Too ******* early

[CocodeBear]

Tell me I'm not the only one. DD2, 16 mos, woke up for the day at around 4.45. I went to bed around 12.45.

{angry]

Am supposed to be going out for my birthday meal with DH tonight. I'll be asleep in my starter.

DH's turn for lie-in today. Birthday was 3 months ago.

didn't work.

guess is mean to be with a baby anyway.

Can you get a nap or a rest during the day?

No, DH is out all afternoon helping a friend move house. I'm out with the kids this morning.

What will make me feel more awake later?

Caffeine?

Me too DH away for ??? at least one month, so no lie in for the forseeable future! (Navy) Can you wake DH now, and offer to let him have a lie in tomorrow as well if you can have a couple of hours now? If DS2 is up really early (pre 5am) then a lie in might only be until 8am for the other person anyway in our house!

I was up at 5.30 with 16mth old dd2..ds[4.6] got up at 6.35 and dd1 [2,4] just got up!!!

dd (3.6) got up at 6.25 - dh away so no chance of lie in here either! I think it is too hot for them to sleep!

Is too bright in the mornings and too hot at night.

Grrr.

No sign of DH yet.

Feels like lunchtime.

I wish life was like Peppa Pig.

(DD1 is watching DVD of.)

dd is watching big cook little cook. I wish I could go back to sleep but no - a bl**dy treasure hunt to go to this afternoon.

Need more caffine to get through.

Cocodebear - join me in a cup of coffee ?

My DH is also away so I have no prosect of a lie in and DD (21 months) is getting up at around 5.45am. DH normally does all the early mornings. If its after 6.15am I can cope but there is something psychologically torturous about pre-6am waking. This morning I did get DD to play in my bedroom from 5.45-8am and she has only just had breakfast . But at least I got to lie around and just watch her play for a few hours.

Bellie, I'll join you in several MUGS of coffee. Enjoy the treasure hunt this afternoon . Sounds like fun!

Artichokes, I agree, after six am is ok, but before - well, it's just not right.

Sympathies to those of you whose DHs are away, makes me feel a bit self-indulgent.

I feel your pain!! Our day started at 4.45am this morning. DD probably napping happily at childminders by now whilst we and DH have a whole week of work stretching ahead. Am sitting at my desk feeling like i'm in a big fog. yawwwwwwn.

Sorry to bring more bad news, but my DS2 was awful. He didn't slee through the night until he was 2 and a half, and even then his idea of sleeping through was to go to bed at about 8.00-9.00 and start his day at 4.00 am! He was a little devil for it.

Now he's 12 and is still an early bird, although not quite so early thank goodness!

As a result of years of early starts, my body clock is now tuned into getting up between 4.30 and 5.00 every morning. Good job I'm naturally a morning person anyway.

Sorry if my post isn't of any practical help to you, Cocodebear. But I do understand how you are feeling with the early mornings.

I hope your DD2 sorts herself out soon. And hope you enjoyed your birthday meal!

I feel the pain, but for once its not because of my DS (although with a 3.5 month exlusively bf baby I don't really get the lie in!)

No, last night I hardly slept because of the burning pain in my tonsils, and the throbbing of my sinuses. How can I be so unlucky as to get tonsilitis and sinisitis at once?

thank you ladies.

I hope my body clock doesn't reset. I'm looking forward to sleeping till noon once the kids are bigger. It's what keeps me going!

Get well soon Chairmum