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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son has to be at the pool at 4:30am 4x a week for practice. Which means he is up around 4:10. He doesn't tend to eat much before practice, sometimes just granola bar or a few fig newtons in the car.

What works best for us is him going to bed early. He is in bed by 7:30 every night. I know that sounds insanely early, but even he knows he needs the sleep. He has always been a kid who will put himself to bed when he is tired. If he were a kid who still wanted to stay up late we would not allow him to do morning practice. I do think it helps that he swims 4-5 mornings because when you are up that early most days you naturally want to go to bed early too. He also doesn't do any other sports so we don't have anything in the evenings that keep him out and up late.

It helps that he has friends in this practice that he enjoys swimming with.

For us parents- we also go to bed early. We are in bed by 9pm and head to the gym after we drop him off. I like beating the crowd at the gym and getting my workout out of the way early. [/quote]

I wonder in situations like this about siblings.  How would you manage with a sibling who is on a normal schedule?[/quote]

I posted above. One kid, the more competitive one whose main sport is swimming, swims in the mornings. Younger sibling, who would never get up that early,  swims and has other activities in the afternoon. We drive back and forth to the pool a lot:) Luckily younger sibling's activities don't keep us out late so we can still get to bed at a reasonable time. Even younger sibling is in bed by 8:30.[/quote]

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