hmschoolmom22 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 just wondering what time everyone gets up in the am and if you need an alarm clock to do so? I see so many moms say they get up a 5am to exercise or get a shower before the kids get up etc...just wondering how many of us do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I get up. Sometimes it's 5. Sometimes (rarely) it's 7:30. I don't use an alarm. I just get up. DH wakes me if needed to go swim 2 days a week. Other than that I pretty much wake up on my own. 8 hours of sleep would be wonderful, but I guess I don't need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 just wondering what time everyone gets up in the am and if you need an alarm clock to do so? I get up between 6:30 and 7, usually. I do have an alarm clock-it's my oldest ds.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I am a morning person, always have been. Unless I am sick or extremely overtired, I just wake up at 5:30-6 am, no alarm, and I'm ready to go. When I worked I used an alarm to get up at 5, but was annoyingly cheerful even then. It takes a great party or great book to keep my eyes open past 11pm. DH is a night person. He could stay up til all hours if it weren't for his darn work schedule that requires he be up by 6am. He needs an alarm and 2 smacks of the snooze button to do that. And he is rather less than cheerful for the first couple of hours. People really are different, and it's a lot easier to do the exercise-at-5am thing if you are a morning person. So don't sweat it, find you own rhythm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) I get up around 7:30. I'm not a morning person ~ have never been one. I use an alarm clock. Edited February 12, 2009 by Stacy in NJ ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I don't use an alarm clock unless I need to be somewhere early. I wake up around 8:30-9:00am during the winter. I wake up between 6:00-6:30am during the summer. It's all about the sun. I'm noticing that my wake up times are getting slowly earlier. Oh, and generally the entire family is awake before I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdie Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I meet a workout buddy 3 days a week so I use an alarm clock on those mornings - 4:45am. Ugh! The rest of the week I don't use an alarm and wake up when I am good and ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I get up between 6:30 and 7:00. I do not use an alarm clock, because my dh who is an early bird, and has been up for a couple of hours by then, wakes me up. I takes me about an hour to be able to hold a conversation in the mornings, so I get my dc up around 8:30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imeverywoman Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 at the gym by 2:30pm for another session. It makes for a LOOOONNNNG day...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I get up at 5:45 am with an alarm. I need to exercise regularly and that is the only way I can get it in. Also, I like to have some time alone in the AM, introvert that I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imeverywoman Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I just have to tell you that a few weeks ago, my dh was reading over my shoulder and fell upon a post you had written. He simply delights in reading your Dirty Ethel Rackham avatar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I meet a workout buddy 3 days a week so I use an alarm clock on those mornings - 4:45am. Ugh! The rest of the week I don't use an alarm and wake up when I am good and ready. Also Imeverywoman...out the door at 4:30?! Insanity. Simple insanity. My baby gets me up around 6ish. I nurse and change him and hope he goes back to sleep. If he doesn't he at least lies next to me and talks to his fan friend (ceiling fan) for awhile until I can drag myself out of bed. My oldest ds is up between 8 and 8:30, and my middle ds will sleep until 9 or 9:30. He takes after his mama. :tongue_smilie: The only reason I'm up before 9 is because of the baby. I'm normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetTN Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Usually between 5:30 and 6:00. Once I am awake I am up and moving. My body doesn't have a snooze button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I use my phone as an alarm clock. I get up at 6:30 a.m. after working till 11 or midnight. I've never needed as much sleep as "they" say I should. Having said that... if given the opportunity on a weekend, I'll sleep till noon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgilli3 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 No alarm clock for me. We wake between 7am- 7.30am. Thats early enough for me! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 My dc were my alarm clock :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I don't use an alarm clock unless I need to be somewhere early. I wake up around 8:30-9:00am during the winter. I wake up between 6:00-6:30am during the summer. It's all about the sun. I'm noticing that my wake up times are getting slowly earlier. Oh, and generally the entire family is awake before I am. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MountainViewMama Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I don't use an alarm unless I have somewhere to be. I get up around 8:30 and my son is usually up right before me. I wish I was a morning person but it takes me forever to get going in the morning and I have to drag myself out of bed. Hopefully one day I will be.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 7:30am. I have my alone time at night, so sleep late in the morning. I set my mobile phone to wake me up. