Χά�ων Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Anyone else up early? We used to just be gone before 5am on Fridays but DS is old enough to join the nearish fitness club. Of course DS fell in love with the 5am spin class. I did not think he would actually stick with it but he is. So were are up 5 days a week at 4am. I am not a fan of getting up early *gag* but after the class we come home shower and start on school work. 99% the time he is done with his school work by 9:30am. I am loving that!! We have more free time now and I am loving it!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart_Mom Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm usually up by 5am at the latest. I actually LOVE getting up early though. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I believe you're speaking English, but I don't understand any of these words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Not if I can help it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 You have my sympathies. I'm more likely to just be getting some good sleep in at five. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter's Moon Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 How early do you ladies get to bed? I would love to get up early, but DH and I usually are up until midnight or so hangin out since he is gone all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 How early do you ladies get to bed? 2 am, lately. When I'm not ill (insomnia and allergies), 10 pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynnae Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm up at 5:00, but I'm considering moving it to 4:30 so I have time to exercise. The only reason I get up that early, though, is so I can have quiet time before getting the kids up. My son has to leave for school at 7:30. I try to get to bed by 10, but it frequently doesn't happen. I often nap when the toddler is down. Fortunately my 9th grader is pretty independent with her schoolwork, so I have the freedom to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm up around 4:45 so I can go to the Y to workout. I try to get to bed by 9:30. It doesn't always happen, so i often take a nap in the late afternoon while the baby sleeps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 We are in bed by 8:30 most nights. Tonight we will be going to be at 7:30 because DS loves the Monday morning instructor and plans to do 2 classes back to back. I like my sleep! Monday and Wednesday currently are late nights due to beloved activities. Both are done by the end of the month and will allow us to go to bed early every night. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 I believe you're speaking English, but I don't understand any of these words. I will translate "Momtoone is a freak." In a nutshell. There are a few other minor details that are lost in translation. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welovetoread Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm up about 530 because my boys are up early too. I'm used to it now, but took some getting used too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Never. It's more frequent that we see 5 am because we haven't been to bed yet rather than because we had just gotten up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 That would not work here. Sometimes we are all still up having fun reading books or winding down at 10pm. I wouldn't want to have the house tucked in for the night early enough for us all to function with getting up at 5am or earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Ugh. It's 8:30pm now and I'm usually already in bed. I still have to drag myself out of bed by 6:45am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 If I am, I'm rather unhappy about it. I stay up until 11 or 12 most nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Kate Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 My kids started school this year, so I am up at 5:30 and they get up at 6:30. I hate early mornings. I hate that my kids are in school. That is all. (sorry for the vent) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollie010 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Unfortunately, I am usually taking my first sip of coffee by 4:59 as I remind myself that "this too shall pass." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I am up at 5:00 am right now. It's miserable. I want to be sleeping, I wish I was sleeping, I need to be sleeping. DD is awake too. She's going to be miserable at school today. (Jet lag, can't seem to get past it. Gonna have to do this the hard way by pushing through.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca VA Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm often awake at 4:00 due to insomnia. If you see posts written by me at odd hours of the night, you'll know I was having one of "those" nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm usually up between 5-5:30, sometimes before. I'm usually in bed by 9:00, though obviously not tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraciWA Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Yep! 4:45! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 If I'm up at 5 a.m., it's because I'm "putting the house to bed" (locking doors, turning on alarm, etc.) and going to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 It's almost midnight, and the baby is wide awake. I'm hoping he falls asleep before my husband's 3:30 alarm goes off. I've been running on a sleep deficit for years, but getting up before 5 would be too few hours asleep. It'd be dangerous, and not just in that "don't block my path to the coffeemaker" way. I remember a time when I could go to sleep early and be awake before the morning paper was delivered. I did get a lot more done on those days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I get up at 4 am. Dh is a baker, so I have breakky with him & see him off to work. Then I have my morning devotion, exercise, shower & my boys are usually up just after 6 am. We try to get to bed around 9.30 pm. We are perpetually tired! But I'm just as tired if I get a sleep in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 No way, but I usually stay up way to late to function that early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily_Grace Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Dh and I get up at 5 to do yoga together. Mornings have always been our 'date' time, though. Before the 3yo we'd get up and have coffee and fresh pastries from the bakery around the corner. The sun rose over the ocean right outside our dining room window. It was beautiful. Then came the wee'un, and our mornings were shelved until very recently when we could count on him to sleep past 5 himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Not if I want to stay healthy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 It's 3:45 my time. Guess I'll go to bed. (I'm not usually up this late but I have a big meeting tomorrow I've been preping for.) Probably won't be up by 5! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Usually so. Generally it's the only way I can get in everything in the mornings before I leave for work at 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFM Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I like waking early, to workout, have quiet time, etc. I used to HATE to see the world before 8-9. I have grown to love the earlier time if I could just get to bed earlier. However, it's only 7pm in Japan so I am up! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm usually up between 4:45 and 5:00. I like starting my day with some quiet time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 DH gets up at 4:45 for work so I get up too. I run right after he leaves so I'm back by the time the kids get up. I am usually asleep by 10 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Up at 5:00 here. I don't love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela H in Texas Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I wrote many many posts about early schooling. My son just did SO much better by getting up "too early" to do school. The work got done not only early because we started earlier, but FASTER also. What takes 5 hours when you start at 8am takes 3 hours when you start at 5:30am. I don't know why. It crossed my mind to start doing this with the littles at some point. However, *I* am older now, I guess and not really willing to be dealing with little kids before 6:30 (when their clock currently turns yellow signaling they may get up). Then cuddle time and eating and....well, then we're back up to 8 or 9am for a school start time :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Normally my alarm goes off at 5. Currently I'm pregnant and sometimes I am just too tired and I sleep in until 6. It feels good at the time, but at 7 when my kids wake up I feel very unprepared and behind schedule. Our whole day runs more smoothly if I have accomplished certain things before the little ones are up wreaking havoc. Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 I wrote many many posts about early schooling. My son just did SO much better by getting up "too early" to do school. The work got done not only early because we started earlier, but FASTER also. What takes 5 hours when you start at 8am takes 3 hours when you start at 5:30am. I don't know why. It crossed my mind to start doing this with the littles at some point. However, *I* am older now, I guess and not really willing to be dealing with little kids before 6:30 (when their clock currently turns yellow signaling they may get up). Then cuddle time and eating and....well, then we're back up to 8 or 9am for a school start time :) I am glad that someone has this experience as well. I was seriously wondering if maybe I had under guessed at the workload. It's nice to be done so early and have the rest of the day free. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I wrote many many posts about early schooling. My son just did SO much better by getting up "too early" to do school. The work got done not only early because we started earlier, but FASTER also. What takes 5 hours when you start at 8am takes 3 hours when you start at 5:30am. I don't know why. It crossed my mind to start doing this with the littles at some point. However, *I* am older now, I guess and not really willing to be dealing with little kids before 6:30 (when their clock currently turns yellow signaling they may get up). Then cuddle time and eating and....well, then we're back up to 8 or 9am for a school start time :) I agree. Why is this? Special magic morning hours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I wrote many many posts about early schooling. My son just did SO much better by getting up "too early" to do school. The work got done not only early because we started earlier, but FASTER also. What takes 5 hours when you start at 8am takes 3 hours when you start at 5:30am. I don't know why. It crossed my mind to start doing this with the littles at some point. However, *I* am older now, I guess and not really willing to be dealing with little kids before 6:30 (when their clock currently turns yellow signaling they may get up). Then cuddle time and eating and....well, then we're back up to 8 or 9am for a school start time :) That's a really interesting question about why it's so much easier for some people to zip through school when they're up early! I have no clue what the answer is, but I wonder if it has something to do with the strong rhythms our bodies have regarding hormone production. Maybe some brains function better at a certain level of various hormones. I know sleep schedule is tied very closely to weight control. I wonder how it's tied to performance on physical tasks, and also mental tasks. TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) says chi circulates through various systems at various hours of the day. I wonder how they drew their conclusions, and whether that, too, is related. Could it be more than just hormonal fluctuations? Oh great, now you've given me a new rabbit trail for the next several weeks ... :auto: Edited to add: Slept in until 6:15 this morning. Wow, that was amazing! But now I'm playing catch up on various things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I'm first out of bed in the morning at 5:30 and usually last in bed. Sometimes on the weekends, I'll be bad and sleep in until 6:00 am. I like waking up early, though. An ideal morning for me is to wake up, grab a cup of Joe and sit out on my patio while listening to the birds and watching the sun start to rise. Can't wait for it to warm up a bit around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 That's a really interesting question about why it's so much easier for some people to zip through school when they're up early! I have no clue what the answer is, but I wonder if it has something to do with the strong rhythms our bodies have regarding hormone production. Maybe some brains function better at a certain level of various hormones. I know sleep schedule is tied very closely to weight control. I wonder how it's tied to performance on physical tasks, and also mental tasks. TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) says chi circulates through various systems at various hours of the day. I wonder how they drew their conclusions, and whether that, too, is related. Could it be more than just hormonal fluctuations? Oh great, now you've given me a new rabbit trail for the next several weeks ... :auto: Edited to add: Slept in until 6:15 this morning. Wow, that was amazing! But now I'm playing catch up on various things. U of Chicago School of Medicine recently researched how a lack of sleep affects fat cells. It turns out that not getting enough sleep reduces the ability of fat cells to respond to insulin. That's why some chronically sleep-deprived people gain weight and develop diabetes. I would provide the link to the article I read but it's not online yet; however, the study has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 U of Chicago School of Medicine recently researched how a lack of sleep affects fat cells. It turns out that not getting enough sleep reduces the ability of fat cells to respond to insulin. That's why some chronically sleep-deprived people gain weight and develop diabetes. I would provide the link to the article I read but it's not online yet; however, the study has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Also if I'm awake at 3 am there's a higher probability that I can have ice cream and not share it with a kid. I wonder how that factored into their research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 5:00 am this is the middle of the night is it not? My brain starts working at seven am and starts shutting down at 8:00 pm. By 10:00 pm it is totally useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoObvious Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 This thread is making me nauseous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2Ride Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Up by 5 here. Dd has Early Morning Seminary :) i actually dont mind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Monday's we are home late and we did not get up early this morning. My other excuse is that I am still recovering from being ill and I needed my rest! 4am wake up call in the morning! I am waiting for the washing mchine to finish up and I will throw the clothes into the dryer and head to bed. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Does it count that I usally get in bed around 5:00 am :lol: So yeah I'm up before 5:00 - sorry couldn't help it. I do rotation of evening/night shift. I'm usually getting home at 12:am or 4 :am. I actually interviewed for a job and it was offered to me but they wanted me at the hospital at 4:30 am. I would of needed up by 3:00 am to get ready and stuff. I would rather stay up all night then - get up - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 You, know when DS was younger I used to say that I homeschooled only because I did not want to get up before noon. At the time noon was early. I am not really sure what happened but even without an alarm clock I am up by 6am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 i don't have an alarm. i just wake up when my body says too. it's usually between 5:30 and 7:30. i like when it's really early because everyone is asleep still and i have the whole house to myself :) hitting the gym that early though....nope. i would need a friend and a huge cup of coffee to make that happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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