5:45. 5:45! That's when Alyssa showed up in our room, asking if it was morning time. Brian growled, "It's WAY too early," and turned over, leaving me to escort her back to bed without waking Ethan. She told me that her wreath, the 18-inch wreath covered in purple ribbon and white Christmas lights that I had recently made her, wasn't working. She was still scared. This wreath brightens the room enough for her to read books before she falls asleep at night. It creates no shadows for monsters or bad guys to hide in. It casts a cheery glow all around a pink bedroom, just so a certain little five-year-old doesn't get afraid when she wakes up in the middle of the night. How could she be scared?
I assume that after I tucked her into bed, that she actually lay down for a while and kept quiet, because I didn't hear her until after Ethan woke up at 6:15. 6:15! What does a one and a half year old have going on during the day that he has to wake up so early? I heard him holler, then I heard him giggle, then I heard Alyssa singing the beaver song she learned in kindergarten, and the two of them laughed hysterically at each other for the next forty-five minutes.
It was actually really cute. I didn't mind. The part that bothers me about the kids waking up so early is that Alyssa comes into our room every five minutes to see if it's time to get up yet. And each time I tell her that I will come and get her when it's time. I think we're going to buy them a clock. We'll put it in their bedroom, and tell Alyssa that if the first number isn't a 7, then please stay in bed.
I don't mind getting up early; I actually enjoy it. When I'm not pregnant I wake up at 5:30 to read scriptures and go to the gym, and it feels great. But I just don't want to get out of bed before 7:00 when I'm pregnant. And there's something about getting up early for your own reasons that's so much better than getting up early and starting your work-day (because I'm a stay-at-home-mom) the second you wake up. Man, if I was getting paid, I could clock in the moment I opened my eyes and clock out just before brushing my teeth. And I would be rich.
So we've tried everything: pushing bed-time back an hour, taking them to the zoo to wear them out ( okay, that's not why we went to the zoo, but you'd think it would work), asking them to sleep-in in hopes that it will have some effect. Nothing works. And they're waking up earlier each day!
Well, maybe the clock thing will work, but if you find me blogging at 4 in the morning next week, you'll know that it hasn't.
June 2021 (random, Utah)
2 years ago
5 comments:
We got Bryant a clock and told him not to come out until after 7 and he was so excited to have his own clock, it has worked. He has gotten out of bed once since then because he had a "really bad nightmare." But he was getting out of bed several times a week in the middle of the night for awhile. My poor in-laws are the ones that took the hit the hardest then. Luckily, they are much more forgiving than me at 2 am. :)
Do you have black out shades in their room? Claire use to get up with the sun at our old house. But when I moved here, I invested in blackout shades and have had two years of sleeping in. . glorious.
Our kids are early risers, too. If we make it to 6:30 it is amazing! But, they have ALWAYS been this way. I guess we have just adjusted and enjoy our family breakfasts before dad (Nate) leaves in the morning. BUT, I am considering buying a nightlight that you set on a timer, and setting it to turn on at 7:00 a.m. and telling collin that when the light comes on he can get up. The only trouble is that Livvy is too little to understand. So, I may just have to resign myself to early mornings for the rest of my life!
Blake is a early riser as well. He gets up really early 4 days a week so that dad can take him to preschool on this way to work. It doesn't matter what time he goes to bed either. He has a little internal alarm clock and try as I may, I can't reset it :o)
heheh, sounds fun! I hope the clock thing worked. good luck!
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