i need help 😭
our kids are 14 months (5 + 6 yrs) apart and share a room. most mornings, they wake up at 5-6am, and i don’t know how to stop them from being loud or getting out of bed so early?!
i’ve tried talking to them and explaining that if they want to wake up early, it’s fine; they can talk quietly, or watch a movie in their room; but please be quiet and don’t get up so early.
i’ve tried setting an alarm for 7am and telling them the same thing; but they can’t come out of their room until the alarm clock beeps.
i’ve even done the analog clock thing - they currently have one in their room; 3-6am is red, which is “go back to sleep”; 6-7am is blue for “watch a movie or talk quietly, but don’t get up yet”; and 7-8am is green for “you can get up now.”
nothing works 😭😭😭 they were out of bed and being loud this morning from 5am. it was still dark outside, which i pointed out to them, and we were still trying to sleep - they’ll pipe down for 10 mins, then they’re back to being loud, laughing etc.
we’re splitting them up tonight so they can sleep separately; they share a room because the other room is actually an office (husband runs the fam business from home) so it’s not an ideal long term solution.
please help with what to do!
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My kids have always woken up at that time and they don't share a room. My oldest is 8. I found nothing worked either so I just go to bed earlier and get up when they do now.
Being older I’d probably just tell them off, naughty little buggers. They are probably so excited to start their day. My mother would have given us morning jobs to do if we were up that early. Do jobs or sleep would have been her options.
I agree! Time to get tough.
My girls have shared a room since they were babies (now 7 and 8). They know I'll be wild if they're noisy when other people are still sleeping, obviously you can't force them to stay asleep but it's about respect and teaching consideration in my opinion, If mine can't play quietly or are noisy/rowdy before a reasonable time they lose their priveleges and get a serious telling off.
At this age they're more than capable of understanding this I think.
Mine sneak out to lounge. Most days theyre little mice, some days they forget and argueor come in asking me for something like wheres the ipad & I lose my shit. Im much happier when i can get up without being dragged up so they try really hard to let me sleep.
All 3 of my kids get up between. 6 and 7 am. I ended up teaching them how to make their own breakfast either toast, up and go, or fruit. The older two help the youngest they know they have to be quiet and are aloud to watch tv till I get up.
Mine usually comes into my bed and bounces his bloody teddy on my head until I wake up, or shit stirs our dog and I wake up to barking. OR milk poured all over the floor trying to make his own breakfast
He actually did start sneaking off to the lounge room and hoping on the iPad which was kind of nice but I felt guilty, so I put the iPad up and away unless it’s the weekend and I neeeeeeed the sleep in lol
All three of my children are in bed asleep by 7pm, (9,5,4) and wake at 5am every day. Plenty of sleep for them. I have a fruit bowl in which they help themselves too, we don't own a tv so they just go play lego or read books, or argue and fight and be loud lol but that's just the joys of parenthood. It won't always be like this, but for now - it is 😉. Maybe you need to go to bed earlier so you've personally had enough sleep?
Sounds pretty normal to me haha. Sorry mate. Might just have to adapt to early mornings. I just try and be positive about my early risers and tell myself it gives me more hours in the day 😁
I can’t believe everyone is saying it’s normal, I’m horrified if mine are up at 6! We usually get till 7 if it’s anytime before 6 they get sent straight back to bed. Maybe I’m just lucky.
Same!
I'd lose my absolute shit if my kids woke me up this early 😂
In fact my 6 and 8 year old went trough a phase of getting up at 5am to play dancing (sounded more like a stampede of overweight elephants bursting through my house) I completely lost it, I must've looked pretty insane with my wild morning hair and all.
Not my proudest moment but they've never done it again 😂😂