what time do you get up/kids get up

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Registered: 04-18-2003
what time do you get up/kids get up
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Mon, 12-20-2004 - 11:27am

I am not quite a sahm yet but I am trying to figure out what our routine will be. I am so excited!


Do you get up before the kids get up or get up when they get up? What do you do in the time before they wake up?


Cade get's up between 5-7am. Doesn't leave me much time to do anything. Should I let that be my wake up get myself together time? or should

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 12:30pm

I'm so happy that I can post this-up until about a week ago my little guy (turned 1 today!!) was getting up around 5 to 5:30 and would come into bed with me and nurse himself back to sleep. I didn't mind the cuddle time but it meant that I didn't come until he did (my alarm would wake him up, he would fall out of bed if I left, etc.) This past week I've still been getting up at 6:30 when my alarm goes off and he's been getting up around 6:45 to 7. Those 15 minutes are magic!

I try to live frugally so it gives me time to get breakfast started and my DD's (5) lunch packed. I can always have my clothes on and might even manage a shower just for me with no one hanging on to the bathtub screaming. I would like to add reading a short devotional at some point but right now I'm usually just so thrilled to either wake up by myself or by an alarm that can be turned off instead of a upset child.

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Registered: 04-09-2003
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 5:49pm

Well I am lazy. I should get up before dd but I stay in bed and we get up together. Anytime between 8-10 am. I like the 10 am. I do most of my stuff at night after she goes to bed.


Sarah and Maggie

Sarah

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Registered: 11-13-2003
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 6:13pm
she usually gets up between 9-10am, I change her diaper, get a bottle, and we go to my bed for awhile and play when she's done her milk, then we get up.

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Registered: 11-17-2003
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 7:18pm

Hanna who is 2 1/2 gets up between 7:30-8:00 am. She normally naps from 1-4 pm and bed between 8-9 pm. It depends how busy we are that day or what is going on. Like today she decided not to take a nap for some odd reason. She will go to bed probably around 7:30 tonight then.

Trish :)

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Registered: 01-06-2004
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 8:59pm
We get up about the same time.
I tired getting up earlier to have some alone time, but they kept waking up at the same time as me, so I gave up.





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