What time do you want up if you have young kids?

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Anonymous wrote:My 3.5 year old plays in her room until about 8:30am. I get up at 8am to get ready and make coffee before I go and get her. We lock her door at night, so she stays safe in there (she has a travel potty in there that we just clean out every day).

Similar situation, though we actually leave the door slightly ajar so she can come get us if she needs too. She usually just plays until we come in, though. DH starts work at 8am, I usually get up at 8am but take some time to get ready before going in DC's room. Though this is all going to get disrupted soon, as we need to get a little more active about potty training and DC is not great about telling us when her diaper is wet (this is why we keep the door ajar, because we are trying to encourage her to be vocal about when she needs to go, or when her diaper is wet, in lead up to potty training.

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We trained ours with ready to wake clocks to not wake up until 8am. They just turned 2 and 4. My older plays in her room quietly until we get up. My younger one sleeps that long

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Anonymous wrote:My 3.5 year old plays in her room until about 8:30am. I get up at 8am to get ready and make coffee before I go and get her. We lock her door at night, so she stays safe in there (she has a travel potty in there that we just clean out every day).

Ummmmm. This is bizarre.

Yeah. I locked my kids in too by turning the doorknobs around because they'd try to climb over the gate at the top of the steps. But that ended by the time they could navigate the steps, well before 2 and well before nighttime potty training.

That's nice. She's on a separate floor from us and it works for us. I hope you don't teach your kids to be this judgmental.

np Everyone is judgmental. Even you! Btw, I agree it is bizarre to lock your dd in her room!

I haven't judged anyone. You're all the ones being bitches about doing something her pediatrician recommended and that she seems perfectly happy about.

I'm personally being judgmental about the potty, not the room locking per se. Why is your kid using a potty at 3 1/2? So yes, stop locking her so she can use the toilet like a normal preschooler!

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Anonymous wrote:My 3.5 year old plays in her room until about 8:30am. I get up at 8am to get ready and make coffee before I go and get her. We lock her door at night, so she stays safe in there (she has a travel potty in there that we just clean out every day).

Ummmmm. This is bizarre.

Yeah. I locked my kids in too by turning the doorknobs around because they'd try to climb over the gate at the top of the steps. But that ended by the time they could navigate the steps, well before 2 and well before nighttime potty training.

That's nice. She's on a separate floor from us and it works for us. I hope you don't teach your kids to be this judgmental.

np Everyone is judgmental. Even you! Btw, I agree it is bizarre to lock your dd in her room!

I haven't judged anyone. You're all the ones being bitches about doing something her pediatrician recommended and that she seems perfectly happy about.

I'm personally being judgmental about the potty, not the room locking per se. Why is your kid using a potty at 3 1/2? So yes, stop locking her so she can use the toilet like a normal preschooler!

She uses a regular toilet during the day. We are not comfortable having her use the bathroom on her own. She's on a different floor from us, which has its own bathroom.

So yeah -- please stop judging.

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I enjoy every minute of my sleep until the kids get up at 7am

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Anonymous wrote:My 3.5 year old plays in her room until about 8:30am. I get up at 8am to get ready and make coffee before I go and get her. We lock her door at night, so she stays safe in there (she has a travel potty in there that we just clean out every day).

Ummmmm. This is bizarre.

Yeah. I locked my kids in too by turning the doorknobs around because they'd try to climb over the gate at the top of the steps. But that ended by the time they could navigate the steps, well before 2 and well before nighttime potty training.

That's nice. She's on a separate floor from us and it works for us. I hope you don't teach your kids to be this judgmental.

np Everyone is judgmental. Even you! Btw, I agree it is bizarre to lock your dd in her room!

I haven't judged anyone. You're all the ones being bitches about doing something her pediatrician recommended and that she seems perfectly happy about.

I'm personally being judgmental about the potty, not the room locking per se. Why is your kid using a potty at 3 1/2? So yes, stop locking her so she can use the toilet like a normal preschooler!

She uses a regular toilet during the day. We are not comfortable having her use the bathroom on her own. She's on a different floor from us, which has its own bathroom.

So yeah -- please stop judging.

I’m the original poster that called it bizarre and I stand by it. Sure, some lock doors when kids are small — for their safety — because otherwise they may get up at 5am when no one else is awake. But your kid is locked in her room with a travel potty... when you’re awake! Sorry, that’s odd.

