What time do YOU wake up in the morning?

[Tarheel Heather]

Feeling like if I got up earlier I could get more accomplished in my day. So what time do you wake up?

[Ellie]

even when the dc were home, we didn't usually get up before 7:30-8. It always seemed like enough time for me:)

[mcconnellboys]

I get up at 6:55 because I have to leave the house about 7:10 to take my older son to school.

Regena

[King Alfred Academy]

Whenever the boys wake me up which is usually around 8:30. That gives me a good hour to get things done before school starts.

[Pajama Mama]

6:30 unfortunately. Ds8 goes to a special school so I need to get him ready. Ds8 usually gets picked up around 7:30. I don't wake the other kids until at least 8 so I have a 1/2 hr to myself:)

[Sue G in PA]

8:30 on a good day. Usually 9am. I don't sleep well during the night at this stage in my pregnancy (7mos) and so I just can't function before then. I always tell my older dc to have their chores done before I get up (they get up by 7:30 usually) and they can start their schoolwork even if I'm not up. Does that ever happen? NO WAY! But, I've actually been trying to get up and going so we can start by 8:30 now. Glad to see I'm not the only late sleeper!

[prairiegirl]

For the past few weeks, I have been getting up at 5:30 so I can have some alone time before the troops wake up. I love having all of this quiet time before my day gets going at full speed. The problem, though, is that by 1 p.m. I start to get the foggy feeling cause I am sleepy. I was able to forge my way through it today by going on the computer and exercising. But some days I give in and take a bit of a nap. That's not good. :rolleyes:

Julia
mom of 3 (8,7,5)

[JennifersLost]

and between 8 - 10 on non-school days, LOL. During the winter I SLEEP!

[Crissy]

7:30 or 8:00, but I love to stay in bed until 9:00 and have a cup of coffee with my husband.

[JudoMom]

5:00. It's my only quiet time of the day (we all go to bed at the same time). I love it, and even wake up this early on the weekends and vacation :D.

[EKS]

I get up at 5:30 on schooldays so I can have some peace and exercise before school. On weekends it's usually around 8:00.

[Tami]

I like to get up at least an hour ahead of my daughter to have prayer and quiet time, a work-out, and a start on chores. If I don't do this, my day doesn't feel as peaceful and I tend to get frazzled. :eek: Getting up an hour and a half earlier that everyone else is even better - though that doesn't happen more than a couple times a week.

For me, I wake at 6:30 and dd gets up at 7:30. We start school at 8:15 or so.

[NYSue]

I have to work at 5:30.

[PamInMN]

Normally around 8am.......... since hubby is home and job hunting...... 9am. :D

[PrairieAir]

I get up between 4:30 and 6:30. If I sleep later than 6:30, I feel like I wasted half my morning and I have a hard time getting my day back on track. If I sleep in till 8:00, I feel like a total slug and then I'm mad at myself and grumpy. If I oversleep, I'm also more tired throughout the day. I'm a morning person though. I can't last much past 10:00 p.m.

[Michelle T]

But I would like it to be earlier so I could exercise for half hour. It's just so hard to get up, our bed is too comfortable!
Michelle T

[Amy loves Bud]

I get up at about 6 and get the baby and bring her into bed with us, then we sleep until 8-8:30. I'm not a morning person, so I actually get less done overall if I force the early morning thing, because I crash in the afternoon.

[Mrs Mungo]

7 am on school days, I get breakfast started and the kids trickle in.

[gardenschooler]

Usually around 8, but varies an hour or so, depending on how well I slept the night before.

I have to get up early tomorrow! Eeek!

[Lisawa]

Feeling like if I got up earlier I could get more accomplished in my day. So what time do you wake up?

The goal is 5:30.... but right now its about 6:00-6:15...

[Rachel]

get away with. I am NOT a morning person and 2 of my 3 children aren't either. So with that said I'm usually up by 8am.....albeit reluctantly........I would rather sleep until 9-10am. I work swing shift and don't get off until midnight so it is hard for me to get up at 8am since I don't get to bed until 1-2am usually. I find I get more done at night then I do getting up early

Work with your body clock, not against it!

[Karen in CO]

get away with. I am NOT a morning person and 2 of my 3 children aren't either. So with that said I'm usually up by 8am.....albeit reluctantly........I would rather sleep until 9-10am. I work swing shift and don't get off until midnight so it is hard for me to get up at 8am since I don't get to bed until 1-2am usually. I find I get more done at night then I do getting up early

Work with your body clock, not against it!
This is me too.
I was never a morning person. I work a swing shift on weekends. I try really hard to sleep until at least 9. 10 would be ideal, but that will have to wait a couple more years.

