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Will I ever lie in again?!?!

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Sofielou · 30/04/2022 06:37

My 1 year old is a fan of a 6am wake up. Every single day. Which is fine when we have to be out at work/childcare. But it's the weekend, and I just want to go back to sleep.

The dream is over forever, isn't it? When will I ever lie in again? 😩

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Ugzbugz · 30/04/2022 09:21

My Ds got up around 5am if not earlier for years and didn't sleep through either. At 13 he now sleeps until 7.30am but alarms are often set for foot all matches etc so nope never again 😫

Butterfly44 · 30/04/2022 09:22

No. Only while they are young. Then you get to a stage where they won't get out of bed 😄

CheeseBoard2022 · 30/04/2022 09:27

Never.

Once they are old enough you will be trapped into this stupid sleeping pattern. My DC asleep until 9am on the weekends and I'm always awake at bastard 6am.

Doubleraspberry · 30/04/2022 09:32

Also depends what you mean by a lie in. I woke up spontaneously at 6.30 this morning but my kids remain silent, and I’m still in bed drinking coffee and posting on MN. Must get up.

Lindy2 · 30/04/2022 09:35

You will but it takes about 10 years!

Once they reach 10/11 ish you get the opposite problem where you spend half your morning during the week yelling at them to get up or they'll be late for school.

Once they're about 8 you may well be able to get them to sort their own breakfast and watch TV quietly somewhere else in the house until you get up.

I remember the early mornings well and it wasn't fun.

Would they Watch TV in bed with you for a while so you could at least stay in bed even if not asleep? I used that tactic a lot.

Alternative lie ins between DH and I also worked but it doesn't sound like an option for you with your work shifts.

Alwayspaintyournails · 30/04/2022 09:35

TeddyisMydog · 30/04/2022 09:01

I agree with those saying never. My eldest is 8 in June, he wakes up at 4.15 😭
I do have other children who are up at that time anyway and a young baby but it's definitely a killer

4.15 is exceptionally early. Unless there was a reason I’m afraid I would be firm it’s too early and back to bed.

RedHelenB · 30/04/2022 10:29

Sofielou · 30/04/2022 06:37

My 1 year old is a fan of a 6am wake up. Every single day. Which is fine when we have to be out at work/childcare. But it's the weekend, and I just want to go back to sleep.

The dream is over forever, isn't it? When will I ever lie in again? 😩

I think you just outgrow lie inside. Unless I'm ill I'm always out of bed by 8am at the latest. And my teenager does now sleep later.

clairemaddox · 30/04/2022 10:36

When mine was this young she would wake up early, see me, and go back to sleep, but if I was tired when she woke I used a pen in the same room for her to play and I could then stay in bed, awake, but not "awake!" but lying there getting ready to wake up. I had cBeebies on which would mesmerise her, toys in there, and had an hour or so to just lie and be and drink coffee.

SpiderVersed · 30/04/2022 10:38

Give it 14 years, OP, and you won’t be able to prise them out of bed!

Crunchymum · 30/04/2022 10:41

Hedonism · 30/04/2022 06:44

No, never.

By the time your child is old enough to fend for themselves in the morning, and/or lie in themselves, your body clock will be screwed.

Ask me why I am on Mumsnet at 6.45am on a Saturday morning whilst the rest of my family are fast asleep 🙄

This 100%

runnerswimmer · 30/04/2022 10:50

My DH does nights too so I feel your pain OP, he does them at the weekend so we can minimise childcare costs during the week, which means I never get a lie in at the weekend (although at least I am not on school run duty everyday in the week so there are some benefits).

DD1 is five and DD2 is 18months, we are generally all up at 6:30 at the latest. Oh remember those childfree days, of a nice lazy lie in til 10 after a night out, make yourself brunch,..then go back to bed till midday.

AnotherDelphinium · 30/04/2022 10:57

My partners DC are 4 and 6 and getting them the Amazon childrens tablet for Christmas was the best thing ever.

They’re locked down and time limited, so they know they aren’t allowed up before 7am, and at 7am the tablets start working. We now get woken up at 0830 when their 60 minutes of app time and half hour of watching expire, but that’s definitely a win!

Grumpybutfunny · 30/04/2022 10:59

Never DS9 got up at 9:30am me I was awake at 7am.

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Sofielou · 30/04/2022 11:16

I think you just outgrow lie ins. Unless I'm ill I'm always out of bed by 8am at the latest.

By lie in I mean 8am 😂

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Sofielou · 30/04/2022 11:16

8am would be bloody lovely actually

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Sofielou · 30/04/2022 11:16

Work days my alarm goes off at 5.45am. Weekends baby wakes me at 6am. 🙈😭😭

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Fedupsotired · 30/04/2022 11:17

TokyoSushi · 30/04/2022 08:00

You will, but not yet! I did years of starting the day being downstairs before CBeebies, absolutely soul destroying! But now, the DC are 9 & 11, one is still asleep, one is on his Xbox, and I am faffing about on MN in bed, the good times will come again!

But you've not slept in, you're awake and faffing!! Lovely but not a lie in!

CamsPaisleyCuffs · 30/04/2022 11:25

Mine is 11 and sleeps for England. I've been up since 7am (so true about your body clock being permanently fucked). However I will have a brilliant nap at about 3pm whilst she's amusing herself with Minecraft or something for an hour or so. An afternoon nap is much better than a lie in IMO, so all is not lost.

itsmellslikepopcarn · 30/04/2022 11:27

Depends on your body clock honestly. DD was a 5-6am riser as a baby and toddler, now she’s older she lies in bed until 9 or even 10 am sometimes on a weekend, where I wake up by 5.30 every morning even without an alarm 😓

devildeepbluesea · 30/04/2022 11:29

DD is 9 but I’ve had dogs for 20 years and I’ve always been a morning person.
DDog and I are usually out before 7am, DD doesn’t tend to wake much before 8 if she can help it.
I love early mornings. Best time of the day!

LollyLol · 30/04/2022 11:31

You might manage 7am by the time they are at school. Then 9am when they are 11, but only if you let them stay up yo 10.30pm in which case your entire evening is spent watching PG rated stuff on Netflix.

violetbunny · 30/04/2022 11:32

I don't even have kids and my cats wake me up at 5am daily!

Silversprinkles · 30/04/2022 11:34

TeddyisMydog · 30/04/2022 09:01

I agree with those saying never. My eldest is 8 in June, he wakes up at 4.15 😭
I do have other children who are up at that time anyway and a young baby but it's definitely a killer

Eh? Unless there's SEN, at 8 he's old enough to be told it's the middle of the night and to go back to bed!

Apple333 · 30/04/2022 11:35

Relate!! This was the biggest shock to my system and nothing has changed in nearly 6 years - my oldest since a very young baby has woken up for the day at 5am, sometimes 4am in the summer months. When my 2nd was born I was prepared but hoped for a little change but of course they also do the same... I miss lay ins 😆 I have 2 wild toddlers running about at 5am and no amount of coffee prepares you for that 😂

NandorTheRelentlessCleaner · 30/04/2022 11:36

Blackout curtains were a big life changer for us Grin

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