Help!!!!
My son (almost 3) gets up at 6:30 every Saturday & Sunday morning. This is really driving me crazy. Saturday/Sunday are our only days to sleep in and we can't because he comes into our room at 6:30! I have tried keeping him up later but nothing I have done works.
The crazy part is during the week when my husband and I are up at 5:30 he will sleep until 7:00-7:30.
Any suggestions????
"any suggestions?"
NOPE!!! LOL welcome to the world of having children =) me and my hubby usually just take turns on the weekends...he sleeps in on sat. and i sleep in on sunday. OR since my hubby is kinda hard to wake up, i sometimes just let him sleep in then take a long afternoon nap =)
Take turns sleeping in. You take Saturdays and the hub take Sundays, or vice versa.
Margaret :)
I agree with Margaret. It is acctually a very healthy thing for children to wake up around the same time and trying to manipulate bedtimes will often end up causing other sleep problems. Take turns with DH getting up early with him. Maybe see if a grandparent would keep him overnight every now and then so you can both sleep in. Good luck.
That is always the way! When I was in school, weekday mornings were the mornings I longed to sleep in ...then the weekend rolls around when I actually could and suddenly the bed is uncomfy and I'm too hot and it's early. But my parents' were mean (hehe) and made me stay in our room til they were ready to get up sometimes.
I don't really have any good advice, just that it could be a phase he's going through, or something is waking him.
Good luck!
My mom was brilliant at this, she was a ballerina and always needed to sleep later than normal parents. She taught us very young to both entertain feed ourselves in the morning. The night before she would put out little ceral boxes, opening those alone would take us 10 minutes - we would eat it as our breakfast snack and usually color - you can print out different sheets and leave about 5-10 for him, as long as he doesn't eat crayons. You can also put a video in and teach him to press play - both of mine could do that at his age. It will buy you the 30 mins extra usually. Good luck.
Dear J.,
Is his room bright when the sun comes up? You might try darkening his window with tint or getting darker curtains. I realize you said he wakes later during the week. He has some kind of internal clock going. What are you usually doing during the weekday mornings when he gets up? Does he have to go to daycare? Do you turn on a radio at 5:30 when you and hubby get up? Try to recreate a weekday. set a timer for a clock radio to go off at 5:30 during the weekend, something for him to hear. You may hear it but his weekday proccess will get confused if he hears it 7 days a week. Just do it for a couple weeks or so, then try to see if he will stay in bed durring the weekend without the noise. His internal clock should be pretty off kilter! May not help him, but can't hurt to try. Sleepy Blessings, B. www.momsNcharge.com
