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[quote=Anonymous][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]

We are a two parent family. So the parent that gets up early doesn’t handle the later evening activities.  But sometimes, we just have to suck it up and sleep less.

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This is us.

I naturally wake up at 2, 3 or 4. I don't set an alarm. I am rarely asleep by 4 am. I have been this way for as long as I can remember.

So I do early morning drop offs and pickups for swim.

DH does afternoon  drop offs and pickups for younger sibling and for older sibling if she chooses some afternoon swim. DH does most afternoon drop offs and pickups for music and Math as well.

I love the early morning schedule for my DD. I am excited about her possibly becoming a morning person like her mom. I firmly believe morning people get a better start to the day.

Younger DD goes to sleep much later than older DD. She love to read late. So she sleeps from about 10-7. Older DD sleeps from about 7:30-4:15. We are at the pool by 4:30. She eats breakfast after swim practice. [/quote]

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