When did your early riser start having occasional lie-ins?

[roisin]

ds2 (9) has always been an early bird - hideously early at some points - but for the past few years he's stuck to 7am pretty rigidly.

In fact that's the point. He needs a lot of sleep, but even if he has a very late night, he still wakes up and gets up at 7 am. Then he gets grumpy and crotchetty by the end of the day.

Also, often when we are away (and we go away a lot), we sleep all in one room, and that means we all wake up at 7am.

Anyway, I'm just wondering when he might grow out of it?!

[dutchmam]

Hmm, mine started having lie ins around 13, and went from up-at-7 to cannot-leave-the-bed-til-midday.. Not sure which was worse

[JoshandJamie]

My DH still wakes up at 5.30. He's 40. Sorry to depress you.

As a result our two sons are early risers. I say to him: it's your genes and you're up, deal with it.

Sorry, not very helpful. But I will say that DS1 was a consistent 5.30 riser and has recently started sleeping till 7. He's 4. DS2 has gone from 5.30 to 6.15. So there's progress....

[pofaced]

Sorry Roisn but dd1 (almost 12) and 3 have inherited dh's genes, wake up at 6.30 or so and immediately pick up a book, wide awake, and start reading. DD2 and i are slovens and turn over and go back to sleep

And dd1 & 3 cannot stay up late and be human the next day... recently bed at 11 after neighbours' family barbecue just meant tears by 8am..

I think just give them a torch and getthem reading first thing when you share a room

[roisin]

Oh dear!

Pofaced - I think I will try that with a torch next time we are room-sharing, and see how we get on.

I like YHAs and so on, because then I just let him get up and sit in a lounge in his PJs reading, then he doesn't disturb us!

I always feel such a misery guts when declining evening invitations for the family, but they really struggle the next day if they don't get enough sleep; and so often it is just not worth it.

[DarthVader]

Mine is 8 and religiously gets up at 6.30am regardless of when she went to bed and will not lie in even if feeling tired...

So I would be happy with 7am!!

[pofaced]

funnily enough, this weekend is a bank holiday in Ireland and dd1 (11) has now been up "late" for 3 nights in a row: watching lord of the rimgs dvd for 2 nights (bed at 10 for 2 nights running) & then I'd do anything last night (9.30 or so) and has just toddled off to bed after chatting to us in a very grown up way so maybe perseverance works too... but dd3 (8) is an anti-christ after it all..

[BettySpaghetti]

DD (8) gets up at 7am every day regardless of her bedtime -she would probably get up earlier given the chance but we have a 7 o'clock rule ie. not allowed to get up (other than to loo obviously) before 7.

DS (nearly 4 ) occasionally wakes 7.30 ish but normally hes a 7am waker too.

We've just been away for the week and the DC have been to bed about 2 hours later than normal bedtime every night for a week but they've still been up pretty much the normal time except for DS this morning who woke at 8.45 am .

The thing is any lie-ins are totally random and they never both sleep late9or even slightly later) on the same morning

[cadelaide]

You're lucky, DS1 (nearly 9) is by my side right now saying he can't sleep, and he'll be up at 6, always is.

he just doesn't seem to need a lot of sleep.

[cadelaide]

Poor roisin, not much consolation on this thread.........