Straw poll: do you and DP get up together with kids on weekend mornings?

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We never have, I see it as a sign of a loving relationship, DH sees it as a foolish waste of good sleeping time for one of us (usually him... but that's another story). I'd like to present him with some hard stats please...

We take turns, dh lies in on Sat and me on Sun.

Your DH is right Pod, it would be utterly criminal and verging on the INSANE to both be up when one could be having a lie in.

I deal with all night wakings and get up with early risers during the week (e.g. 5.30) so I get a lie in on Saturday and Sunday.

Before we had DD we took turns.

Yes we pretty much always both get up. Neither of us really need long lie ins anyway. We go to bed at the same time too. Luckily DD isn't an early riser so this has never been an issue anyway. If she wakes she just comes into our bed for a morning cuddle

my dh gets up, makes pancakes for everybody, reads the newspapers while monitoring fights between the 4 dc, and eventually, hours later, hollers "tea or coffee?" up the stairs at which point I know it is my cue to say "I'm just coming down!"

but he is a wide-awake-in-the-morning person whereas I'm a just-five-more-minutes-I-beg-you sort of person

We always get up together all four of us. Meaning. I make breakfast during the week, whilst he gets ready for work (he and our son has to leave earlier than me and our daughter).

He makes breakfast Saturday and Sunday, whilst the children crawl in to bed with me and we play or watch a dvd. Then we all have breakfast together in the bed.

(only 5 more sleeps to go )

The kids get up first and dh and i get uo together when we can't bear to think of the mess they will be making anymore or one of them sustains a blood injury fighting

my dh couldn't lie in if he tried. I, on the other hand, am very good at it - so he always gets up with dcs and I always sleep until 10

hi pod, same type of prob here. My DP has only been up twice for breakfast (week & weekends) since we had DS 11 months ago, he usually just gets out of bed and goes straight out the door in the week. I did point out to him that I feel like a single mum 'til tea-time during the week which seemed to hit a nerve. I have no idea how to get him up and involved at weekends. I shall be following this thread for suggestions.

I would give my right arm for family breakfasts and my first lie in since I became a mum. Even 8 o'clock would be nice >

We have agreement that dp gets up on Saturday mornings, and I get up early Sundays. And it's happened about twice in 20 months! Even when he does get out of bed, it's so rare that dd is appalled by the change in routine and cries for me - last time even lay down on landing having a tantrum about going downstairs! - I am sure he has trained her so it is impossible for me to ever get a lie in - best I can hope for is we're both around, and that's very unusual. Usually he surfaces anything from 3 to 8 hours after me.

I get up with the children at the weekend because DH does it during the week while I tend to lie in bed/get up and work/faff around.

We both pretty much always get up. Although DH sneaks off to the swimming pool on Sunday mornings while I do breakfast for all.

We take turns - agree with your DH that is is a foolish waste of good sleeping time to both be up

hubby usually gets up, gets brekkie and brings me a cuppa. i do the washing and dressing and he watches the news while clearing up the kitchen.....if either of has had a late night/feels unwell the other takes over

No No No...ALWAYS ME!!!!!!!!!!!

DH sleeps in Saturday morning. I go to the gym Sunday morning so then DH gets up. Agree its a waste og good sleep-time too.

I'm usually up first which doesn't bother me, however if i'm very snoozy i'll ask DH if he wouldn't mind and he usually obliges. Otherwise he's usually up pretty quickly after me.

Usually we alternate (so one weekend I would lie-in on the Saturday, him on the Sunday) but at the moment I'm getting up both days as DH (very kindly ) gets up to give DS3 his night feed.....and DS3 likes to be awake for anything up to 1 1/2hrs at that time. So DH gets a little longer in bed (on all days of the week) - apart from Sundays when he's up by 9am as he takes DS1 and 2 to Rugby Training.

Although Saturday just gone DH got up with the DS3 at 7am (I assumed DS3 had done one of his rare "allnighters" when he offered to get up with him) and I didn't get up until 9.30am.

I then discovered that actually DS3 had been awake from 3.30-5am......and we'd only gone to sleep at 2ish!!! I felt VERY guilty for much of the day as DH was shattered

kids come into our bed

we have pink milk and tea

we are all awake

we watch tv and cuddle

we all stay there for an hour usually

my kids could use the video by age 3.

sleep is important

Our kids get up about 7

We leave breakfast stuff on table before we go to bed.

Kids help selves to a DVD and breakfast.

We get up around 9.

Noone has choked to death yet!!!!!

Kids are 3.11, 5.8, 7.8. They know where we are. In our badly csound iunsulated house, we hear everything.

Keeps us sane!!