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To think that 9am on a Saturday is not early?

78 replies

quirkycutekitch · 22/01/2015 21:20

I signed up DS for a Saturday morning club today it starts at 9 am - messaged the ex about it because I hadn't seen this club so local to me before today.

His response - good but it's a bit early.

The travelling time is literally a 5 min walk from my front door.

This will never cross with ex's time with him.

So 9am early - really?

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IgnoreMeEveryOtherReindeerDoes · 22/01/2015 22:29

9am feels like mid morning to me, thats because DS has been bouncing off the wall since 0630am, my teen would think its still night time 9am on sat

jazzandh · 22/01/2015 22:29

No, not early here either. Both mine up (10 and 4) by 6am.....and I am so used to being up early, that I will go to gym at 8am on a Saturday to avaoid the 9am "kids class parents" overspill!

make use of the time - gets it over and done with for the day.

(We have swimming on a Sunday at 9am)

muminthecity · 22/01/2015 22:40

It's the crack of dawn to me! My 9 year old would be horrified if I tried to drag her out of bed before 10am on a Saturday.

Pumpkinette · 22/01/2015 22:42

I think it's early. I hate mornings. I wish the whole world didn't have to start at 9am - I never really feel awake properly until 10am. I like nights and I can't fall asleep until really late - I go to bed at 11 but I will still be awake lying in the dark trying to get to sleep at 1am. I have been this way for years. I have actually just got a new job starting next week doing nightshift for this very reason.

For me I would never commit to a 9am class on the weekends. All DD activities are in the afternoons. We occasionally make the 10:30am kids showing in the cinema on a Sunday but even then it's a faff to get up and out to be there on time.

Did I mention I hate mornings Grin

budgiegirl · 22/01/2015 22:45

It is early, but unfortunately that's the nature of kids weekend clubs, especially sports. I am regularly shivering on the side of a football pitch on both Saturday AND Sunday mornings, wishing I was still at home in bed. But as long as the kids want to go, lie-ins will have to wait !

RiverTam · 22/01/2015 22:45

early for us, DD isn't an early bird, never has been, and as we have to be up and out during the week I don't want to be at the weekend, so we've never booked activities for a Saturday morning.

Xmasbaby11 · 22/01/2015 22:48

I think that's early to be up and out at the weekend! We're normally at the breakfast stage at 9am. Dc are 1 and 3 and lie in til 8 or so at weekends. I wouldn't usually make plans before 11am!

merlehaggard · 22/01/2015 22:49

It's funny you should say this. I was just looking at a dance class that starts at 9am on a Saturday for my son, and my immediate reaction was "that's a bit early for a Saturday! We have just had a previous club change time from 9.30am on a Saturday and we found that bad enough!

AlecTrevelyan006 · 22/01/2015 22:51

when my kids were little they used to be at swimming for 8.30am on a saturday morning. Once you're up, it's fine.

My now 18 yr old son only recently remarked that he used to love getting up early to go swimming, then we'd often have breakfast together at a nearby cafe and when he got home he still had all day to play with his lego.

SexOrTaxRelief · 22/01/2015 22:51

Carpe Diem.

CremeEggThief · 22/01/2015 22:53

Far too early for us too! In 2007, I signed DS up to Saturday morning swimming at 11.30 am and we just about coped with that! Similarly, I spent 6 and a half years thinking about going back to Mass, but never once in all that time managed 10 a.m. on a Sunday. And this was when DS was between 0 and 6! Grin Grin

chickydoo · 22/01/2015 22:54

Mine plays football at 8.30 on Saturday.

merlehaggard · 22/01/2015 22:54

I do agree your ex didn't need to comment, but perhaps it was just his immediate reaction.

AlecTrevelyan006 · 22/01/2015 22:54

and sundays were a 10.00am start for rugby - seven years that went on for

16 yr old daughter still dances on a saturday morning - but she makes her own way there (usually!)

WooWooOwl · 22/01/2015 22:55

SexOrTaxRelief

I LOVE that username!

Suzietastic · 22/01/2015 23:01

Too early for me!

feetheart · 22/01/2015 23:04

Perfectly normal time for us - DS(9) and I start parkrun at 9am and DD(11) and DH start music school at 9.15am. Sundays are for lie-ins unless there is a race on :o

Postchildrenpregranny · 22/01/2015 23:04

For what felt like forever one or other of my two DCs did 8am swimming lessons at our local pool-5min drive .I worked alternate Sats and just had time to get them home again before going to work (also local) .Wasn't quite so happy on the other Sat .Dh never seemed to get lumbered...As I worked ft,it did mean I got a lot done on Sats with an early start so Sun was nice and relaxed .And I used to take a pile of work reading and plough through it .

BackforGood · 22/01/2015 23:05

Not really sure why you would text him to tell him if its nothi g to do with your ex, and you know he is always negative about something. If you ere looking for approval, then history tells you its the wrong place to go.

As to whethr it's early or ot, totally depends on your household. My teen dc would be very distressed at the thought of being somewhere at 9am on a Saturday, but if your household have all been up since 7am, thenits not early for you, is it.
you'll notice after a while that anything with progression (dance football coaching, swimming lessons, etc) has the starter classes first, as tiny dc get up before older dc

bloodyteenagers · 22/01/2015 23:06

Too early here. Youngest refused to sign up for several things because it's too early. He's 9. Getting up at
9 and being somewhere at 9 is different. Being there is just like being at school.

Postchildrenpregranny · 22/01/2015 23:07

PS I'm so not a morning person either .Night Owl, me .What you do for your kids ....

BoozeyTuesday · 22/01/2015 23:08

Yes 4th bloody early!ds sometimes has 945 kick offs on a Sunday! It's a killer!

unlucky83 · 22/01/2015 23:08

DD2 (7) does school (and after school activities every day except Monday)...she has an activity at 11am on Sunday ...she calls Saturday her day off!
The day where she (we) can stay in PJs until lunch time ...she'd hate a 9am start...but then I guess if you get Sunday 'off' it might not be too bad...

Purplepoodle · 22/01/2015 23:11

It early as such (mine drag me out of bed at 6) but it's nice to pootle about and not have to get rushed and dressed like every other school morning

Hakluyt · 22/01/2015 23:17

One of the reasons that Dp and I are still happily together after 30 years and several children is that I think 9am is the middle of the day and 9pm the middle of the night, and he thinks 9 am is the middle of the night and 1am is just starting to be night time.

So the children always had an awake responsive parent whatever time it was. Maybe it should be a question on dating sites........