This is my bed. It is very comfortable. It is empty nearly every morning by 6:00am. So sad. :(My children are early risers. I complain about it a lot. It wouldn't be so bad but it just gets old that is every day, weekends and holidays!
I would love to know what time everyone else's children get up. Mostly to know if I can feel sorry for myself or not! But also I think it would be interesting for all of us to see what other kids are doing.
Here are the approximate sleep schedules of my children:
They both go to bed between 7:30pm and 8:00pm.
Eliza (age 2) wakes up at least once in the middle of the night to pee
Tyson (age 4) randomly wakes up sometimes in the middle of the night also.
They wake up between 5:30 and 6:30am.
Eliza naps between 1:00pm and 3:00pm.
Tyson and nap don't even belong in the same sentence because that would be a small miracle if that ever happened.
I seriously wonder all the time if this is normal. I know other people with children who wake up early but is it normal or the exception?
Any more tips out there for getting children to sleep longer in the morning?
The Baby Whisperer has a method called "Wake-to-Sleep" where you gently wake the child up an hour or so before they usually wake up. They are supposed to go right back to sleep because they will still be tired. This will start their sleep cycle over and, if all goes according to plan, they should sleep longer that morning. If you do this for several nights she says they will start sleeping longer on their own without your intervention. I have tried it a few times and they do sleep longer on that day but I've never stuck with it long enough to see if I can permanently change their sleep. Has anyone out there tried this before? Just curious.
