Anonymous wrote:Offer to play Zippadee Do Dah instead.

Baby Shark.

I love it. I’m thinking a playing an annoying Gilbert Gottfried tape.

I blast old Schoolhouse Rock videos from YouTube to get my kids up. Interjections!

I love these! Making great memories.

That is awesome.

Sometimes I take a teacup and saucer into my teen's room, sit in a chair, and stir a spoon around loudly in the teacup (as what's her name did in the movie "Get Out") to wake him up.

My dad played the William Tell Overture. We hated it then but laugh about it now.

These are really funny. My mom would let the large and very excited dog into my room to jump on my bed.

My husband uses the sound track to the Matrix (on very rare occassions, not every day). Super effective (and will scare the bejesszus out of you!).

lol! I play the Dave Ramsey podcast through a speaker when I get up and get in the shower. It wakes up all those who are sleeping in. They hate it, but they get out of bed!

Anonymous wrote:
Tell them I had to yell in my son's ear the other day to get him to wake up. His alarm had been ringing for 10 minutes and this had woken up his little sister.

I know what to do though. I'll buy a water sprayer, store it in the fridge overnight, and use that

I have a bottle of vinegar/water that we use to clean things. All I have to do now is tell them I'm getting the bottle and they get up! Very effective and non-toxic!

McCullough's John Adams works just as well....

Sounds like something my dad would do. So annoying, but now I miss him so much. Keep annoying your kids, dad! It pays off in the end.

My dad always woke us up by flicking the lights on and off and playing reveille on an imaginary bugle.

It is better than pouring cold water on their heads.

As long as it’s done after they’ve been warned to get out of bed. My mother has always - still does - empty the dishwasher and put away the pans first thing in the morning and makes no effort to be considerate of anyone else asleep in the house at 6 am and day of the week. Her view is ‘if I’m up, then everyone else should be too,’ I’ve always viewed this as extremely self-centered and disrespectful.

Sleeping in late and messing with everyone’s morning schedule - yuck Finn in fair game.