What time do your kids get up in the morning?

[Helenemjay]

And do you get up with them right away or do you leave them for a little while? i tend to leave mine, but within a VERY short space of time they are causing hell and wrecking they're room!

Well none of mine(ds almost 6,dd1-4 and dd2-2) are allowed up before 7 am. In the week I get them up at 7am as the 2 oldest have school/nursery.But on days they can lie in ds and dd1 still get up round 7am but like to play for a bit and dd2 wakes at 7:30-8am

It doesn't matter what time DD goes to bed she will always wake up around 6.30-7. But that is usually the third or fourth time she has woken that morning!!

Between 8 am and 10:30 am.

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my three will wake up in the night a couple of times for the loo and often won't go back to bed/sleep, if one is awake then we have to go to them as they will wake the other two up, so mornings can start at 3a.m in this house, there is no change at the weekend,when the clocks change my kids clocks just don't. aaarrrggghhh.

On school days - 7:15

Weekends, DS, from 7:30, DD, from 11:30

they get up at 7.20-30 am. sometimes they are awake but most of the time i have to wake her them up.
out the house by 8.30am.
3 kids dressed and fed and me looking immaculate N O T

My DS's usually get up at 6:30 to 7:00,both 7yo and they share a room.On a week day thats getting up time for DH and I as well, so thats fine.
On a weekend they usually play quietly and DH and I suface around 8ish.
I hate laying in,once I'm awake I have to get up.

Ds is 2.5 and wakes between 6:30 and 7:00. Would love for him to sleep until 7:30. I try not to get him from his room until 7:00 (find getting up in the dark too much to cope with), but sometimes I have to to avoid stressing ds and consequently dh (who continues sleeping [grrr]) out too much. Putting him to bed later makes no difference.

6.30-7 ish

Mine are 5 and 7 and wake at about 8, at the weekend i stay in bed till about 9 and they play for a while.

Helenemjay, this may sound really cruel but it really worked for me with my two who use to trash their rooms at night as well as in the morning. Tell them that any toys they throw around the room you are going to take them away, and do it. calmly walk into the room, remove the toys they have been throwing and do not give them back for a few days. Even if they cry, scream, promise to be good DO NOT give the toys back as removing them is punishment for the orignal bad behaviour of trashing their bedroom. after a few days give the toys back but tell them if they trash their room again you will remove the toys and do it! keep doing this and i PROMISE it works!!!

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mine are 1 and 5. ds (5) won't get up til he hears the heating come on (about 7.00) sometimes later. dd gets up about the same time, or gets ignored.

Both ds's (aged 2.6 and 3.11) have been getting up at about 6.45am the last few weeks, think it's the lighter mornings. They don't share a room but one will wake up and call through to the other one " are you awake?" Then they will both trash ds1's room where all the toys are stored until DH and I get fed up of all the crashing, banging and fighting and get up, usually about 8am on w/ends or hols, or 7.30 on weekdays.

Is not a very pleasant start to the morning to say the least, so will be following this thread with interest!

Ideally would like them to stay in their beds until it's more of an acceptable time to get up, but not sure if ds2 is too young for that...

Ds (3) slept in til at least 9:30am until dd was born 8 months ago. Now he's disturbed by her and is usually awake by 8am, although sometimes sleeps later.
On weekends if he wakes before 7:30 I tell him to go back to bed for a morning sleep like mummy and daddy
Dd (8 months) usually makes it to 7am. If she wakes any time before 6:30am I count that as nighttime and she is shhhhhhshed back to sleep. I really couldn't handle starting my day at 5:30am - that's the middle of the night!
Bedtime for both is 7pm.

Between 6.30-7.00, earlier in summer. I get up at 7.45 on schooldays, 8.30-9.00 weekends/whenever possible, so they have plenty of time to wreck the house before I get up.
Rule is that they don't go downstairs on schooldays - can play with toy cars etc. upstairs. Mainly to avoid them goggling at telly as they refuse to budge once they've installed themselves in front of. Can goggle away at weekends as Scooby Doo keeps em quiet for an extra half hour.

DD is 3, the earliest she would wake is 8am, often wouldn't be until 9.30.

This creates a big problem, as i work p/t and she has pre-school p/t so we need to wake up at 7.30 and are both able to sleep through no matter how many alarms i set .

my ds sleeps until 8am usually,although this am I had to wake him at 8:45.He goes to bed at 7:30.

when i say so

didnt realise how lucky i am!! on a non school day, both at around 9.30am. on a school day i have to wake ds up at about 7.45am. he's usually a grump. both my children really love their sleep!

6.30-7 she often wakes at 6 and sings but i have a no getting up before half past rule. she's 5 months. strict bedtime at 7pm

6:00am if I don't get up with them, their bedrooms are trashed and they let the dog upstairs to jump all over me. Even in the holidays they only sleep till 6:30am. I get so grumpy with them... I like my sleep, they don't take after me like that.

ds (4) gets up between 7.30-8 on the weekend goes down stairs and puts the t.v on then shouts up at about 9am that he now wants breakfast lets us have a lie in must have him well trained!