My kids won't sleep in

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I'm off for the summer with my 3 children, each night we have had a film night and we will all go to bed about 10ish. My oldest and youngest are still up at 6- 6.30 am. Driving me mad. Anyone else have early risers no matter what time they go bed.

My 13yr old is up at 5:30am every day, my 8yr old at 6:30am. Neither leave their rooms until 7am...a rule ingrained for a long time.

My youngest is like this, but then so was I as a kid. I'm mean and still make him go to bed earlish on the holidays. Otherwise it just leads to grumpy tired child who is no fun to be with.

We're the same. We've imposed a read quietly in your room/go back to sleep till 7 rule at weekends after which screens are allowed. I found dc getting up earlier and earlier when I understandably flung the iPad at them!

It means I have to be careful about too many late nights in a week because the sleep never gets caught up! And dc is super ratty and vile without enough sleep. I blame DH, apparently I was a dream sleeper as a child ;)

In this really hot weather though it does mean we can be up and out early at an attraction and able to be home before it's at the most scorching. (Tries desperately to find an upside)

We got a lie in till 7:15 this morning! They were run ragged yesterday ( pool, beach, arcades and a late night). 😣

Mine are up between 6 and 6.30 but I'm an early riser I'm always up before them. I usually wake between 5 and 5.30. We get loads done of a morning and get to the park etc before it's busy. I love it.

3 year old awakens at 5.30 like clockwork every bloody day. Before DH has even got up for work! We went through a 4am phase for far too long though so I take 5.30 without much complaining. Lots of caffeine OP!

I have the opposite! My DD, nearly 9, is up until 10.30pm, but doesn't sleep until 11/11.30pm sometimes as it's so hot and won't get up. If I leave her to sleep, she gets up at 11am. If I wake her up she's tired and grumpy and here the mornings are the time to do things as the afternoon is unbearably hot. I'll swap you

Ds (11) is always up earlier during weekends and holidays.

When he was younger it didn’t matter what time he went to bed, he’d start to rise anywhere between 6am onwards so I put a clock in his room and told him that once it reached 7am onwards he could wake the rest of the house up but not before.

It actually worked a treat and he still has the same cheap digital clock plugged in now.

Now it’s useful for telling him he’s not to start chatting to his friends on the Xbox until at least 9am!

How old are they op? Old enough to understand that they play in their rooms until a more sociable hour? Mine aren't generally early risers but if they do, they play in their rooms until later.

Oh and now I can’t get him out of his room since having a tv and Xbox in there very recently.

My ds is an early riser, always has been. The gro clock was a life saver when he was little. Now he's 10 he gets up and entertains himself downstairs without waking me up. It does get better - promise!

Yes! Been trying to 'adjust' mine for a week now as we're off to Camp Bestival so will have v late nights but they're STILL bouncing in at 6.45 despite a week of 8.30/9pm bed (usually it's 7pm)

Poor sods are exhausted so it's really backfired. Oh well, it's a long journey so hopefully they can catch up in the car!

How old are they? Why can't they just stay and play in their room until a cetain time?

They are 9 5 and 2. I no my 2 yr old wouldn't be sleeping in much anyway as she goes to bed no later than 8!
No leaving them playing in there room is not a good idea. My boys are so loud and would wake my poor neighbour up!

The kid sleeps in no problem - was 8:30am this monring. It is the damn dog who gets me up at 6:30 every morning!

You need to teach your 9 year old especially and your 5 year old how to play quietly because of your neighbours. Don't just accept they are noisy.

Either that or just accept you'l be up early every day.

Like pp said, leave a drink and a snack and plenty of books toys etc and explain what you expect of them in the morning and give them a time they have to be quiet until