Morning people help!

[bumblebee39]

How do I reprogram myself to get up earlier. Struggle with the 6.30/7am starts for school as it is and when my DS starts nursery and DD breakfast club got to be up an hour earlier.

How do I reprogram myself? I'm going to get a noisy old fashioned alarm clock but what else can I do to help me get out of bed?

And if you are a "morning person" have you always been that way? Or have you trained yourself?

Tia xx

The only way is to get up as soon as the alarm goes off.
As much as possible ready the night before.
Then a series of alarms which mean certain things. So I need to be dressed before the 7 am alarm, which is also the stop playing and go and get dressed for the DC alarm.
I am not a morning person!

I am probably no help as I am a natural lark and don't find mornings hard. However I still have everything ready the night before and put where I need it. I also get up as soon as my alarm goes off (at 5).

I don't really believe in the morning/night time personality thing, it just depends when your sleep routine is. Setting alarms early isn't much help if you're going to bed at the same time as you'll still feel knackered. I used to love the odd night shift as because as I had uni during the day it totally reset my body clock for whatever time I fell asleep (usually made it till 9pm after a few hours nap in the morning). What about one of those sunrise alarm clocks or the coffee machines that are set on a timer? I recommend not showering within the first hour of waking up during winter as the hot water just makes you sleepy.

I was a night owl for many years. As weird as it sounds, I found waking even earlier than I had to helped. If my alarm went off and I knew I had to jump straight up and get ready, I found it so difficult. I dreaded my alarm times. I then started setting it earlier and I'd grab a coffee, go back to bed and do fun stuff on my ipad for half an hour. It meant I dreaded the alarm less and, after a coffee, felt more ready to face the morning routine. It has meant going to bed much earlier than I used to though. I'm usually in bed by 9:30 and asleep by half ten at the latest.

I go to bed as early as I can anyway usually 9-10pm just still struggle in the mornings. I don't think it helps this time of year!

I'm definitely a "but first coffee" kind of person, but I think maybe one reason I put off getting up is because I know there's loads to be done so definitely going to try getting as much done the night before as possible.

I'm disorganised in the evening and think "oh, I'll do it in the morning" and then the morning comes and I'm in a flap!

I do try and bath/shower the night before but have been slacking. Need to get back in routine, and have all bags packed clothes out etc. The night before.

I'm going to try walking more in the morning to reset my body clock- just getting off a stop earlier each time on the bus unless it's raining of course!

I've read a bit about this today, and one thing is to start getting up gradually earlier. I think I'm expecting too much by changing it by an hour instantly so going to try 10mins earlier each day- and no late nights and lie ins at the weekend!