We try to give each another a morning to "sleep in." on the weekends.
DH is sleeping in right now. I woke up at 830 with DS, so I got a decent amount of sleep too.
We'll probably both be up tomorrow to go to church. Last weekend, I slept in on Saturday.
honeydew / 7283 posts
Yup. We alternate who gets up with our infant. The other parent usually keeps the monitor and gets up when our toddler wakes up.
pomelo / 5621 posts
Yes. DH gets to sleep in Saturday and I sleep in Sunday. But sleep in is usually between 8-8:30. DS is up between 5:30-6 every day.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
No and this is such a bone of contention in our house. DH sleeps in late both days. He's the one who earns the money, he needs to be rested for work, I get it. But sometimes I need a rest too!
eggplant / 11716 posts
Yes, but I'm pregnant and feel like I should get both days since I'm a wohm and wake up at 5/30 every other day. 
Also DH sucks at keeping LO even halfway quiet on my day to sleep in so I am usually up by 8 at the latest.
clementine / 927 posts
Yes! I look forward to sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday. DH doesn't wake up at night with baby so he doesn't need extra sleep on weekends!
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
ha. he neverrr gets up with them at night. he will occasionally on a weekend day if he has the day off, but I don't get to sleep in sadly 
once i'm up, i'm up!
pineapple / 12526 posts
No, we all get up together. We tried the taking turns thing and it just turned into DH getting up at noon on his day and him waking me up early on my day and me not getting to go back to sleep because he's loud as hell.
It's just better for us this way. Less anger. lol
clementine / 878 posts
We would on weekends when DD would go through sleep regressions or have bad nights of sleep. Lately not so much though. DH lets me sleep in even though I'm a SAHM. He gets it. Unhappy mom = unhappy family.
grapefruit / 4278 posts
Yep, I get up with E on Saturdays and DH gets up with him on Sundays. They go out for breakfast most if the time so the house is quiet. It's like their weekly date.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
It's nice in theory. And I let him sleep in occasionally. But we had a big fight this morning about it. I don't really get how he thought bringing the awake baby into our bed was going to help us all sleep longer. I am still pretty irritated about it actually.
pomegranate / 3716 posts
I always do LOs morning wake up, and I let him sleep in on the weekends. But DH lets me sleep longer throughout the night. On Thursday he slept in the living room and dealt with all wake ups until 5am (even though he had to go to work at 8am) so that i could sleep a solid 7 hrs.
pineapple / 12053 posts
No, we both wake up, but we're not really sleepers in (still woke at 730 adjusted last week without DD there) so it works for us.
eggplant / 11824 posts
I'm the asshole in our relationship that usually sleeps in both mornings DH is a morning person, I'm not. Sometimes we switch off but he doesn't ever sleep in, even when given the opportunity.
pineapple / 12793 posts
DH gets up with DD1 and I snuggle with DD2. We're both awake, but I get to hang out in bed.
Luckily they both get up around eight so it's kind of like parent sleep in time anyway.
persimmon / 1447 posts
No- we get up together. DS will sleep until he's woken up, and DD gets up between 7-8, which is a perfect wake up time for both of us.
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
Yes, but we don't keep track of turns or anything like that. DH is really good about getting up and letting me sleep in when he knows I need it and vice versa. It works for us!
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
We try to, but I'm responsible for ballet in Saturday mornings, so no matter what, I'm getting up on Saturdays.
grapefruit / 4418 posts
No, usually I am the one that gets to sleep in! I deserve it! 
sometimes I'll let DH sleep in but it's rare. We don't really need to now anyways since DD sleeps 12 hours a night.
grapefruit / 4817 posts
We tend to take turns on the weekend for whoever needs it more. Either way, our 3 year old jumps in bed to wake us up and one of us just makes the call. It's not always 50/50 and lots of times we all just get up together to go out to breakfast. It's not anything we keep track of.
clementine / 770 posts
Depends on how the night went. I get up with her all through the night so if there was a lot of that he'll take her the next morning. Recently he's been getting up super early for work so I'd likely let him sleep in.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
No, we all get up at the same time and eat breakfast together.
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
If it's been a really rough week, then we will let the other sleep in...but generally we all get up together
eggplant / 11287 posts
No. He always lets me sleep in because I put the kids to bed solo and do all the nightwakings. 
and I'm pregnant, so I get a free pass for sleeping in the next 6 months.
nectarine / 2765 posts
@travelgirl1: that doesn't seem very fair! You need a break, too!
We trade off so each gets the opportunity to sleep in & rest. He's a SAHD & I work...during the week I have to be up early every day & the girls generally sleep later but we both deserve a break on the weekend.
pomelo / 5607 posts
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.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
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.....
pomegranate / 3858 posts
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
honeydew / 7463 posts
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.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
Neither of us sleep in. We always have something going on in the mornings so we can't!
pomelo / 5628 posts
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.
papaya / 10570 posts
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!
squash / 13764 posts
@travelgirl1: same here! I only get to sleep in if my ILs are staying with us, they will take him in the morning.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
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.
persimmon / 1420 posts
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.
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