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AIBU?

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to think 630 really isn't particularly early for young children to wake

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whoneedssleepanyway · 14/07/2010 13:59

was having a conversation with a friend today who has little ones the same age as mine and when she asked what time the older DC (3.5) woke I said 630, and she said oh ok so pretty early then...

maybe i am deluded but i think 630 is pretty good going for a pre schooler, she goes to bed at 730 so that is 11 hours...

i had thought the majority of young children were up at the crack of dawn or am i just thinking that to make myself feel better?

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Easywriter · 14/07/2010 14:04

Don't worry!
Ther are always smug b$*tarsds out there whose kids sleep the live long day!

You'll be happier about it when they're at school and you don't spend 2 houes every day coaxing them out of bed.

P.S. Don't mean to call your friend smug, evidently I've not gotten over the fact that my 3 are early risers too!

senseofhumourfailure · 14/07/2010 14:04

My 2 year old is often up at around that time, I don't have a problem with it, if we have to be anywhere for 9am it gives us enough time to get organised without rushing. It's about the time I used to get up for work pre-children so suits me fine.

I would rather DD went to bed early, 7 or 8pm and I have some time to myself in the evening than spend all evening with her and have a lie in!

pjmama · 14/07/2010 14:05

I consider it a lie-in if mine make it past 7am!

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whoneedssleepanyway · 14/07/2010 14:05

easywriter it did come across a bit smug i have to admit!!!!

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biddysmama · 14/07/2010 14:05

thats normal for dd as well.... means theres time to get everyone up dressed and fed to set off for school at 8.15

pompadourprincess · 14/07/2010 14:06

YANBU cos my little cherub woke up at 5.45am this morning so 6.30 would have been a lie in. I do have early wakers so I think I would go and poke my ds ( 2.5 )if he slept till 7.30 to check he was ok

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whoneedssleepanyway · 14/07/2010 14:07

to be honest the younger one gets up at or earlier so anything past 6 is classed as good going in our house! now i'm back at work it def gives us enough time to get out of the house, that is one silver lining...

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StealthPolarBear · 14/07/2010 14:08

yanbu there was a thread recently where it seemed as though 7 was considered early.
Before 6 is early (with toddlers) 6-6.30 is civilised, any later is a lie in!
And I don't know how people who claim to get up at 7.30 always manage to be ready and out of the house before me - I'm usually up 2 hours longer and struggle!

MrsJohnDeere · 14/07/2010 14:09

6.30 would be a big lie-in for my 2yo.

Giddyup · 14/07/2010 14:09

I would find that pretty early to be honest, I think we are all naturally lazy in the Giddyup household....However, DS1 is now 7 and his sleep cannot be relied upon like it used to be,so I have earlier mornings now than I did then!

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whoneedssleepanyway · 14/07/2010 14:10

7 early.....don't make me laugh, i dream of getting up as late as 7am!!!

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Firawla · 14/07/2010 14:10

mine wake up that time too normally and i think its quite standard, apart from those who go to bed very late
but compared to what time adults would prefer it is early? so i wouldnt think too much about the comment, i would think yes it is early but early is normal

JoandMax · 14/07/2010 14:12

6am is a lie in at our house!! DS1 is normally up around 5.30am unless he's had a bad night, very busy day with no nap the day before. We have tried everything but that's just how he is.

DS2 seems to be following suit and usually starts stirring about 5.30am (think he's disturbed by DS1) and generally up and alert by 6am.

It is early but they go to bed at 7pm and means we have loads of time at the weekend to get out and do stuff - if one of us has a lie in then we're still up by 8am!!

SleepingLion · 14/07/2010 14:16

DS is 7 and normally wakes between 5.30 and 6 am. 6.30 is a lie-in for him, and to go past that, he needs to have had several late nights on the trot.

During the week in term-time, we all get up at 6 am anyway as I leave for work at 7.30. But at weekends and in holidays - well, thank goodness he is a fully independent reader now and can be relied upon to read quietly until we feel a little more human!

Hulababy · 14/07/2010 14:20

I find 6:30am early personally. Have been lucky as DD has never been an early riser. She has also been the type that sleeps for x number of hours and if she goes to bed late then she wakes late. She is now 8y and her preference is later bedtime and later get up (I reckon she thinks she is a teenager) although she tends to sleep for around 10-11 hours at most.

Onyl times she wakes easrly is sleepovers when other children are sharing the room. Think that is the novelty factor.

When DD was at nursery I always had to wake her up just after 6:30am in order to leave for work. These days I wake her between 7 and 7:30am for school.

Have to admit that I would hate to have to be up at 6:30am at weekends. Anything before 7am just feels so early.

waitingforbedtime · 14/07/2010 14:22

Anything after 530am is a lie in here.

Hulababy · 14/07/2010 14:23

Oh - and yesm always ready to be out of house. There is only DD as well as me ad DH - we can all be up, showered, dressed and breakfasted in about 40-50 minutes max, less if necessary.

Not being smug though, just honest.

We had our fair share of nightmare sleep times when D was tiny.

duplotogo · 14/07/2010 14:27

We are the same as many, 5.30 a.m. normal for our 3 year old. It doesn't seem mad to me, if we lived without lighting we would probably all get up that early, it seems like a natural body clock. Unfortunately it's not mine or DH's natural clock though!

StealthPolarBear · 14/07/2010 14:28

I am complaining, but not too much as I'll want to be up at 5.30 when I go back to work so really I don't want it to change too much

RockinSockBunnies · 14/07/2010 14:28

Despite DD's awful sleeping when she was young (until aged three), the one thing I was eternally grateful for was that she never woke early. She might have woken up twenty+ times in the night (co-sleeping), but at least she would let me lie in and wouldn't get up until at least 8am.

She's the same now (aged nine) in that she goes to bed late and wakes up late, just like me! So on weekdays she'll be asleep by half nine, and I'll wake her up at 8am for school (which is when I wake up too). At weekends, she'll go to bed anytime really, until about 11.30pm, and will often sleep in until 10 or 11am.

I couldn't cope with an early riser as I'm a complete night owl. I like hanging out with DD in the evenings and don't really want time to myself. If DD does wake up before me at weekends, she sorts herself out and doesn't wake me up - she's been doing that since around aged three!

CatIsSleepy · 14/07/2010 14:28

dd1(16m) is usually awake from 6 ish, she shares a room with dd2 (4)and usually manages to wake her up too

they had a few late-ish nights on holiday recently though and managed to lie in til 8 or so a few times. Nice!

Lucilastic · 14/07/2010 14:46

Yeah, I find it very early TBH. My 3 yr old and 2 yr old go to bed around 8.30/9pm and wake up 8am/9am.

I'd really really struggle with a 6.30 start.
That must be one hell of a long day!

Flowergarden1 · 14/07/2010 14:54

No, I think it's normal. DS (4) has always been an early to bed/early to rise type, since he was a newborn, and I'm happy with his rhythm of 6.45 bedtime and 6.00 wake up time. I'd rather have the evening to myself than have a lie-in.

Psammead · 14/07/2010 15:05

Oh blimey. My 6mo currently wants to get up between 9 and 10am, which suits me just fine! Looks like I will be going without that luxury soon :P

ShowOfHands · 14/07/2010 15:09

It's all relative.

My dd gets up at 8.30/9am.

6.30 would be early to me.

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