrybee on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468186 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:17:49 +0000 Cherrybee 2468186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't SAH but I'm going to answer this question because I have big feelings on the matter! E is a very light sleeper and wakes even with the quietest alarm on my phone - so I cant engineer this. On the rare occasions I wake naturally before her - and before DH's loud alarm goes off - I feel so much better than usual because there's nothing worse than waking up to immediate demands - "have milk?", "watch television?", "go downstairs?" Aaaaagh! Greentea on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468183 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:15:09 +0000 Greentea 2468183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Kid only sleeps from about midnight to 7am... so not usually! gingerbebe on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468182 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:11:07 +0000 gingerbebe 2468182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ On the days I work, I am up maybe 15 minutes earlier. I dress as quickly and as quietly as I can and try to slip out the door while DH and DS snooze. On the days I don't work, I try to sleep as much as I can. We get DS around 730am most days. He usually wakes up between 645am and 715am but just hangs out with his stuffed animals until DH gets him. winniebee on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468149 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:35:41 +0000 winniebee 2468149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I am home with them a few days a week and sometimes am up before them and prefer it that way, but they wake around 630 so oftentimes I don't. If they slept until 8-830 I absolutely would get up before them! youboots on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468135 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:18:52 +0000 youboots 2468135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes, I'm usually up at 5:30 if I'm lucky I'll sleep into 7 and T sleeps in as late as 9:30. Tanjowen on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468127 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:13:44 +0000 Tanjowen 2468127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO is my alarm clock and usually is up at 6:30 a.m. I would much rather wake up on my own, but the payoff is a nice early bedtime for him. :grin: erinpye on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468125 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 16:12:18 +0000 erinpye 2468125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No way- they wake up between 5 and 6. Mrs.KMM on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2468093 Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:46:50 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2468093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nope - DD over the monitor is my alarm clock! Ree723 on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2465671 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:46:50 +0000 Ree723 2465671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I should as they don't usually get up until 8:30 or 9:00, but I like my sleep too much so I don't. DD1 will happily play in her room until whatever time, so I don't worry about when she wakes up, but once I hear DD2 start chatting to herself in her cot, I get up and shower before getting the girls up properly. On the odd morning I am up before them, I do love having a coffee on my own, but it seems as though they either hear me or instinctively know I'm up and they get up earlier those mornings too. So I've pretty much given up on that idea and enjoy my sleep instead! :-) mrsrain on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2465618 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:23:53 +0000 mrsrain 2465618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DD wakes up around 7. DH gets her up at 7:30. He gets her dressed and fed while I shower and get ready. That's all going to change when DS arrives next month! schubr03 on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2465589 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:15:00 +0000 schubr03 2465589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, usually she is my alarm clock. She wakes around 7:30 every day. Usually she just quietly plays in her crib so I can kind of wake up a little in my bed for 15 minutes befor I get up and get her. yin on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2465579 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:12:47 +0000 yin 2465579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, I like to sleep in. Kids usually wake up between 6:30 - 7:00. I would like to start waking up an hour earlier to have a quiet hour to myself to begin the morning. Mrs. Sunshine on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2465551 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 08:59:15 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2465551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ They do. DD1 wakes between 545 and 7. I never know if I'll be able to beat her or not and I'd rather have her "force" me awake than Starr my day disappointed that I didn't get my "alone" time. My perfect time to wake up is 7. That's like the magic hour for me so if DD slept later, I'd totally get up first. fancyfunction on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2465525 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 08:47:28 +0000 fancyfunction 2465525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ On school days I get up before her to get a head start but on other days will usually wait for her. Her new wake up time has been 6:30 for the past couple of weeks - I could usually get a few 7:30 days but maybe she's getting ready for the new baby :wink: sleepybear on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2465506 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 08:36:44 +0000 sleepybear 2465506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I try to - I usually wake up naturally between 5:30 and 6 so I try to get up, read a little, eat my breakfast and catch up on blogs or putting away clothes/stuffing diapers. I don't normally get LO until 7, even if he wakes up early, though. KayKay on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2465486 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 08:17:21 +0000 KayKay 2465486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ In theory, I'd love to. In practice, I get up between 6-630 most days, but probably 25% of the time, LO2 starts making noise while I'm still in bed. The days when she sleeps til 630-7 and I have an extra 30-45 minutes alone are glorious. But not glorious enough to set my alarm in the 5s ;) brownepiano on "If you stay home, do you wake up before LO?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-stay-home-do-you-wake-up-before-lo#post-2465444 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 07:45:03 +0000 brownepiano 2465444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I used to. Now my goal is just to get a shower before my husband leaves. DS stays in bed till 7 but he's usually awake before then. DH gets him up and dressed while I get ready, then leaves for work.