Early hours with young children

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My ds wakes at around 6am. He's wide awake and wanting attention. I'm invariably completely knackered. AIBU to wonder what parents do with their young kids between the hours of 6am-9/10am on a weekend, particularly for kids not allowed tv....

How old is he? With DD I just start a normal day - make breakfast, she plays, we read together, all the usual stuff. 20 months. She is allowed some TV but only before bed.

Mine have been up an hour. Breakfast, colouring, they go in the playroom etc. They can go in the garden if they are quiet. It’s gymnastics at 9.30am anyway. No TV as we don’t have one but they are 2,4&6 and have always woken early.
I am permanently knackered !

Mine watch tv and play with toys for half an hour while I drink coffee. After that I’ve usually woken enough to make breakfast/ engage in some sort of activity until 8/8.30 when my DH will get up and we will all get ready for the day.

We’ve been up since 5 (3 year old). We have had breakfast, done some jigsaw puzzles, built houses out of mega blocks and read some books. I’ll put Milkshake on in a bit and have some coffee. We’ll head out about 10ish on a walk as it’s miserable here.

My 1yr old has tv till breakfast at 7.30 as hes up at 6. It gives me chance to wake up n drink coffee ☺. Sometimes he just plays with toys tho. Just give him a few toys you dont have to make activities as such

I find weekends bloody boring tho....no one i know is up for hours. Where are all the mumsnet early risers in my town

Mine (14 months) is doing the same thing she does on weekday mornings too, playing with toys while I drink coffee. How old are yours?

6am isn't too bad with little ones. I would kill for 6am! It's been 5am the last few days.
At ths moment 5 yo dd is slicing up strawberries for breakfast and the toddlers are playing with their train set. I'll get them all out for a walk after breakfast to run off some energy.

6 am _7 am is usual for my NT children. SEN child wakes at 04.30 every day.

How old is your child? 6 am is not a bad time for young children to wake up.

From 6 AM we just start the day as normal. Breakfast, shower/ wash, colouring, lego, reading, talking after breakfast at weekends.

We have usually had breakfast, showered and dressed.by 08.00, which I like because by 09.00 I have done housework and then we can get out and about early or do what we want at home as everyone is ready by 09.00

My 3 year old has always been an early riser. Anytime it starts with a 6 I count that as a win. Our routine (weekdays and weekends) is that he comes into bed with us and watches cartoons on the iPad until about 6.30/7. I’ve never been that fussed about limiting TV and it’s an inhumane hour to get up. Once we get up, it’s breakfast and playing with toys until we’re ready to get dressed and go out to wherever we’re going.

I used to struggle with this on a Sunday. Then I found car boot sales. They start really early on a day when all else is shut until 10 or 11!

Why no TV?

Why no tv?
My LO woke at 6.15- she’s in my bed with CBeebies on until we go down for breakfast at 7- then it’s some play, get dressed, read books. I’m counting down until 9.30 when local soft play opens!!!
Hate Sunday opening hours with a toddler, waiting until 11am for most places isn’t practical !

Are you kidding?!
Go to bed earlier so you are no so tired and suck it up.

To be honest, we vegetate in front of the tv for a while. CBeebies is on right now in the bedroom for the toddler while I’m feeding the baby and my hudbsnd’s Snoozing. We’re so busy the rest of the time, I have no guilt having lazy mornings at the weekend.

Wait til you hit the menopause - then it's awake at any old time with a 30 minute hot sweat and unable to go back to sleep.

And as Carpetburns so rightly puts it 'suck it up'

I'm jealous my DD wakes at 5am every single day after two nights wakings.

Mine are up at 6 too and also don’t have tv on in mornings but they do have a bit before bed. Generally ‘quiet’ish things in the morning with minimal intervention from me (hence the mumsnetting right now!) so duplo/ train tracks/ play doh/ colouring

Sorry that wasn't helpful! Following for advice

6am is considered a lie in here. My 4 yr old has been awake since 4.15. In fairness that is unusual. It's normally 5.30ish. My friend was complaining the other day that her 17mth old was awake really early - 6.20am. She got the evil eye!!! But yes, I agree that it makes the day very long.

My 8 month old gets up between 5.15 and 5.45. We just start the day once he’s had his morning breastfeed. He sleeps through from 7 so we just go to be between 9 and 10 so a 5.30 wake up just feels like the normal time to get up.

6am is not too bad to be honest - DS1 went through a looong 5.30am phase. When mine were little I did tend to put them in front of CBeebies, but otherwise you just get started for the day with toys etc. And yes - go to bed earlier!

Sorry, no idea what I'd do without TV (which was not something I'd anticipated pre baby when I thought TV was going to be extremely limited)

Leave the OP alone people telling her to go to bed earlier! She's allowed to be tired.

Mine are at the age now they can entertain themselves for a while so they're in their room playing and reading just now from the sound of it. They usually don't get up until later on a weekend so I'm knackered and DH has fucked off for his early morning run.

I thought you were talking of a very early rise OP.

6am is my normal waking time- the best part of the day. Stick TV on for child, make some breakfast,, do laundryow cooker, prep stuff and put in the slow cooker for dinner or go to the supermarket.

I'm just off to Tesco, lovely and quiet on a Sunday morning.