Do you get up early on the weekends

I have to, my kids kick me out of bed. Yes, our body clock wakes us up, lol, but I would still like to lay just a bit longer. No dice. They want breakfast:(

Yes, I usually wake up early on the weekends and it irritates me, too. You're right about age playing a part in it. I believe the hormone responsible is melatonin, which our bodies produce less of as we get older. Just another one of life's unfairness...when your kids are finally grown and you can sleep in, your body won't let you.

On weekends I assure you, I sleep until midday, take a cup of tea and watch TV thereafter!

I am a lazy wolf, I am NOT a morning person, any day of the week, that's why I always choose shift work that preferrably starts AFTER 11am, believe me I am like a wolf with a sore head if I have to get up early. At 6 am in the morning I am still deep in hibernation mode LOL and I can easily sleep in till 10.30 or 11am but then I do stay up till 1 or 2am in the morning when I am more alert, like a wolf I am nocturnal. I love my sleep too much, I have no excuse I am not a teenager far from it, it's just my body clock is set that way, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

Terry I have defiantly found the older I get the less I sleep. Of course I am in the beginning of menopause, one of the symptoms is not sleeping well. I have to totally be wore out to actually sleep 6 hours straight. Last night and this morning are one of those times. I am tired now, but my husband has to go to work so I am going to make him a good breakfast then I am a goner I hope for a good 4 hours! My GYN says that after all is said and done with the big M I will get back to more normal sleeping patterns. I sure hope so, on top of mood swing sleep deprivation can be a killer on your temperament.

It is normal that you need less sleep when getting older. You can't control the biological clock. And as you say, you waste less time that way, so why worry...

Hi Terry! Yes i get up early on the weekends also. I wake up everyday at 4 am, no alarm clock. It's true as we get older we sleep less....Lori

Maybe it is "old age," TerryZ, because my sleeping patterns have also changed as I've gotten older. I tend to wake up earlier on the weekends because I go to bed earlier than during the week. Saturday is my "Catch-up" day when I try to make some order out of the weekly chaos, while Sunday is my cooking-and-relaxing day.

My daughter makes sure that I do not sleep in on weekends. Like today for example. She made me get up at 7am. I snuck in a few z's while she was in her playpen watching a cartoon though. She has not figured out how to get out yet, so it was not an issue with her safety for a few z's.

Actually in weekends I just wake up a little bit later than in usual. As my child will wake up and therefore I am unable to sleep for a longer time even if I want it so much.

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