View Full Version : Do you wake up with or before the children?
harmonielyn June 7th, 2004, 10:09 AM Im just wondering because I wake up with Madison in the morning and take care of her until about lunch when she sleeps. Thats the first time I get to do anything for me like shower or clean anything other than the living room. Im trying to find time to exercise.
jstauffer June 7th, 2004, 12:30 PM I usually get up with the kids. They usually wake up between 6-7am. There's no way I'm getting up earlier then that.
I usually exercise after they go to bed at night.
Michele June 7th, 2004, 01:00 PM I usually get up when my DH's alarm goes off at 7:00, sometimes Jackson wakes up earlier than that, and if he does I get up with him. If he is not up yet at 7:00 then I get "me" time until he does wake up. The latest he'll sleep is 7:30-8:00 though...so not much "me" time!
SarahK June 7th, 2004, 01:19 PM I get up with Katie since she still gets up a ridiculous amount of times during the night. I take a shower while she's awake.
Hilary June 7th, 2004, 02:34 PM I usually get up with the kids. Occasionally I'll get up earlier, but not often! :lol:
Karri June 7th, 2004, 03:23 PM Chris gets up at 5 to start his day, so he will take care of the kids till 6:45, when he wakes me up to shower. Sometimes I go to the gym at 5 am, so he obviously takes care of them then, too.
I find that if I dont get up to shower before Chris leaves, I dont get a shower till at least 11, if not 1. And then I feel like sh*t :lol:
olcott June 7th, 2004, 03:38 PM I usually get up before Trey does..he's been sleeping till 10, so I will get up at 9 and goof around the house till he gets up
TtownAnne June 7th, 2004, 03:55 PM I generally get up with Caroline, around 7:45-8am. I try to get up earlier, but my covers seem to pin me down and keep me in bed! :lol:
~Jenn June 7th, 2004, 04:31 PM I definetly get up with the girls...they're up between 5:30 and 7:00 every morning, so I'm not getting up before that! :lol:
Jillian June 7th, 2004, 04:53 PM I get up with Caid but before Janelle. If Caid ever starts sleeping in I'll probably get up before both of them. When it was just Janelle I got up before her...but she sleeps till noon.
LisaBelle June 7th, 2004, 07:48 PM I get up with Carolyn... she usually wakes up right when DH is getting ready for work so he brings her to bed with me, I nurse her and then we get up for the day.
redhairedgirl June 7th, 2004, 08:39 PM I wake up when Aiden wakes up for the day around 7AM. I have been known to wake up a little bit earlier to get some work done, but that's rare.... especially the more that I don't sleep in the middle of the night. :lol:
I take my shower at night, after Aiden goes to sleep. He goes down for his morning nap around 8:30AM. I let him watch the Wiggles in the morning (well, for background noise), as soon as those credits roll, he does this little whine and throws himself into my lap (I check email at that time) and I know he wants bed.
Shannon June 7th, 2004, 10:08 PM with...he is up at 5 sometimes :)
jkl June 7th, 2004, 10:25 PM I wake up w/ my girls around 7:30-8am. Usually, ally gets up first and occasionally, sarah (my youngest) will sleep a little longer. Ally used to get up ALOT EARLIER... between 6-7am so I thank my lucky stars now!
I usually get their breakfast going and mine while the disney channel is on... then I get my shower in around 10-10:30am and the girls play upstairs. They understand that they've got to let me do this in order for us to do anything. :)
Isaiah's Momma June 8th, 2004, 10:47 AM Isaiah is up any time from 5:30 to 6:00 so I get up with him. Im not a morning person so Ill take all the time in bed I can.
Mandi June 8th, 2004, 01:01 PM I prefer to get up before them to get stuff done but it doesn't always happen. But I'm up everyday no later than 7 (usually more like 6)
Dawn June 8th, 2004, 10:38 PM It depends...something I wake up with her, other times before her.
Alexia mostly wakes up around 7:30 am, with the once-in-a-while occasion (like today) that she wakes up around 6 am-6:15 am. James alarm goes off at 5:45 am so there are times that I wake up with him and do whatever I have to do before she wakes up (especially if I have alot of things to do/errands to run that day...I try to take care of some cleaning, bills..whatever). Other times I'm too darn tired so I stay in bed until she gets up.
~Andrea~ June 26th, 2004, 11:53 PM I usually get up with Gab, because I tend to stay up late. I usually don't get my shower until she naps, or (lately) I've been getting my showers in the evening (when John is home) after I go to Curves.
Anne June 28th, 2004, 12:16 PM I have been waking up with Emma (6:30-7:00ish) but I always bring her in bed with me and try to get a few more minutes of sleep. DH is up at 4:30 and leaves for work at 5:30 so I am thinking of having him get me up when he leaves so I can wake up and maybe get some things done before she gets up.
Amy July 8th, 2004, 11:30 PM all depends...if DH is working day shift, I usually wake when his alarm goes off at 5:15, but I get up whenever I hear one of the girls on the monitor...usually around 6:30/7ish. If he's on nights, I wake usually around 5 or 5:30 to pee, then back to bed until Emily wakes up, which is around 7:30/8 (this is if Molly is awake when I get up at 5:30, then she comes back to bed with me to nurse).
I guess I basically wake up around 5/5:30, if Molly is awake I get her and bring her back to bed to doze until Emily wakes up at 7:30ish, and then grab my shower before getting her up. Luckily, she is content to 'hold conference' with her stuffed animals for a short while after she wakes up.
sabrina July 9th, 2004, 08:22 AM usually, Eoin wakes up at 4 am for a bottle, then dh's alarm goes off at 5 am. Basically I am up at 4 am and don't go to bed until about midnight or 1 am.
Nichole July 9th, 2004, 10:48 AM I usually get up when Jackson wakes up, which is usually between 6 and 6:30am (sometimes 7:00 if I'm really lucky). I get up before him (around 5:45am) on the two days a week that I work.
Cortney July 16th, 2004, 01:58 PM Most days recently it's been when Morgan gets up, but I have been trying to get up at least an hour earlier so I can get my walk/jog in for the morning and a shower- the day is much smoother when I'm up first.
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