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 5am with alarm. I have a little quiet time, then I go work out. I used to clean the kitchen first thing, but that did nothing for me mentally and usually interfered with exercise. So, I try to get that done the night before (although I'm in bed before dh and oldest ds) or ignore what it looks like in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch at Home Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 4:00 am sometime with an alarm. I have alone time and telecommute in the early hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I don't use an alarm because I really need my sleep. But I am a morning person, so I wake up 6ish lately, and sometimes it will be 5. But I go to bed at 10pm (or earlier, so I can read). I cant bear to wake to an alarm- it means I didnt get enough sleep if the alarm had to wake me. I need that hour on my own. Dh wakes about 7- if he wakes earlier he knows not to disturb me till 7. We wake the kids on the way to the outdoor spa for our first cup of tea and our morning chat. I like our mornings :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Frankweiler Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I'm usually up between 6:30 or 7. Sometimes a child "helps," but I would probably be up at this time anyway. If I wake up much later I feel like I've wasted the day! -Mrs. F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 5:45 am with the alarm clock, provided I had a good night's sleep. Otherwise it's approx 7am waking naturally. I am a morning person. Best part of the day is before noon!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Anywhere between 5:30-6:30 am and my alarm clock is ds4. "get up Mommy, get up" If I get to sleep till 7:00 then I count that as sleeping in. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelmaLou Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 5:00 Monday through Friday. Oldest ds and I work out at the gym across the street 4 days a week. We don't exercise on Thursdays, but I still get up at 5:00 to grade papers and prepare to teach my writing class. Saturdays...whenever I wake up, usually around 7:00. Sunday at 6:30 so we can be out the door with all the kids by 8:15 for church. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 If I want to exercise before the kids wake up then I need the alarm clock to wake me up at 6. If I don't exercise then I wake up on my own between 6:30 and 7:00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I get up anywhere between 7-9:30 without an alarm clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 DH wakes up about 5:30 with an alarm on his side of the bed that I never even hear. He goes about getting ready for work and his moving in and out of the bedroom, opening dresser drawers and closet doors, get me to mild conciousness. Once he starts blowdrying his hair, that's my signal to get up and make his lunch before he leaves around 6:30. I WISH I was one of you who rise early to exercise. I need to, I should! I want to! But I have never been able to do it consistantly. :( Good for you all though, I'm jealous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 5:30 with an alarm clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I wake up between 5 and 5:30 most days without an alarm clock. I wake DH up so he can get to work. One day a week I try to go back to bed after he leaves, especially when I have worked past midnight the night before. I need an hour or two to let the coffee sink in and make myself a nice breakfast before the kids wake up. I tried exercising in the morning, but my heart wasn't in it, and I knew I wasn't getting the workout I needed. I switched back to late afternoon workouts, which seem to make me very alert and cheerful through the whole dinner and getting the kids to bed part of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iquilt Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I have 3 alarm clocks :) They are always up before I am but usually bug daddy first. I used to try and beat them up but it only made me grouchy in the afternoon. I am up by 7 during the week, earlier on the weekends for sports and church. I get "me" time in the evenings, they are at least in their beds reading by 7:30, lights out by 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I get up when dh gets up, usually between 4:00 and 5:00. Occasionally he sleeps in to about 6:00. The alarm clock is on his side of the bed, so if he hits snooze, I sleep more. I get his breakfast and pack his lunch, and that usually leaves me with a little quiet, meditation time before the kids come downstairs. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 So Parrothead and I are the only normal people here. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 ...but I try to catnap/snooze until about 8:00 and then get up and start the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I get up around 7 to drive my teen to high school. I get back generally just before 8, put a kettle on, roust my younger son out of bed if he's not already out and get started with our school day. If we have time, we read first, then I get him started on his written work and go take my shower and get dressed. If we're heading out early in the day, then I start him on written work first, getting myself ready, then we read until time to leave. We have outside activities most days and generally eat lunch out, so we're usually out of the house by at least noon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 and NO....I don't use an alarm clock, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profmom Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) 5:45, with an alarm (but I'm often awake already after getting up at this time for awhile). One of my New Year's resolutions was to get up by at least 6:00 without hitting the snooze at all (6 days a week)! (I had gotten bad about the snooze!) I've moved it back to 5:45 and am considering moving it back to 5:30. Even though I plan to add exercise in the mornings (at some point, hopefully soon!), I don't plan to try to get up before 5:30 because I don't want to have to go to bed before 10. A good book for motivation to get up early is Shopping for Time. Editing to say that the iPod alarm clock that dh gave me at Christmas really helps! The music is much more pleasant to wake up to and my body wasn't already trained to hit the snooze on this new clock. Edited February 12, 2009 by profmom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraida Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 The Franciscan Nuns who live in the convent across the alley from my home are up at 5:00 every single morning. I figure if those sweet ladies can get up at 5:00 every morning - than so can I. Blessings Zoraida Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I retired it when my last son graduated last spring! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I have no problem getting up in the morning the boys start waking up around 5:45 to get to the shower before the other one does:001_huh:. I am usually up and on my feet by 6:30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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