Tree House Academy Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 If so, why? Is it to be with him before work, cook breakfast, or are you just a morning person? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaney Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Heck no! He got up at 3 this morning:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Yes. My dh has had the same job for 18 yrs. We both get up at 5:15 every morning. I make his breakfast (usually cereal) and then I pack his lunch. This is not something that is expected by him, it is just something that I have always done. He would be fine with it if I stopped doing this today. Sometimes I go back to sleep, but then I have to get back up at 6:15 to take my ds to school (junior in hs). I just feel like I get more done if I get up this early.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I get up first here, and generally spend my first half an hour of the morning chivvying everyone else out of bed, including dh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 Yes. My dh has had the same job for 18 yrs. We both get up at 5:15 every morning. I make his breakfast (usually cereal) and then I pack his lunch. This is not something that is expected by him, it is just something that I have always done. He would be fine with it if I stopped doing this today. Sometimes I go back to sleep, but then I have to get back up at 6:15 to take my ds to school (junior in hs). I just feel like I get more done if I get up this early.:) I agree! Getting up early sure does make the day seem longer. Getting up at 9AM tends to make me want to go to bed at 1AM the following morning instead of 10:30pm that night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I really prefer to take my mornings slow and quiet. Sometimes I am up before him if I can't sleep. And that's fine. Other times I sleep later than he does and get up after he has left in the morning, and that is fine. We neither one like to stumble over each other as we get ready for the day. I am not a talker in the morning, and he is. I don't "do" food in the morning and he's not the kind of guy who wants me to make his breakfast. I adore my husband - we spend very happy time together in the evenings and at lunch when he comes home. But mornings are sort of more solitary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No, I don't - I can't get to sleep before about 11:30, so getting up with him would mean that my night was too short. He eats breakfast at the office. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Yes. We get up at 5:30 and I pack his lunch (he doesn't eat breakfast.) My day goes much smoother and I get more done by getting up early. I am also ready to go to bed when dh does if I get up with him. This also gives me "kid-free" time in the mornings. I am not particularly a morning person - if left to me, I'll stay up late and sleep later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I wish...when he's home he wakes me with a cup of hot coffee and we chat before he leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 My son goes to PS and I have to get up at 6am to get him up and ready for the bus to come pick him up. DH gets up at 6:30am most mornings. I get dh's breakfast and lunch ready at the same time I'm getting ds's and get them both out the door about the same time. On Saturdays though it is understood that I'm going to sleep in and dh has to get up with the kiddos. On Sunday it's my turn and dh sleeps in. Works for us. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I wish...when he's home he wakes me with a cup of hot coffee and we chat before he leaves. That is so sweet!! :) What a nice hubby you have. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 He usually gets up a little earlier than I, but I get up and cook him breakfast (unless he decides to make a pbj like he did this morning:D ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Yes. We get up at 5:30 and I pack his lunch (he doesn't eat breakfast.) My day goes much smoother and I get more done by getting up early. I am also ready to go to bed when dh does if I get up with him. This also gives me "kid-free" time in the mornings. I am not particularly a morning person - if left to me, I'll stay up late and sleep later. The same here ... except I'm a morning person, so I'd get up early anyway. As a matter of fact, dh is headed out of town now, and I'll probably get up at about the same time tomorrow as I did today, even though he's not here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I did in the early years. I felt it was supportive. And something about making coffee (a job I have always dearly hated). Over the years, I quit doing so. With his last job, he got up so incredibly early (for what reason, I can't figure) and it was just ridiculous when I didn't need to get up til about 5. My mom disagrees. She ALWAYS gets up 15 minutes before my dad. She gets together his coffee and his pills. She lets the dog out. She puts together a lunch for him. Now that hubby isn't working and I am, I get up before anyone. No one gets up and does anything for me. Sometimes dd will get up in time to make me a green smoothie or print off some stuff for me if I'm running late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Not usually. I think dh got up at 5 today. I don't do 5 unless I have an infant in the house. If he gets up at a human hour, I'll get up and feed the dogs while he takes them out, but he usually leaves right after. When work was slower, we'd spend a couple hours chatting while watching the news, surfing the internet, and chugging our coffee. That was nice, but now I'd have to get up at 3 to do that. Not gonna happen, lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwjx2khsmj Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 DH gets up at 6:30am. I get up at 7:00am. By the time he's done getting ready for work, the coffee is ready and we have a few moments to touch base about our day. Getting up earlier than the kids also gives me a few quiet minutes before the rest of my day starts. I value that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I get up before him, but that is so I can go work out and be home before the kids need to get up. I would make him breakfast, but I he isn't always out of the shower before I leave. I used to get up with him early in our marriage. Then came kids. Since I was the one getting up in the middle of the night, he let me sleep in. (I had two that didn't sleep well.