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How long to adjust to waking up early?
I was wondering how long it might take to get my kids used to waking up
early to go to preschool. They start in just over a month, and it'll be 4 days a week. Their class will be 8:00 or 8:30 (I better find out) until noon. Right now they wake up anywhere from 8:00am until 10:00am. With it staying light out until late, it's hard to go to bed early. They're still up now at 10:30pm. FWIW, they rarely take naps--maybe once every week or two. I just want to give them enough time to get used to an actual schedule which has always been hard. I don't want them being totally exhausted every day at school. I can imagine getting calls from school to come pick them up because they're crashed out on the floor snoring! :-) Leslie Alex and Jordan, 06 May 2000 |
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How long to adjust to waking up early?
I would start now. Alexis starts school on August 18, 12-3 PM, I have already begun to do away with nap time and replace it with rest time a little later in the after noon about twice a week. I have done this over the whole summer and she is still a little cranky in the evening on those days that we skip the nap. My goal is by next week to have the later rest time every day so she has a few weeks to totally adjust. ~Kimberly Mommy to Alexis Iliana 07/17/99 and Emma Elidia & Aislyn Gabriela 10/01/02 come see us... http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/aislynemma/ |
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How long to adjust to waking up early?
Leslie --
Wow! Don't let your 3-yo's tell my 6-yo's how late they stay up! C&E are currently going to bed at 9PM, reading until 9:30, then C, who needs less sleep, is up by 7 or 7:30. E sleeps until 8:30 or so. I do not plan to start transitioning them to schoolday time (up at 6:45 initially, then 7AM as it stays dark later in the AM and their routine is more, ummm, routine) until a week or so before school starts. BUT, in your shoes, where you have more of an adjustment, I would start trying to shift them back at least to 9:30 or so now, then 9PM by mid-August, and whatever the ultimate target time is for the last week. We're also in a northern area (not too far from the 45th parallel, but in the eastern side of the time zone, which helps compensate), but of course the days are shortening. Julie Mom to Erica (still sleeping) and Chris (awake) 07/97 Leslie wrote: I was wondering how long it might take to get my kids used to waking up early to go to preschool. They start in just over a month, and it'll be 4 days a week. Their class will be 8:00 or 8:30 (I better find out) until noon. Right now they wake up anywhere from 8:00am until 10:00am. With it staying light out until late, it's hard to go to bed early. They're still up now at 10:30pm. FWIW, they rarely take naps--maybe once every week or two. I just want to give them enough time to get used to an actual schedule which has always been hard. I don't want them being totally exhausted every day at school. I can imagine getting calls from school to come pick them up because they're crashed out on the floor snoring! :-) Leslie Alex and Jordan, 06 May 2000 |
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Same here for my 8.5 year olds! It's 8 PM bath time by 8:30 in bed and 9PM
lights out. During school it's 7:45 bath, 8:15 bed, 8:30 lights out. They don't have to be to school until 8:45 AM and get out at 3:15 but it's a long, tiring and hard day for them. We generally keep their bedtimes the same even during the summer as Chris has to have the regular sleep time because of his seizures. Shirley Chris and Kathleen 1/95 "Julie Seely" wrote in message ... Leslie -- Wow! Don't let your 3-yo's tell my 6-yo's how late they stay up! C&E are currently going to bed at 9PM, reading until 9:30, then C, who needs less sleep, is up by 7 or 7:30. E sleeps until 8:30 or so. I do not plan to start transitioning them to schoolday time (up at 6:45 initially, then 7AM as it stays dark later in the AM and their routine is more, ummm, routine) until a week or so before school starts. BUT, in your shoes, where you have more of an adjustment, I would start trying to shift them back at least to 9:30 or so now, then 9PM by mid-August, and whatever the ultimate target time is for the last week. We're also in a northern area (not too far from the 45th parallel, but in the eastern side of the time zone, which helps compensate), but of course the days are shortening. Julie Mom to Erica (still sleeping) and Chris (awake) 07/97 Leslie wrote: I was wondering how long it might take to get my kids used to waking up early to go to preschool. They start in just over a month, and it'll be 4 days a week. Their class will be 8:00 or 8:30 (I better find out) until noon. Right now they wake up anywhere from 8:00am until 10:00am. With it staying light out until late, it's hard to go to bed early. They're still up now at 10:30pm. FWIW, they rarely take naps--maybe once every week or two. I just want to give them enough time to get used to an actual schedule which has always been hard. I don't want them being totally exhausted every day at school. I can imagine getting calls from school to come pick them up because they're crashed out on the floor snoring! :-) Leslie Alex and Jordan, 06 May 2000 |
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How long to adjust to waking up early?
