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| Mon, 05-01-2006 - 4:50pm |
To help DD to get up in the AM. Other than throwing water in face, yelling etc. Can you offer any advice that has worked well for you. I try to wake her up with plenty of time to spare, but she always puts getting up till the last possible minute, ending up racing out of the house trying to beat the clock. What can I do? I am really getting tired of holding a 2-3 round argument just to get her to get up and ready for school. She insists that she is trying but I just don't see it!

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She has to set her own alarm - you can try to wake her 10 minutes before the time hers is set for. If you have to call her after her alarm goes off, her bedtime is moved up 15 minutes - keep it up each time. Wait 5 minutes and repeat. When she is going to bed when she gets home from school (kidding!) she may get the message.
It sounds juvenile, but it works.
The other option is to let her sleep in and be late for school - after so many tardies, she would probably have detention.
Good luck - I am lucky that my easy to wake daughter is my oldest and gets the rest of us up!
Mom to Emily (18), Conor (17) and Hannah (12)
Wife to David - 8/20/88
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