To want to make DP eat his sodding alarm clock?

[scarednoob]

He's a snoozer. So the alarm goes off at 6am, then again at 6.02am (not kidding), lather rinse repeat all the way to 6.30am or sometimes 6.45am when he finally gets up. By which time i am wide awake and furious! At the moment I'm on mat leave, and have usually just got the baby back to sleep, so don't want to be awake then. When I am at work, I usually sleep til about 8, as I work til about 9 at night.

I've tried everything from asking nicely to losing my rag; nothing stops his sodding beepbeepbeepbeep, over and over again. I wouldn't mind one snooze, but 15+ is ridiculous, surely?

Should I suck it up, as he's pretty good otherwise? Or staple it to his head?!

Scarednoob

I used to be like your DH until I realised that the problem was I needed time to wake up - sort of to aclimatize to the idea of getting out of bed! Once I realised this I then worked out how long I need to have in bed before I am ready to get up - for me it is about 30 mins (but I suspect it's the average of the snooze repeats for other people - it will probably vary. I now set my alarm for half an hour before I actually need to get up and then turn it off.

But a 30 min snooze would do as well. I'd discuss it with your husband. It sounds really obvious but once I got what was going on with me and my "waking up system" it really changed my life mornings.

I wouldn't just get his phone and put it on a 20 minute snooze though. I'd have a chat with him about it and see if he thinks he is a waking-up-acclimatizer. Then see if you can agree on a 20/30/40 minute snooze or whatever works for him.

Daft as it sounds, it really is life changing because you go from that awful alarm/got to get up/not now/snooze.... BUZZER!!! got to get up/not now/snooze cycle to:

one alarm ... fine need to start thinking about waking up now but oooh I have 30 mins uninterupted to doze and think about it.

Thanks Craic

Lumie people - which is the best one for the money do you think?

Wondering if getting one for pre teen DD, as part of a planned bedroom re-vamp next month, would help her wake up less grumpy? Its not that hard to get her out of bed (she's naturally an early bird and still up by 7am at the weekends) but she is very grumpy in the mornings, and maybe her shrill beeping alarm clock and then me turning her ceiling light on 2 minutes later helps her get up but doesn't help her mood!

Definitely not going for the top of the range one - is the "Lumie Bodyclock ACTIVE 250 Wake-Up Light Alarm Clock with Extra Audio Options" mid range one worth an extra 30 pounds over the standard/ basic one? She already has a radio/ CD player in her room so I'm thinking the birdsong element is the only real advantage... is that worth it? Probably not?