Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are waking your kids up, then they aren't getting enough sleep.

Start with an earlier bedtime so they are naturally awake by 6:30. That also saves them needing time to fully wake up.

Ah yes. If only my kids would actually go to bed when I tell them instead of getting out of bed 95 times and telling me they cant sleep/need water/just remembered they had homework/have a pain somewhere, etc etc etc

Can't sleep: think and count sheep

Water: bottle at bedside

Homework: tomorrow.

Pain: sleep it off

Stop enabling.

Clearly you don't have a kid with sleep issues. Count yourself lucky. We can say no to all the requests, but the sterner/stricter we get, the more likely she is to have a total raging meltdown. Which makes sleep much less likely.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are waking your kids up, then they aren't getting enough sleep.

Start with an earlier bedtime so they are naturally awake by 6:30. That also saves them needing time to fully wake up.

Ah yes. If only my kids would actually go to bed when I tell them instead of getting out of bed 95 times and telling me they cant sleep/need water/just remembered they had homework/have a pain somewhere, etc etc etc

Can't sleep: think and count sheep

Water: bottle at bedside

Homework: tomorrow.

Pain: sleep it off

Stop enabling.

from a family of insomniacs, LOL

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are waking your kids up, then they aren't getting enough sleep.

Start with an earlier bedtime so they are naturally awake by 6:30. That also saves them needing time to fully wake up.

Ah yes. If only my kids would actually go to bed when I tell them instead of getting out of bed 95 times and telling me they cant sleep/need water/just remembered they had homework/have a pain somewhere, etc etc etc

Can't sleep: think and count sheep

Water: bottle at bedside

Homework: tomorrow.

Pain: sleep it off

Stop enabling.

Snort. Ok. We’ll do that. It’ll fix everything. I’m
Sure they’ll respond beautifully. I’m so glad you : exist

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are waking your kids up, then they aren't getting enough sleep.

Start with an earlier bedtime so they are naturally awake by 6:30. That also saves them needing time to fully wake up.

Ah yes. If only my kids would actually go to bed when I tell them instead of getting out of bed 95 times and telling me they cant sleep/need water/just remembered they had homework/have a pain somewhere, etc etc etc

Can't sleep: think and count sheep

Water: bottle at bedside

Homework: tomorrow.

Pain: sleep it off

Stop enabling.

NP, but my kid’s circadian rhythm is hard wired. She doesn’t get out of bed, but can easily lie there for an hour or two reading or just in the dark. If your goal is for them to be in bed, then sure, stop enabling. But if your goal is to get X amount of sleep before waking up at Y time, then please, tell me your magic secret (other than counting sheep, that is).

We’re 45-60 minutes as well. Nobody except me wakes up with pep in their step, so 45 minutes gives us enough time without it turning into a struggle.

You don’t really start your kid’s day with TV, do you? That’s a choice.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are waking your kids up, then they aren't getting enough sleep.

Start with an earlier bedtime so they are naturally awake by 6:30. That also saves them needing time to fully wake up.

Ah yes. If only my kids would actually go to bed when I tell them instead of getting out of bed 95 times and telling me they cant sleep/need water/just remembered they had homework/have a pain somewhere, etc etc etc

Can't sleep: think and count sheep

Water: bottle at bedside

Homework: tomorrow.

Pain: sleep it off

Stop enabling.

About 40 mins from wake time to walking out the door. It’s insane to me to watch tv in the morning.

Anonymous wrote:If you are waking your kids up, then they aren't getting enough sleep.

Start with an earlier bedtime so they are naturally awake by 6:30. That also saves them needing time to fully wake up.

Ah yes. If only my kids would actually go to bed when I tell them instead of getting out of bed 95 times and telling me they cant sleep/need water/just remembered they had homework/have a pain somewhere, etc etc etc

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our bus comes at 7:20 and I wake the kids at 6:45. I have breakfast on the table already. They eat, get dressed etc, and pack up. We try to leave for bus at 7:12. 7:15 at latest. No free time in the AM- they get enough after school. Kids are 8&10. We lay out clothes the night before.

what school system starts ES so early?

Not PP but my kids are in private so the whole school starts at the same time.

Some APS elems do as well

I posted above. I forgot to add that I wouldn't do TV in the morning before school. It's not a good way to start the day, screens aren't great, and it creates a more difficult transition. Morning transitions are hard generally and on top of this you have a kid with ADHD who probably because they have ADHD will fight transitions more than an NT kid. Don't layer having to pull her away from a screen on top of all that.

I think morning TV time is especially dumb if your kid has ADHD. You are also wiring their brain to need that in the morning, so setting them up for a habit that will not serve them at all in adulthood. Please don't do this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what time do you wake up if the bus comes at 7:19?

I am thinking 6:00. she needs to get changed, dress out, eat breakfast, and watch a couple minutes tv

Good lord, why does you child need to watch TV in the morning?

Mine can dress, eat, and brush teeth in 30 min.

Your kid needs sleep a lot more than TV.

its because she needs to take her Concerta it takes about 30 mins for to take affect, so we want her medicated by the time she heading to the bus.

She can't wake up, take the Concerta, and then get dressed and eat and leave for the bus? All that should take a half hour. Why does she have to get up at 6am?

I'm an adult who takes concerta. It's the first thing I do in the morning - before I brush my teeth. When you wake her up bring a water bottle (if there isn't one next to her bed) and her concerta. Then you wake her up and give it to her first thing. Boom. She's taken her medicine before doing anything else.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our bus comes at 7:20 and I wake the kids at 6:45. I have breakfast on the table already. They eat, get dressed etc, and pack up. We try to leave for bus at 7:12. 7:15 at latest. No free time in the AM- they get enough after school. Kids are 8&10. We lay out clothes the night before.

what school system starts ES so early?

Not PP but my kids are in private so the whole school starts at the same time.

Same here. The entire school Preschool-8th starts at 7:50.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our bus comes at 7:20 and I wake the kids at 6:45. I have breakfast on the table already. They eat, get dressed etc, and pack up. We try to leave for bus at 7:12. 7:15 at latest. No free time in the AM- they get enough after school. Kids are 8&10. We lay out clothes the night before.

what school system starts ES so early?

Not PP but my kids are in private so the whole school starts at the same time.