It varies quite a bit for me. Sometimes I wake to the sound of my two year old shouting from his crib at my three year old to "get mommy!!!!!!" Usually I wake to my three year old pounding the mattress until I sit up. On rare occasions, when the stars align, the boys will let me sleep in until my husband's alarm for work. (Ahh yes, I never thought I'd consider 6:25 to be sleeping in.)

In an ideal world, I would set my alarm an hour before the kids get up, make myself a cup of a coffee, work out in front of the morning news, and read a bit before cheerfully greeting my boys. In reality, I just stay up too late the night before so the whole waking up early thing never happens (even though I'm actually a morning person!) The other reason is that my kids don't get up at a consistent time every day, even though bedtime is always at the same time. So I don't want to set my alarm at 5:30 for some "me time" just to find out that - surprise! - the boys are up at 5:20 today. And I can't bring myself to set my alarm for 4:30, the only safe time to set it when I'd be sure no one would bother me. I just.... can't.
I've heard of a possible solution... have you ever used an "OK to Wake" alarm?
Like this one:

Hi Sarah! I am finally to the point of setting an alarm and waking my child up instead of the other way around....most days. I haven't used one of those light things, but I have several friends that have used them and it worked.
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah! I am finally to the point of setting an alarm and waking my child up instead of the other way around....most days. I haven't used one of those light things, but I have several friends that have used them and it worked.
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