melissel Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) If you do, have you managed to improve it at all? Or do you work around it? Or something else? I'm a slowpoke in the morning myself, but I have arranged to get up earlier to get that dragging period out of my system before the day needs to really start. DD9...has not. I can wake her as early as 8:15, but she refuses to get out of bed. If I CAN get her out of bed, she sits on the couch or at the kitchen table staring for awhile, eats her breakfast slowly, returns to staring, etc. DD6 wants time to play before we buckle down for the day. If I try to force either of them to move downstairs (to the school area) before they're really ready, very foul moods abound. If I try to wake DD9 earlier, it seems to upset her biorhythms for the day or something :confused: She's weepy and miserable and generally off-kilter, no matter how much sleep she actually got the night before. I'm not sure how to approach all of this. If we dawdle in the morning, we don't end up finishing school until 5:00, which just doesn't work for so many reasons. If I try to force the issue and start at 9:30, everyone's in the schoolroom with attitudes and resentment. I'm a night owl myself, so I know how important being honest with your body clock is, but this whole thing is becoming unmanageable. WWYD here? I would have to be a drill sergeant with DD9 to get her moving and working any earlier, and I'd still have a kid who was an emotional mess throughout the day. DD6 is more "spirited," but also more energetic, so changing her schedule around would ultimately be more contentious at first but easier after the initial battle was won. I'd love to hear any thoughts you have. It feels like we've hit the teen ennui phase a tad early :banghead: ETA: When I've talked with DD9 about it, she agrees that getting up and going earlier so that we can be done by 2:00 or so is the best plan, but she doesn't seem to be able to actually participate in implementing it. Edited November 9, 2011 by melissel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 :bigear::bigear::bigear: Would love answers to this one! I'm a night-owl. I really have the hardest time getting going in the morning. It's awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 For myself, I find that taking a large daily dose of D3 helps me get going in the morning. I have to be up at 5:30am to get DS15 and DD17 moving in time to get to Jazz band at 6:30am. Coffee helps too. DD10 likes to move slow in the morning. She has a 9pm bedtime and I wake her up at 8am most days, but she could happily sleep to 10am without any problem. 10-11 hours of sleep is just right for her. Last year, I was lucky to get her up by 9am..... We have a morning routine and that's critical. Get up, get food and pills, and start schoolwork close to 9am. She likes to poke along eating and reading or watching a cartoon. Sometimes it helps her get moving on bad days if she showers right after she wakes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 :bigear::bigear::bigear: Would love answers to this one! I'm a night-owl. I really have the hardest time getting going in the morning. It's awful. totally me. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 I have to be up at 5:30am to get DS15 and DD17 moving in time to get to Jazz band at 6:30am.... She likes to poke along eating and reading or watching a cartoon. Sometimes it helps her get moving on bad days if she showers right after she wakes up. :svengo: Jazz band at 6:30 a.m.? That sounds like torture to me! I am amazed (and incredibly jealous) at the capabilities of morning folks. I would love to be up at 5:30 a.m., but I would SO not be able to rush anyone around at that time. So if you're DD pokes along, how do you get her moving? I remember having these problems when DD9 was in preschool and summer camp. No matter how early I got her up, there was no getting her moving until I was practically screaming at her. It was part of the reason we started HSing. I couldn't stand spending every morning like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I drag myself in to the bathroom to shower first thing. DH just had to get over being woken up. He works remotely and can sleep until noon if he wanted to, and finish late at night. I'm glad this worked out for him that his entire life he has been able to be a slacker LOL, however for our kids I don't want them to think whatever time we feel like it works. We need an acceptable time to work with. I don't set alarms on fridays, or weekends. Kids alarms are set to 8:30 and 9 (dd later) and they need an hour or so before getting started. I get up at 6:30, drink several giant cups of coffee with sugar from my soymilk, and get lessons together as well as my own studies. Maybe you can try like 2 or 3 days a week start an hour earlier? I did that, and now they wake up before alarms on most days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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