How do you wake up your kids in the morning?...

My daughter never likes waking up for school. So, we've started a game of waking up. If everything is done in time (get up, get dressed, breakfast eaten, get into the car), and if I get a good report from her teacher, she gets a small and inexpensive prize. Since she has ADHD/ADD, I get a call from her teacher every afternoon to let me know how everything went. So, if she does extremely well, she gets that prize. There are days when she won't even worry about the prize... she wants to put a sticker on her Good Behavior chart:)

Hi, Your little baby is just a 2-year-old. My son had a habit of waking up at 5am for his first milk, and then he would go back to sleep. He would again wake up at 8am. You could try waking her up gently and then picking her up and letting her nap on your shoulders for a while and then slowly move towards the bathroom. Once her face is wiped gently, she will be fully awake. This is just a suggestion. I used to do this when my son was 3 years old and had to go to play-school. At the same time, don't worry, everything will fall in place as she grows.

Hi aseretdd,

I heard the same situation with my friends and one time a friend of mine has to transfer her daughter to afternoon session of K-1 classes because of the said problem...She told me this year since the kid is k-2 now, she makes her understand that no more tv after 8 pm, it was hard at first but in the long run, her daughter was used to it and have all the freedom to watch Tv during weekend of after her class!

My daughter is 20 months old. She pretty much wakes herself up around 7 am. My son is 8 years old. I have to wake him up for school every morning. I just go in and tell him that it is time to get up. He rolls back over and tries to go back to sleep, but I just remind him that if he does not get up he will miss the bus and he gets up.

i don't have children yet but based on my previous experience my mom wake me up by hugging me, and get me up from the bed. don't have choice because she brought me outside my room and talk to me if i will play with my cousins who sometimes wait me outside our gate. it works for me.

My eldest is 9 years old. He goes to a tutoring class at 9am and school at 11:30..He was hard to wake up at first but then after a few days got on the schedule..

I usually tap him and call his name in a whisper because my baby might be awakened by the sound of my voice.And if he doesn't budge, I'll kick him...kidding...
If he doesnt wake up once, I'll do it over and over again, til he opens his eyes and sit up..

Moe often than not, my oldest son wakes uo on his own then wakes up the other kids. In those times he does not, I will go to their rooms and sing what we call, "the wake-up song" to them to get them out of bed with a smile on their faces. My Mom started the song when I was younger and I just carried it over to my kids.

That is my problem, waking my kids up in the morning. They must have to be early so that they will not be late for school but the problmem is.. they wake up late and they are very slow in preparing like taking a bath, eating breakfast, etc. I end up always having high pitch everyday calling them to wake up becaue it's time to go. I don't know how to solve that problem either because it has been my problem since they started schooling.

both my daughters are older (11 & 15) but that doesnt mean that it is easier waking them up in the morning. first, i make sure they have adequate sleep (even if it does mean they go to bed before their friends do) and second, they both have cd alarm clocks to wake up to that are set fairly loud.

It might be time to shorten her afternoon naps so she goes down earlier at night. She needs her sleep but she needs to go to bed at a regular hour. There are web pages with tips to help parents to get there children to sleep on a regular time.
www.sleepfoundation.org/site/c.huIXKjM0IxF/b.2418873/k.B9AD/Children_and_Sleep.htm
Here is one link that is a very good site.

http://www.sleepforkids.org/

This one is good