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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pregame and give them control over this. Talk to them about what would and should happen if one of them woke up first. Then the other. Ask them what would make their morning better. And realize that expecting a 4 or 5 year old to sit quietly in a room with no toys while their constant companion sibling is sleeping is unrealistic. Why cant the one who is awake quietly get out of bed and go play somewhere else in the house?[/quote]

This is helpful.

We took away the toys because of the fighting. They have proven time and again that the books are enough, and have also proven that toys = fighting in the morning.

Asking them how to solve the morning problem is a good idea.

I also like what PP said about essentially sucking it up and [b]the first person to wake up basically calls it, and they both can get up then, but they cannot wake US up at 5:30am[/b][/quote]

The bolded seems like a reasonable solution if both are happily waking up early. But if you are putting one of them in the position of being woken up by sibling and then telling him to suck it up and deal but don't wake you up, that's pretty crappy.[/quote]

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