Is there any way to get 8 year old to sleep in later?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Move bedtime by 5-10 minutes a week. Yes it’s possible just move slowly.

Give her other ways to entertain herself without waking you in the morning, some kids just get up early but going to bed that early will inhibit her social life and school life as she gets older. I’d be more worried about that, hopefully wake up time moves as well.

This is the answer, but I'd do 10-15 minutes. Pretend it's daylight savings, you adjust by an hour twice a year for this, so she can adjust once more.

[Anonymous]

Getting up at 5am is very common for people who exercise. Maybe you could all get up then and exercise together?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 8 year old wakes up by 5am everyday. If she’s up earlier the rule is she can’t leave her room or go downstairs before 5am. We have tried to make her stay in longer but she’ll play in her room and wake everyone up. She can barely keep her eyes open past 6:30pm and it’s hard to do things at night. Going out to dinner or going to a friends house becomes a pain because we have to leave since she’s so tired. She has sports and activities after school so it’s also hard to fit in homework because s she’s a mess trying to fit in dinner, shower winding down etc. (sports are not everyday.)

My main question is- is there a way to get her to sleep in later? If we keep her up later she does not change the time she wakes up…. Should we keep trying consecutive days to see if she’ll sleep in? It’s really starting to be a strain on the rest of the family—- hearing her moving around by 5am everyday and also having to make sure she’s in bed around 7pm because she’s a nightmare post 7pm.

If I went to bed that early I would also be up at 5am! Adjust her bedtime every day or so.

[Anonymous]

We got my daughter an OK to wake alarm clock. It is set to 6 am but turns a color at 530 indicating 30 minutes to wake. She must stay in bed until that color and can read. At 530 she can do color forms, color, stencil, sticker book etc. These are kept in a basket by her bed. Tulsa been into bracelet making so she has some rubber bands next to her bed where she can finger loom.
She also has a sound machine.
She's also able to listen to a story on her Lumi.
She also would go to bed early if we allowed it, but we do. We tend to keep her awake until 8:30 and that seems to have helped.