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

I really never have this problem. Three of my four children are all early risers. They are up before I am 99% of the time. They are sitting there watching television when I go to wake them up. Most of the time my 10 year old daughter is already dressed and ready to go. My 17 year old son is the one I have problems with. He sleeps through the alarm if he has not had enough sleep. I sometimes have to drive him to school when he misses the bus! But the little ones don't care too much about playing with toys, etc. They know they will be there for them when they get home from school. Have a great day and happy myLotting!!!

Hello aseretdd, My son needs to wake up as early as 6.50 in the morning. I pity him but I have no choice. My husband and I go to work together and before starting our journey, we need to send him first to the babysitter's house. He is very heavy (weighs 30 kg at the age of two) and none of us can really carry him to the car if he is still sleeping. Before this, he slept quite early like 9p.m. but lately, he starts to sleep an hour late. I always make sure that I wake him up at the same time every morning (exactly at 6.50 a.m.) and during weekends, he sleeps longer than usual. He normally will cry a bit and then, he will stand up and brings his pillow to the living hall and lie down on the sofa, drinking his milk. Once we need to go out, he will just put on his shoes and hold on tight to his Daddy.

My older one WAS very good about his bedtime and get up time. But when there were days when he was late, I would just pick him up and take him to the bathroom to brush his teeth. Just matter of fact. Thankfully, he enver threw a tantrum. Now, he's a little older, he doesn't go to bed on time and ends up unable to get up in the morning. I use the same technique after telling him it's time to get up (around 5 times). My little one is different and the maximum I can sleep till is 8 am in the morning or else we'll miss the school bus. If he's up before that...well and good...or else I pick him up and let him cry it out a bit and just go ahead and do what needs to be done. I don't have flexible timings and can't afford to be late.

oh,for me it is an everyday problem.my daughter aged 5 has morning school.she has to be up by 5.30.sometimes i take a wet cloth and wipe her face.but anyway she gets cranky.i see to it that she sleeps early i.e,at 10.00.she also sleeps in afternoons.

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.

as we all know, kids are very hyperactive, seems like they never get tired. when my kids are still toddlers during night time i lay beside them, we watch tv for atleast 15-30 minutes, after watching i would tell them to sleep and rest, and i'll just read a book while we're all in the bed. Since the surrounding would be quiet, and they know that im beside them, in just a few minutes, i would notice that they're already sleeping.

i don't have kids yet at the moment... but my hubby is working in the morning as well and sometimes it is really really hard to wake him up... especially during winter when the weather is really cold... he prefers to snuggle inside the warm quilt and i have to shout at him telling him that we are going to be late for work if he doesn't get up straight away... that's why i always make sure that we both go to bed early at night to minimise this problem... take care and have a nice day...

I set a bed time and stick to it. Every now and then she pulls the "I can't sleep". Then she just gets shooed back to bed. I wake her up by saying wake up sweetie. I always do it nicely.

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..

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.

Well the good thing about my son is that he wakes up when I wake up and that is something about him I like.Sometimes I dont mind but then sometimes when I feel that I have loads of wok and that is the time he gets me in to trouble but then its okay I feel as I am used to it. Regards

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.

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.

[i]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![/i]

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 :)