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticamethyst Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I do, but only because I have little ones that I have started watching. Otherwise, it was a kiss on the cheek and chat with you on MSN when I get moving. I do like having the quiet time before the kids get moving but I do not like waking up before the sun does, its just not right. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2squared Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I wake up when the first kid wakes up, usually between 5:30-6:00. Dh wakes up around 6:30-7:00. Now that I'm pregnant, though, I expect dh will be doing more of the morning hours. I would wake up with him regardless, though. I like to be supportive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydavis Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Dh is usually up first, and wakes me up. Typically we both help ds16 get ready for school. Dh helps him with dressing/brushing teeth while I pack his lunch and snacks. Then the hubby and son wait outside for the bus. We usually get a chance to talk and have some coffee before dh has to head out. Some mornings he has to leave earlier, which means I wake up long enough to give him a kiss and tell him good-bye (before I snooze a little longer on the couch before getting ds ready for school). It's nice to have just a little time in the morning before the children wake up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 If so, why? Is it to be with him before work, cook breakfast, or are you just a morning person? It all depends on when I go to bed. He requires less sleep than I do. If we go to bed late, I cannot drag myself out of bed when he gets up (5:45am-he starts work at 7, but needs almost an hour to bike it). Otherwise, I would get up and fix him breakfast while he dressed and make sure he has a lunch to take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No, he's up to early. PLus he's a talker and I am not. The only one I like up when I get up is ds8, he doesn't talk until sis gets up. Dh is usually on his way out or already gone before I stir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Nope. If I got out of bed as early as he does I guarantee we wouldn't be friends anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 He sleeps 'til the last possible moment, but I enjoy having a quiet house to myself. I'm more of a morning person than he is. That man likes to sleep! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Yes, because he would not get up otherwise. I get up and make coffee, bug him to wake up, pour coffee, bug him to wake up, bring in his coffee, bug him to wake up, drink my own coffee, do my morning devotions, bug him to get dressed, and from there I become the town crier calling out the time in five minute intervals. It's our system ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieC Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No, he gets up to workout, so it's not like he would be hanging out with me anyway. When he's done working out, I head out for a run before he leaves for work and we might have 5 minutes to chat before he leaves the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No, dh gets up too early. He makes coffee and I try to stumble out of bed before he leaves. He eats breakfast when he gets to work. Ds is usually just waking up. Ds and I are not morning people so conversation is sparse in the morning anyway. Now we do make sure we stop whatever we are doing and spend a few minutes with him when he gets home in the evening. Hugs, kisses, how was your day, stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No way:) That would make me one grumpy mom alllllll day! I'm a night person and am usually up long after him so I need the sleep in the AM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I don't. DH's job doesn't have a set schedule so he can be called for work at any time day or night. This morning he left at 2am. He went to bed when DS and I were at Boy Scouts last night. I would probably wake up with DH if he had a regular 8-4 or 9-5 job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StartingOver Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No ! No ! No ! Before we had the little ones I did. But not now, I sleep until they won't let me sleep anymore. ( They just got to where no one wakes up in the middle of the night. WHEW ) Sometimes we see him in the mornings. He requires much less sleep than I do ! He gets up at 5:30 and doesn't have to leave until 6:30. He has his little routine. Lunches are usually leftovers, packed the night before. He gets the coffee pot ready for me, but he drinks coffee at work. No breakfast here, occasionally he will stop for a taquito. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Yes, every morning. We like those few moments we share in the morning before he starts working. One weekends we cook breakfast together. sometimes the kids are up and sometimes they're not. Most days we take a walk together after dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 We are fortunate that he does not need to leave for work until 8:30. So the whole family gets up at 7:00. My sweet husband makes breakfast for the kids and coffee for me so that I can ease into the day. Then when he is showering, I have kitchen clean-up and we all prep. for school to begin at 9:00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I used to when we were first married...but then I was the only one working. Now he's working, I'm sleeping til the last possible moment...which is when the kids crash in on me. I'm exhausted on a normal day, so sleep is a valuable commodity to me! :lol: When I haven't slept at night, then yeah, I'm up with him. I get his coffee, make his lunch, etc. When I remember, I make his lunch at night. Its a big deal to him, and makes him feel loved and cared for. Sometimes (yesterday is a great example) I'm barely capable of remembering my name and head off to bed shortly after he gets home, so his lunch doesn't get made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No, he gets up 1 1/2 to 2 hours before me. Sometimes I hear him. He's very quiet though, and I frequently have no recollection of his morning doings. I have gotten up with him a few times, and it really threw him off! He has a routine, you see; he does exactly the same thing every morning, in exactly the same order. He needs that order. If I get up and start talking to him, or helping him, he gets all out of sorts! He wanders around aimlessly, not sure what he's done, or what needs doing. He does much better if I just stay snuggled up in my soft, warm covers. :D It's tough, but that's the sacrifice I make for my man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extendedforecast Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 My DH works from home and has pretty flexible hours. I usually wake up first and enjoy my time alone. Sometimes he gets up earlier on days he has meetings or errands. My favorite mornings are when we are both up before the kids and can enjoy each other's company. Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No. He gets up at 5 to go running. I do not get up that early. I do the night parenting with the baby so I get to sleep longer....as long as the baby let's me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Nope! I'm so not a morning person, and I'm a much better mother and wife if I get to sleep in. I usually stumble down the stairs just as he's getting ready to head to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No, he gets up 1 1/2 to 2 hours before me. Sometimes I hear him. He's very quiet though, and I frequently have no recollection of his morning doings. I have gotten up with him a few times, and it really threw him off! He has a routine, you see; he does exactly the same thing every morning, in exactly the same order. He needs that order. If I get up and start talking to him, or helping him, he gets all out of sorts! He wanders around aimlessly, not sure what he's done, or what needs doing. He does much better if I just stay snuggled up in my soft, warm covers. :D It's tough, but that's the sacrifice I make for my man! :iagree: That's the other thing! Wolf considers the morning 'his alone time' and gets cranky if I'm up with him, chatting away :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No, he gets up 1 1/2 to 2 hours before me. Sometimes I hear him. He's very quiet though, and I frequently have no recollection of his morning doings. I have gotten up with him a few times, and it really threw him off! He has a routine, you see; he does exactly the same thing every morning, in exactly the same order. He needs that order. If I get up and start talking to him, or helping him, he gets all out of sorts! He wanders around aimlessly, not sure what he's done, or what needs doing. He does much better if I just stay snuggled up in my soft, warm covers. :D It's tough, but that's the sacrifice I make for my man! :lol: This is my dh, too. He seems to prefer an empty kitchen as he's preparing to go to work. He's usually making his coffee and running back and forth from the sink to his coffee maker, and I just get in the way. (He's the only coffee drinker in the house.) Also, my dh has no set time for rising. It can be anywhere from 3am to 5am. If I happen to be up at those hours, I just try to stay out of his way. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Nope! My dh gets up at 6am, and I am sooooo not a morning person. He takes care of getting the kids bowls for cereal, but they are old enough to look after themselves now until I get up at 7:30. I am sure he would love for me to get up and make him breakfast, but I don't think he really wants to wake me up and deal with my crabbiness lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runamuk Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No. He gets up around 5am and is out the door by 6. He's not a morning person and prefers to spend his mornings alone with his coffee. The kids and I sleep in until 7 or 7:30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No. Dh and I run on very independent schedules. He may get up at 3am when I just went to bed. Or he may work from home getting up at 9am when I got up at 6:30am to drive ds to school. He wakes up and his brain starts going, he wants to have deep, decisive conversations about retirements and insurance policies within minutes of waking. I don't like to really even talk until about an hour of getting up, less a question of 'what would you like for breakfast or in your lunch'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 If so, why? Is it to be with him before work, cook breakfast, or are you just a morning person? I get up; visit with him while he shaves and such; I make him breakfast (usually something he can take with him) while he's getting a shower. Sometimes I also put together his lunch but not always. I don't get up with him if he gets up super-early for a jump or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I get up when he returns to the bedroom to say goodbye (often bearing a cup of coffee for me). His morning routine is quick--just 15 or 20 minutes--so there's really no time to chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I have 2 kids who catch a school bus at 6:53 a.m., so I get up before DH does. I make breakfast for everyone and pack DH's lunch. Today was different. The kids let me sleep and so did DH. I was up half the night, so I appreciated that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockermom Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I get up between 3:30 and 3:45 am to make his sandwiches and pack his lunch each morning. RockerDad leaves for work a bit after 4 am. I rarely go back to sleep after he leaves. :glare: I wish I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosy Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I drag myself out of bed to make him a latte at 7:15 before he leaves at 7:30. I do this for purely practical reasons--it keeps him from stopping at Starbucks and spending $4 on a latte. Otherwise I'd stay in bed until the kids get up. I hate mornings and need to be bugged as little as possible in the first hour after I wake up. I can handle making lattes and getting the kids' breakfasts, but that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmeraldGirl Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 No, I am a night owl, and he is a morning person. I make his lunch the night before. And he is very kind to let me sleep. Glad to see not everyone that homeschools is a morning person. I used to think that and had major guilt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Yep. He gets up at 6:15, showers, is out the door by 6:45. The girls come in around 6:40 and want me up :). I get up, get them breakfast, then shower after breakfast. If I can swing it, I shower before getting them breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy in Indy Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Nope. I don't get up, don't cook breakfast and don't pack his lunch. We decided long ago that we'd be happier if I had a few more minutes of sleep! I am NOT--and I emphasize NOT--a morning person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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