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Wishing my kids would sleep past 6am. My 2 yo wakes up at 5am and it’s brutal

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Anonymous wrote:My 3.5 year old plays in her room until about 8:30am. I get up at 8am to get ready and make coffee before I go and get her. We lock her door at night, so she stays safe in there (she has a travel potty in there that we just clean out every day).

Ummmmm. This is bizarre.

Yeah. I locked my kids in too by turning the doorknobs around because they'd try to climb over the gate at the top of the steps. But that ended by the time they could navigate the steps, well before 2 and well before nighttime potty training.

That's nice. She's on a separate floor from us and it works for us. I hope you don't teach your kids to be this judgmental.

np Everyone is judgmental. Even you! Btw, I agree it is bizarre to lock your dd in her room!

I haven't judged anyone. You're all the ones being bitches about doing something her pediatrician recommended and that she seems perfectly happy about.

I'm personally being judgmental about the potty, not the room locking per se. Why is your kid using a potty at 3 1/2? So yes, stop locking her so she can use the toilet like a normal preschooler!

She uses a regular toilet during the day. We are not comfortable having her use the bathroom on her own. She's on a different floor from us, which has its own bathroom.

So yeah -- please stop judging.

Np here. Do you have a monitor to hear her? If not, add me to the list of those judging you.

What happens when she wakes up ill, wet, in pain etc. She has to sit there crying until you are ready to get her? I thought she was in a room next door to you and you could easily hear her.

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Anonymous wrote:I enjoy every minute of my sleep until the kids get up at 7am

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Anonymous wrote:My 3.5 year old plays in her room until about 8:30am. I get up at 8am to get ready and make coffee before I go and get her. We lock her door at night, so she stays safe in there (she has a travel potty in there that we just clean out every day).

Ummmmm. This is bizarre.

Yeah. I locked my kids in too by turning the doorknobs around because they'd try to climb over the gate at the top of the steps. But that ended by the time they could navigate the steps, well before 2 and well before nighttime potty training.

That's nice. She's on a separate floor from us and it works for us. I hope you don't teach your kids to be this judgmental.

np Everyone is judgmental. Even you! Btw, I agree it is bizarre to lock your dd in her room!

I haven't judged anyone. You're all the ones being bitches about doing something her pediatrician recommended and that she seems perfectly happy about.

I'm personally being judgmental about the potty, not the room locking per se. Why is your kid using a potty at 3 1/2? So yes, stop locking her so she can use the toilet like a normal preschooler!

She uses a regular toilet during the day. We are not comfortable having her use the bathroom on her own. She's on a different floor from us, which has its own bathroom.

So yeah -- please stop judging.

Np here. Do you have a monitor to hear her? If not, add me to the list of those judging you.

What happens when she wakes up ill, wet, in pain etc. She has to sit there crying until you are ready to get her? I thought she was in a room next door to you and you could easily hear her.

Of course we have a monitor! WTF.

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I get up at 5:30 or 6. DH is usually gone by 6:30, so it’s just me and the kids. If I haven’t showered, gotten dressed, and had some coffee before they get up, it might be hours before I get a chance.

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Anonymous wrote:My 3.5 year old plays in her room until about 8:30am. I get up at 8am to get ready and make coffee before I go and get her. We lock her door at night, so she stays safe in there (she has a travel potty in there that we just clean out every day).

Ummmmm. This is bizarre.

Yeah. I locked my kids in too by turning the doorknobs around because they'd try to climb over the gate at the top of the steps. But that ended by the time they could navigate the steps, well before 2 and well before nighttime potty training.

That's nice. She's on a separate floor from us and it works for us. I hope you don't teach your kids to be this judgmental.

np Everyone is judgmental. Even you! Btw, I agree it is bizarre to lock your dd in her room!

I haven't judged anyone. You're all the ones being bitches about doing something her pediatrician recommended and that she seems perfectly happy about.

Why aren’t you comfortable letting a 3.5 year old use the bathroom by herself? Also, why on earth would your pediatrician recommend locking her in her room at that age? That is so dangerous, especially since she’s on another level. What if there is a fire and she can’t escape? And You can’t get to her in time? Please think about things like this.

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I too am up at 4:30 to exercise and get some house work done. Children are up by 7:00, DH is usually up by 8:00. I love my “me time” in the wee hours!

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On my work days (not five days a week) I set my alarm for 5am so I tend to wake up early on my day’s off. I do stay in bed though until DD gets up between 7/730.