https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:31:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663754 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:19:54 +0000 shopaholic 663754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: LOL! Does sound the same! You'll have to let me know when the time comes!</p> <p>@rybybeach: Sometimes I can only get some early morning sleep like that too if I let K sleep on me after a feeding. I get so worried though about it - only let her sleep on my chest while I hold her up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663685 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:05:12 +0000 MamaMoose 663685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a morning person and hubs is not! So he stays up late with her and I get up early with her. It works for us! Obviously I have to breastfeed but she's pretty quick at that now. And I've mastered the side lying technique so I can almost stay asleep and the hubs takes over and puts her back to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663679 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:53:44 +0000 mrs. wagon 663679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither of us were morning people. After having kids Wagon Sr. found out he IS a morning person! Thank God. I'm a total night owl. I used to hate it when he napped throughout the day or fell asleep on the couch at 8pm but since he was able to get up in the mornings with the baby I started letting him sleep whenever he wanted! Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663369 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:14:09 +0000 rybybeach 663369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are not morning people at all. My lo sleeps best when he is laying with me. If it is after 4 am I'll put him in my bed feed him and fall asleep. He will then sleep til about 9 am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663329 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:49:30 +0000 sera_87 663329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's a work in progress. At first DH got up with LO (we jokingly refer to it as 'first shift') but then he got tired and resentful. So now we split it day-to-day if we're both home, or both get up. I find that if DH just gives me an extra hours sleep I'm a lot better at getting up (LO is usually up for 2 hrs and then 20 min nursing before his first nap). It's definitely the hardest part of the day, other than nights he refuses to sleep before 11). </p> <p>We also head back to bed while LO has his first nap. Helps immensely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663245 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:45:49 +0000 Pepper 663245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is an interesting thought! My husband sounds a lot like yours.... he is a total night owl (sometimes stays up til 3 or 4 am), and on the weekends he would sleep past noon if I let him! I've been better in the mornings recently because I don't sleep as well, but I used to also hate waking up early. I'm curious how he will be once LO is here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663226 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:29:25 +0000 mrbee 663226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: there are so many unknown variables, it's impossible to predict! Hope it works out for him... and you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663201 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:21:16 +0000 shopaholic 663201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: lol! He knows that but thinks if he stays up at night with baby then he shouldn't have to get up early before work. And weekends are for him to catch up on sleep! Maybe he needs to be a dad a little longer for him to not be so delusional? :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663195 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:15:02 +0000 mrbee 663195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: because a lot of kids wake up at 4 am in the morning? At least, that's why I had to make the shift! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663176 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:04:46 +0000 shopaholic 663176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: @Lindsay05: this is DH! There is no "spring" on DH's steps though. He's slow as a rock the first 2 hours he's awake.</p> <p>@mrbee: I mentioned this to him once when you posted about it before, but my DH has no desire to even change his circadian rhythm! He was like, "why would I want to do that?" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663110 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:47:27 +0000 Lindsay05 663110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm NOT a morning person. And as motherhood has taught me, I do not handle walking up during the night very well. DH is so super awesome at waking up with her. He gets up at about 6 and goes and grabs her when she wakes up which is at about 7:00-7:30. I try my best to be up at 8 but when I do, I need about 2-3 hours to 'wake-up'. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663090 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:20:24 +0000 Rubies 663090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither one of us are morning people but with a colicky baby, we were just forced to spring into action when we had to. Now that LO is 19 months, I am better at getting up in the early morning but I'm still reluctant. DH doesn't get up until I force him to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-663087 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:17:18 +0000 Anagram 663087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I think it will work one day, when breast feeding days are over. At the very least, DH can get the baby, change it, and bring the baby to you for feeding! </p> <p>My DH is also a morning person, so I'm hoping that's how it will go with us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-662797 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:50:41 +0000 mrbee 662797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was this way too, but eventually figured out how to shift my circadian rhythm!<br /> <a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2012/03/22/how-to-cure-mommy-or-daddy-insomnia/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2012/03/22/how-to-cure-mommy-or-daddy-insomnia/</a></p> <p>Now I can wake up at 4 or 5 am, no problem... it's not fun, but at least now it's possible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-662796 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:50:37 +0000 NovBaby1112 662796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dh was a night owl like yours before having a baby, but after making the mistake of staying up too late several times and being exhausted the next day helping me take care of Lo, he learned his lesson lol. He now goes to bad at a reasonable hour and is helpful the next day. I always tell him he is free to stay up as late as he likes, but it is his own fault if he is tired in the morning, we have a baby now and I excpect him to be a good dad to our daughter, and he couldn't do that if he stayed up til all hours and slept for most of the day. Thankfully his night owl ways have changed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-662788 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:44:28 +0000 Foodnerd81 662788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm interested in the responses too! I'm the night owl and NOT a morning person, where DH falls asleep in front of the TV all the time, but it so much more alert in the morning. Our plan now (don't laugh if this is totally not going to work!) is I'll take the night shifts, but when baby wakes up early, that will be daddy/baby time while mom sleeps in. Right?? That can work?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-662722 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:42:07 +0000 BSB 662722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great question! I can't wait to read the responses. We both are night owls. I can get up early if I have to but it's usually once in a blue moon type of thing. If I have to get up early more regularly like 5 or 6 am, I can get super crabby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/not-a-morning-person#post-662716 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:38:32 +0000 shopaholic 662716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you or your SO are NOT a morning person, how does/did it affect your parenting duties with a baby &amp; LO? My DH is basically useless in the mornings. And I mean that as in anything before NOON! He would sleep till 2pm easily on weekends if I let him. But even now with baby...if I wake him up and say I need something or he needs to get up for whatever reason... He is soooo slow to move. None of this maternal jump up and do it ASAP kind of deal I have. I'm not particularly great before 8 am myself, but he seriously moves at the pace of a turtle! I've always known that about him, and it's not changeable, but man, I wish I could light a fire under his butt sometimes!<br /> * The flip side is he's a total night owl and can stay up till 4am if he wants no problem. So when I'm super tired, he'll do daddy duty and stay up with baby - until he's tired and wakes me up.</p> <p>So if you or your SO are not morning peeps, how did you handle baby duties? </p>