[orangeblossom]

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[Pensguys]

I'm a night owl and definitely not a morning person. If I try to get up early, then I just get grumpy the rest of the week and then sleep WAY late on Sat. I get up between 8-8:30. We start school (the kids do rather) between 8:30-9 with 9 being the latest.

[Diane]

I am SO not a morning person. I wake up at about 6:30, but the kids entertain themselves until about 8:30. Every now and then my husband lets me sleep in and I roll out of bed about 9:15ish...we homeschool in the afternoon, the bulk of it anyway.

[Pster]

I wake up at 5:30am during the week. Dh leaves the house at 6:15am so I make him breakfast and pack his lunch while he showers and dresses for work. I am pretty much used to it now.

The kids get up pretty early too - usually by 7am and if they eat - we are often starting school by 8am. Funny tho - I still can't get everything done! lol

[AmyinPA]

Anywhere between 6 and 6:15. My dc are up at 7 so I have to have some quiet time before they come down.

[Dot]

but I don't get up til 4:30. My husband leaves for work an hour later, then I have a couple free hours until my son wakes up. I love this time of the morning, just me, the computer, and plenty of coffee.

[mom2tbcnm]

4:17am! I work out at 5am, so gotta get up-It sucks at 4:17, but, kids are still sleeping and I am here playing on the computer alone for a whole hour. It's mostly worth it.
Katty

[Laura Corin]

Laura

[gandpsmommy]

I take any opportunity I get to sleep in on weekends, holidays, etc. Dh has to leave for work at 6:00 am. I get up when his alarm goes off so that I can see him, get his clothes ready for him, set out his medicine, etc. Then, he calls me on his cell phone and we talk during his commute. I really wish that I could get more sleep, but it just isn't feasible right now. Sometimes I do get a lot done in the mornings before the kids get up, but sometimes I am so tired that I just sit and veg at the computer. :o

[Lisa at Home]

I also get up at 6 on Sunday. I sleep in on Saturday!:)
~Lisa

[imeverywoman]

This week, I've been sick, so I'm trying to rest more, but I'm happier when I'm up first.

[Jackie in AR]

Sometime between 6 and 6:45, usually.

[sweetTN]

6:45, just before dh leaves for work and before dd is up. This is my quiet time and I love it!

[K&Rs Mom]

6:30 is when the kids are allowed to come out of their rooms. Occasionally they'll both sleep in a little, but most days it's exactly 6:30 that one or both is coming to get me. We don't always get up right away, though.

Since dh leaves for work earlier, I'm awake from about 5:50 when his alarm goes off. I probably should use that time for something, but am just not that motivated....

[GLOWAcademy]

8:00 am here , but last few days being sick 9:00 am

[tess in the burbs]

when one of my kids pokes me over and over until I finally open an eye and growl ;-)

anytime between 7 and 8am on average right now.

[Chris in CA]

6 am usually

[Diann]

I usually wake up about 7:30, but never seem to be able to get out of bed until 8.

Diann

[KH_]

During the weekdays, dh and I get up between 6am and 6:30am. It's a little later on the weekends, but not much. I make my kids stay in their rooms til 8am, just so I can have 1/2 hour to 45 min of peace by myself before I have to start my "official" day :)

[Tammyla]

I'm up around 7:15 and that is my natural wake up. Eight is a sleep in day for me. I'm better with a good nights sleep and a routine time to get up and turn in.

[Mrs. Readsalot]

I am up by 6:00 and go to bed at 10 or 11
Dh & ds are up at 5 am Ds does an hour of work on his own before I get up.

[Blue Hen]

Feeling like if I got up earlier I could get more accomplished in my day. So what time do you wake up?

Wake up; usually 3am, however I roll over and lay there for a few more hours. Sometimes I'm out of bed at 5:15 and sometimes, like this morning, it is 7am.

[Tammy in Germany]

I'm usually up by 7am.

[Tina]

My ideal is 8 a.m., but dh sets the alarm for 6:30 or 7. Ugh. We are night owls here, everyone staying up til 11 or 11:30. Seems to be getting later!!! I've got to reverse this trend, as I really function best with 8 hours of sleep.

[Mom2legomaniacs]

I am a big sleeper -- I need a lot. So, I usually wake naturally by 8. Sometimes it will be 9 if things like (pms) are making me more tired. I usually get in around 9 hours a night. I love to sleep. It just feels great to be all cozy in bed.

