I've resolved that once we are back in a good sleep routine, I am going to set my alarm for 30 minutes before LO's usual wake time & take a shower & get dressed. I really need some motivation in my life & being "ready" really helps with that! I know it will be a lot harder to stick to though.
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Now that she regularly sleeps 7pm-8am (it's a dream and I'm hoping it sticks!!) I get up around 7:30 on my own and make the bed, eat breakfast (a first since she's been born!) and try to do one chore. I don't get dressed because I try to run on the treadmill later during her first nap. Or be lazy and stay in pjs all day. One or the other.
Life is so much better now that we have a somewhat predictable routine!!
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Ha, nope! They wake me up.
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Ha! No.
He recently decided to ditch his 7am wakeup time for an oh-so-fun 5am wakeup time.
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Not usually - she's either up with my husband before he goes to work or I wait to hear her stir and then I get up.
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I get up 10 minutes before I have to wake him for school. On weekends I sleep in and he just gets up and entertains himself.
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Nope. I'm just not a morning person.
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Nope! Unless it's on accident. Sometimes DH wakes me up when he's getting ready and I can't get back to sleep
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Now way. He is usually up around 6-6:30 and I want all the sleep I can get!
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Almost never. ONCE after her shots she slept really late. Generally even if I wake up first, I just enjoy the wonder of laying in bed and resting. Usually DH is up first and brings her to me to feed her in bed-- it makes mornings so much nicer to start with snuggles.
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Unless she's going through a phase of sleeping in til a later time (7.30-8am) then no, she wakes me up first.
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Usually no. I usually wake up when DD crawls into bed with us
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Now that she sleeps until 7:30-8, yes.
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That's a great resolution. Lately she is up at 5:45 or 6 so I don't get up much earlier. If she ever sleeps later than this I definitely will consider. It's currently pathetic how often I shower and get ready.
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Yup, she usually wakes up around 8 - 830am and I get up around 730ish and have a cup of coffee and shower. It really helps to have that extra :30 to hour to myself to get myself ready for the day
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Nope! I take all the sleep I can get
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I used to (consistently for nearly a month), then we hit the 4 month sleep regression & I am literally incapable of getting up before I absolutely have to. I regularly dream of the day when I can start & end my days peacefully alone for a few minutes.
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For the past year I shower at night and set my alarm for 7:30. She's usually either up a little before then or a little after. Some days she sleep in until 8:30 and in that case I get ready for the day and start unloading the dishwasher. But most days I get out of bed when she wakes up.
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I enjoy sleep too much to wake up any earlier. My kids are my alarm clock.
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I always shower and get ready first thing. It really does help with the motivation and it's nice to have a few minutes of peace before my "job" starts. I leave the house many times a day so I don't want to look like a bum either.
My kids wake up early, but DH will watch them for a few min while I shower. He was gone this past week, but I made sure to wake up before they were up.
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Nope. Dh gets up for work and gets her up. He'll wake me when he leaves if I am not up before but I usually am. To get up before her would mean getting about about 5:30am. No thanks!
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Nope. I never know what time she will sleep til. If i do naturally wake before her (or if we have somewhere to be early) I'll get up and shower before she's up.
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No way! I can see the benefits of it, but if baby is sleeping in then so am I!
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Occasionally. My husbands alarm usually goes off at 545 so if I feel rested enough sometimes I get up when he is out of the shower. But usually LO is up at 630 anyways.....
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Hahaha....no
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I sleep pretty much as long as I can. I take J1 to school though 2 days per week, so then I'm usually up before J2 and have to wake him so we can make it on time. However, I don't really shower or get ready until after nap time, because I sleep then too lol
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No way. I'm not a morning person so when I do wake up early I don't get anything accomplished anyways.
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nope. His wake time isn't consistent enough for me to set an alarm earlier anyway, unless I set it at like 530. Not happening!
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On a perfect day I get up and ready and get breakfast for dh before lo gets up. More often then not though, I just sleep if we don't have anything to do in the morning. It's especially shameful because lo sleeps pretty late
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Nope - she was an early riser (4:30-5:30). No way I was getting up earlier than that!
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LO sleeps until 7:30 most days, which means I can choose. if I want to wash/style my hair I get up at 6:30. if I'm just throwing myself together with a ponytail I can do that after she is awake.
when I do get up early I always enjoy it - especially if I have time to myself to eat or catch up on my phone. but it's hard to make myself do it.
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not usually. If we have somewhere to be in the morning I will set my alarm and get ready before he wakes. But thats usually once a week or less
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Back when DS used to wake up later in the mornings, like around 7:15 or even up to 8:00-ish, I would wake up beforehand, but now, he wakes us up at 6:30! Nooooo!!
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J gets up every day at about 7am. So I set my alarm for 6:40 every morning and get up, let the dog out, make a cup of coffee, burn my tongue drinking it (I'm not a morning person and need coffee ASAP), then quickly jump in the shower and get dressed. Then I go get him from his crib by 7:05am. I truly can't function well without coffee and a shower and feel so much better being awake for about a half hour before him, then if I were to get up at the same time.
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I used to try before DD2 arrived but now waking up at around 5 to feed is just way too early.
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Nope. She wakes up between 5.30 and 6.30. Sometimes I get up at 6 to go to the gym, but that is about it.
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Yepp. Both of my kids wake up at around 7. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I get up at 6:15 and run. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I take a 5am class at the gym, come home and shower before they get up.
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Since my LO started STTN, I try to get up before he does. I don't have to, but a few minutes to myself to wake up and get dressed really starts the day off on the right foot. If I go to bed late I'll just let him wake me up.
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I generally do. LO typically wakes up around 7:00, and I'm usually up by 6:30. On days I wake up before LO, I shower and eat breakfast, and I find that really helps get the day started off on the right track.
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I wish...DD wakes up anywhere from 6:15-6:45, and sometimes 6am is just too early. I wish I could be @Running Elley:
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