Just put them to bed earlier and wake them up earlier! its pretty easy to
do. My first always went to bed late and woke up late as well, until Preschool....you just have to start enforcing a bedtime. You've got a little while yet so you can just start having them go to bed 15 mins earlier than the night before until you hit your desired bedtime. The twins have always gone to bed promptly at 7 and despite dh giving James a summer break on bedtime (upping it to 9), I announced the other week that it was now back at 8...and it so much nicer! -- Gwen, Designer Wraps SAHM to James (9-98) Austin and Amber (5-02) tired of eBay? Try these great alternatives! www.tobuytwo.com ....auction house for families of multiples (but singletons can use it too!) www.familyauction.com www.wahmall.com www.wahmauctions.com "Leslie" wrote in message ... I was wondering how long it might take to get my kids used to waking up early to go to preschool. They start in just over a month, and it'll be 4 days a week. Their class will be 8:00 or 8:30 (I better find out) until noon. Right now they wake up anywhere from 8:00am until 10:00am. With it staying light out until late, it's hard to go to bed early. They're still up now at 10:30pm. FWIW, they rarely take naps--maybe once every week or two. I just want to give them enough time to get used to an actual schedule which has always been hard. I don't want them being totally exhausted every day at school. I can imagine getting calls from school to come pick them up because they're crashed out on the floor snoring! :-) Leslie Alex and Jordan, 06 May 2000 |
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Shirley --
Do you mind if I ask about Chris' seizures? I'm curious because one of my nephews was recently diagnosed w/seizures -- the "complex partial" variety that are not particularly noticeable. Medication isn't working. Julie "Shirley M...have a goodaa \\;-)" wrote: Same here for my 8.5 year olds! It's 8 PM bath time by 8:30 in bed and 9PM lights out. During school it's 7:45 bath, 8:15 bed, 8:30 lights out. They don't have to be to school until 8:45 AM and get out at 3:15 but it's a long, tiring and hard day for them. We generally keep their bedtimes the same even during the summer as Chris has to have the regular sleep time because of his seizures. Shirley Chris and Kathleen 1/95 "Julie Seely" wrote in message ... Leslie -- Wow! Don't let your 3-yo's tell my 6-yo's how late they stay up! C&E are currently going to bed at 9PM, reading until 9:30, then C, who needs less sleep, is up by 7 or 7:30. E sleeps until 8:30 or so. I do not plan to start transitioning them to schoolday time (up at 6:45 initially, then 7AM as it stays dark later in the AM and their routine is more, ummm, routine) until a week or so before school starts. BUT, in your shoes, where you have more of an adjustment, I would start trying to shift them back at least to 9:30 or so now, then 9PM by mid-August, and whatever the ultimate target time is for the last week. We're also in a northern area (not too far from the 45th parallel, but in the eastern side of the time zone, which helps compensate), but of course the days are shortening. Julie Mom to Erica (still sleeping) and Chris (awake) 07/97 Leslie wrote: I was wondering how long it might take to get my kids used to waking up early to go to preschool. They start in just over a month, and it'll be 4 days a week. Their class will be 8:00 or 8:30 (I better find out) until noon. Right now they wake up anywhere from 8:00am until 10:00am. With it staying light out until late, it's hard to go to bed early. They're still up now at 10:30pm. FWIW, they rarely take naps--maybe once every week or two. I just want to give them enough time to get used to an actual schedule which has always been hard. I don't want them being totally exhausted every day at school. I can imagine getting calls from school to come pick them up because they're crashed out on the floor snoring! :-) Leslie Alex and Jordan, 06 May 2000 |
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How long to adjust to waking up early?
Thanks everyone. I guess I better start getting tough about a bedtime.
They've never been good sleepers, so when we got to this point I was kind of happy, although it would be nice if they went to bed earlier. Maybe going to school will kind of help force the schedule better than just me saying when they have to go to sleep. Leslie Alex and Jordan, who I can't believe are old enough to be in preschool already! Where did 3 years go? |
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How long to adjust to waking up early?
If you are like me, you'll just spring it on them at the last minute. ;-)
Surely they'd adjust after a week. I understand, it's almost impossible to get them to bed when it's broad daylight outside! "mommy, it's still light outside" "yes dear, but it really is night, it's bedtime" "can I go swimming?" "maybe tomorrow, uh, when it's light, uh mumble mumble..." Good luck! Keep us posted on what happens! Stephanie Jake and Ryan 9/3/99 |
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How long to adjust to waking up early?
I understand, it's almost impossible to get them to bed when it's broad
daylight outside! "mommy, it's still light outside" "yes dear, but it really is night, it's bedtime" "can I go swimming?" "maybe tomorrow, uh, when it's light, uh mumble mumble..." LOL! I've had this same conversation many times over the past few months. Andrea twin girls-Jordan & Madison 3 yrs. old |
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How long to adjust to waking up early?
"GandSBrock" wrote in message ... If you are like me, you'll just spring it on them at the last minute. ;-) Surely they'd adjust after a week. I understand, it's almost impossible to get them to bed when it's broad daylight outside! "mommy, it's still light outside" "yes dear, but it really is night, it's bedtime" "can I go swimming?" "maybe tomorrow, uh, when it's light, uh mumble mumble..." My sister has been complaining about this more than I do. Where she lives in Northern BC the sun doesn't totally set this time of year. She took some pictures the other night after midnight and sent which still show a fairly light sky, like what we have at 8:30 or 9:00pm. I still prefer this to wintertime. When I worked normal 8-5 hours I'd go to work in the dark and come home in the dark. It made the work day seem soooo long and off time so short. I hope I don't wait until the last minute to help them adjust, but I very well might since I'm the biggest procrastinator in the world. -- Leslie Alex and Jordan, 06 May 2000 |
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