[cricket1178]

We get up anywhere between 6 am and 8 am to start school at 8:30 a.m.
If we get up earlier, we get more chores done before school and maybe instead of cereal we actually cook breakfast. When the weather is nice, we can take a walk before school. But, we are dressed and ready to begin at 8:30 no matter what (unless something else comes up).:D

[Dana in OR]

6:30 a.m. except for Saturday when I sleep a bit later, till 8 or so.

Dana

[dirty ethel rackham]

I get up at 5:50 am so I can meet my exercise partner between 6:15 and 6:30. Dh leaves for work at 6:30. Kids wake up between 7:30 and 8. I am home by 7:30, shower, start a load of laundry and send constant reminders to my kids to finish their morning routine so we can start school between 8:30 and 9.

On days that I don't meet my friend to exercise and I am too lazy to do it on my own, I sleep in til abou t 6:30 or 7. If sleep later, the day is a waste. Nothing gets done. :(

[Tammy]

nt

[stephanie]

Feeling like if I got up earlier I could get more accomplished in my day. So what time do you wake up?
6:45 here!

[Tutor]

This semester, about 9 or 9:30. It usually changes a bit depending on my dh's semester schedule.

I am NOT a morning person and generally stay up until at least midnight and get a lot done after the kids go to bed.

[NicksMama-Zack's Mama Too]

especially if I don't get my coffee by 8:eek:

[Rich with Kids]

I sleep until 8:00 or 8:30. School starts @ 9:00. Kids are on their own for breakfast. I usually have oatmeal, frozen waffles and, on rare occasion, POP TARTS! They looooove Pop Tarts!

[Tracey in TX]

5:45am. Like to lounge around, read, and have cup o' java before waking the munchkins. Most of my children are a "morning person", which helps. I'm exhausted by 9pm.

[spicygirl]

Around 6:30 on school days and 7:30 on weekends.

[Stacie in UT]

5:15 a.m. -- I love mornings. Exercise is a must for me to get the juices flowing and keep possible diabetes at bay. With 6 sons and a hubby to care for--let alone homeschool--early morning is the only way to ensure exercise will happen consistently. Besides, when I get home from the gym I feel energized and ready for life.

[Faith]

I go to bed usually around midnight or 1 am. Get up around 10 am. Kids are the same, up late, sleep late.

[Baseballmom]

5:00. It's my only quiet time of the day (we all go to bed at the same time). I love it, and even wake up this early on the weekends and vacation :D.

I hear ya! My body is so used to getting up early that I can't even sleep in when I want to. In fact, when I tell my husband I am going to sleep in he says "sure you are!" I get up between 5:30 & 6:00 and I never use an alarm.

[cin]

I am sooo glad I'm not the only Not Morning person on the board. I try to get up around 7:30-8:00 but the kids are not allowed out of their room before 9:00, just in case I'm enjoying the cozy flannel sheets. School starts 60 minutes after we get up.

[Old Dominion Heather]

Me too. nt

[Chloe]

Usually around 7:15, but I'd like to start getting up at 6:30 so I can fit in exercise AND quiet time. Usually I only have time for one or the other.

[Just Me]

I wake up around 8, and get up by 8:30. I love to lay there and think through my day before getting up. Oh, yeah and stretching so that my back pops!! But, that said, my kids sleep until about 9, so that does give me time to myself.

[Holly IN]

I really wish I can get up early. Right now it is 8 to 8:30 am. My kids are up before me (and I hate that). I used to get up at 6:30 to see my dh off to work then have quiet time for me. Now working a job at nights so I don't go to bed until 12:00 or 1:00 in the morning.

I wish I was a morning person (I used to be) so I can feel accomplished throughout the day.

Holly

[kdeno]

My 4 children are early risers (I am not by nature). Lately I have been so tired due to the impending arrival of baby #5 that I have been trying to sleep until 6:30 or 7.

[Laurel T.]

I am not a morning person, but my 2 yo usually wakes me up around 5:00am, but she will lounge around with me for a little while. But, then again "waking up" would indicate that I actually got to sleep. This little one is really struggling with sleeping through the night.

Laurel T.

[lauriep]

I usually get up around 9:30am. My daughter gets up around 7am and my husband gets up around 8am. My daughter and husband have breakfast together and then he teaches her first subject. I should try to get up earlier though.

[Darcy in FL]

Usually around 5:45-6:00--gives me quiet time then my oldest is up at 6:30 and the other follow suit anytime after 6:30. I will say that I am MUCH more productive when I get up earlier! :)

[PinkInTheBlue]

Between 7:30 and 8:30. School starts between 9 and 9:30; ideally 9. I too am a night owl. I have so much more energy at night than mornings.