I used to wake up whenever I heard LO on the monitor, but lately, as hard as it is to drag myself out of bed, I've been trying to get up about :30 before her to drink some coffee and give myself time to "wake" up. I'm really <3-ing these quiet moments in the AM!
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My husband usually gets up with her, feeds her, etc. then I get up around 6:45 when he's ready to leave for work. Today she actually slept in til 7, which was nice!
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He wakes up for his first feed around 5:30 and then I try to put him back to bed and go back to bed myself. I get up for the day around 6:30/7 when he wakes again.
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When Lo wakes up. I need every minute of sleep I can get. If she wakes up before 6 I will bring her into our bed and nurse her down and snuggle. I usually don't sleep well that way but better than being up- plus she sleeps which is even more important.
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I hate to admit this...lol My husband works 2nd shift and leaves around 3pm gets home from work around 2am. So the only way that he gets to see our 6yr old is getting up in the morning with him. So DH gets up at 7am. Our littlest sleeps until about 8am which is when DH takes him and the oldest to the bus stop. I sleep until 9 or so
Now that I'm pregnant, sometimes 10! Then DH naps with our littlest in the afternoon, and I get about 2 hours of time to myself!!
Remember though, I have crazy nights, since I'm all alone for pickups, soccer, dinner, home work, bath time, and bed time
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@pinkcupcake: so nice!
B wakes up at 6 and I use to get up with him every day but I don't anymore. I hate to say it but most mornings, he takes the iPad and does some alphabet/spelling games, sometimes he reads (looks at) books or plays in the playroom though . E wakes up at 7 and I get up with her then.
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I wake up when baby wakes up. Before when I was pregnant, I would wake up half an hour after DS1. He likes to start his mornings with a little bit of iPad time and milk with cereal. Pregnancy made me too tired to begin the day so early.
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She used to sleep 8:30-8:00 so I would wake up about half an hour before her to get ready. With daylight savings I didn't adjust her so she's sleeping 7:30-7:00...and I'm just getting up when I hear her on the monitor. Since she's up an hour earlier I don't have to rush to get us ready in the morning and we have more than enough time before we have to be out the door.
@HLK208: no shame in letting him have some iPad or screen time in the morning :). He's more than old enough and like you said, you are mindful of the stuff he's doing (educational apps).
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@HLK208: @sandy: yup, DD definitely got iPad-in-bed time when she used to get up at 6 and still woke up 1x/night.
Now that she wakes up at 7-7:30, I get up when she wakes up. If I happen to wake before she does, it's iPad time for mom.
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I get up around 6:45-7:00 so I can shower before DH leaves for work. DS wakes up around 6 and I nurse him in bed. He'll then play in his crib while DH showers and I get a few more minutes of sleep.
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I usually sleep until 10-10:30, depending on when E wakes up. But we run on a later schedule than most people because of D's work schedule.
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I would in theory love to wake up a litte before her to get my day started quietly. But in reality her usual wake up is anywhere between 5 (at times earlier) and 6 so I need every minute of sleep I can.
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We bed share, and I wake up when she starts to stir. This usually coincides with when my husband gets up to get ready for work. We'll usually cuddle and cat nap for about an hour, and then get up for the day around 7:45. On the weekends, my husband takes her for an hour, and I sleep until 9. I'm so not a morning person.
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I wake up whenever DS does, usually between 6 and 7. Before I got pregnant again I'd get up early and go to the gym before he woke up. Hopefully ill be able up get back to that routine eventually!
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When the baby wakes up, generally between 7-8. I still consider it a slow start because my toddler only gets up at 8:30, so I have time to get myself and baby dressed before starting the juggle.
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@junebugmama: we're in a similar situation in that dh works 12 hour night shifts. he gets home around 6:45 am which is usually right around when lo is waking up (though lately lo is loving a 6 am wake up :/) so he will take lo for an hour or two so i can sleep until 8-9.
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Lately it's been 4am when she wakes for a feed. I am so tired *sigh*
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When she wakes up, except for the glorious period where she was sleeping past 7. Then sometimes I would wake up and have a bit of time - heaven.
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Typically she wakes at 530/6 to eat and goes back to sleep. I never bother going back to bed after that since she is up for the day by 7:30. I usually enjoy a coffee and read by book or surf the internet (sometimes shower!) until she gets up. If I try to go back to bed I just lie there awake anyways.
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LO typically wakes up an hour or so before she's ready to get out of her cot. I'll hear her stir and then start chatting to herself or playing with Violet (her singing dog stuffed animal) and that's my 'alarm' that I have one hour left. Usually I lay in bed and read or check emails/HB (which is exactly what I'm doing right now!) but if we have a busy day ahead, I'll take my shower in that time.
LO usually wakes between 7-7:30 and wants out of her cot between 8-8:30. She's 16 months old and I'm savouring it before the arrival of baby #2 in a few months!
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I try to wake up at least 45 minutes before LO does so I can shower, have coffee, catch up on news and emails, etc. Thanks to daylight savings, this means I'm waking up at 5:15 but hopefully that will get pushed back to 6! If I'm woken up by LO and don't have some quiet time to myself, I'm a cranky mommy and no one wants to see that! But I nap when LO naps so that helps.
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C is a sleeper and generally sleeps until 8:30/9. I either wake up with her or I wake up at 8 and get 30-45 minutes of alone time with my iPad. I love having that time in the morning to wake up and stretch myself without having to get get her right away.
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My kiddo wakes with the sun or earlier (5:30 this week - dst ugh) so it would be a miracle to find 30 mins for me before hand. But that sounds truly lovely.
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I'm up at seven so I can have a cup of coffee with DH before he goes to work. LO is usually up at eight.
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I am a WAHM until my maternity leave but I am home with LO all day. I get up when she does--5:45 since daylight savings. And I don't go to bed until DH gets home from work--usually midnight. I dont sleep enough!
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@oliviaoblivia: I'm so jealous! That sounds like my idea of heaven - a bit of time chatting with the hubs over a cup of coffee before he heads to work. Unfortunately, DH leaves for work at 5:20 am, and as much as I love him, I'm just not prepared to get up quite that early!
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I swear LO can sense when I wake up, even from her own room! If I wake up before her, it's almost guaranteed that she'll wake up within 5 min. of me.
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Yep, E gets up at 7am... So I set my alarm for 6.45 so I can make coffee, get water, put washing on etc.
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@shopaholic: haha yep that happens here too!
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when LO does. normally 8:30/9. but he then happily hangs out in his cot for half hour or so while I wake up fully and sometimes shower
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630.
slightly before the sun rises. That's LO's time
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I wake up when my DD calls for me in the morning. Usually between 6-7am.
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LO wakes up at 7 to eat, and then he goes back to sleep until around 10. I've been so tired lately, that I'll go back to sleep with him. I need to start getting up at 7 and doing stuff around the house while he sleeps (though with my luck, he'd wake right up when I'm not there since we cosleep).
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Whenever LO wakes up. Usually around 7
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I WAH, but wake up either when I hear DS waking up or when DH's alarm goes off. If neither of these things happen, I usually wake up naturally first.
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I wake up with my son. We co sleep and there is no other way really. Sometimes if he sleeps in a bit I will wake up before him. 7am is typical but on rough nights or when teething or sick it's all about sleep!!!
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@Pepper: what time does your LO go to sleep? I'd love to sleep til 10 just once!
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@delight: We're on a pretty late schedule! He goes to bed between 9 and 10.
Now that I'm pregnant, sometimes 10! Reply
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