Working moms do you have to wake your DC

to take them to daycare/sitter or are they up already? DS is a horrible sleeper but he was actually sound asleep when we had to leave and I had to wake him. It breaks my heart waking him.

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sometimes. Today I did. But normally, she is up talking in her crib for about 15-20 minutes before I get her

I wake her up at 7:30

On the weekends, she has been sleeping until 8:30ish

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DD is usually up-- she's a light sleeper, so the second she hears us up, she wants to be up. So we rarely have to wake her to get her out of the house in the morning-- maybe 3 times a month.

It is the worst though when I have to wake her.

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Thank god she is up. She usually hangs out and talks in her crib for a little while too before I take her out. In the beginning she would still be sleeping though and it broke my heart to wake her too.

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DS usually wakes up on his own when he hears me running around the house in the morning. Occasionally I'll have to wake him to get him dressed and fed before dropping him at daycare. DS doesn't mind when I wake him up sometimes, he has a big smile on his face

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No I am lucky because my ILs watch him the 3 days I work and they come to me so that if he is still sleeping we don’t have to wake him. However most days he is up by 7:15 and they don’t come until nearly 8 so its really a non issue either way.

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Sometimes we have to wake him and other times he wakes on his own before we go in to get him.

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I wish!!! DS has been waking up earlier & earlier. I would love for him to stay in his crib till 7.

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Usually I do - sometimes not. I know - it breaks my heart too... and then she'll fall asleep in the car seat and I have to wake her up again!

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my ds not usually my dd mosttimes yes. It so sad to see her ruubbing her eyes wanting osme mroe sleep but we have to go in the car.

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He usually wakes up between 6:30 - 6:45 so I let him sleep until then

The times I do need him up earlier I put the hallway light on and make some noise to wake him gradually

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Usually DD is my alarm clock now.

On a rare morning (like today) I just had to make a little moving around noise in the room and she woke up with a HUGE smile on her face

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Some days I do have to wake him and it kills me to wake him from a peaceful sleep.

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I hate to so I'm very late for work everyday. I used to get in around 9:30 - now it's closer to 10/10:30
But ILs took him 3 days this wk, and I was off Monday so I was able to let him sleep. When he wakes on his own he'll sleep til 8AM or sometimes later. I need him to be up around 7:30 to get to the city at a reasonable hour.
I hate waking him - and the look on his face it "why mom, why?" then a smile
But it also changes with each wk - this wk he slept late, last week he was up on his own around 7:15 and chatting in his crib until I got him.

Message edited 10/16/2008 9:47:30 AM.

Re: Working moms do you have to wake your DC

99% of the time no. But there have been a few times and I feel awful when I have to do it.

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I am so glad that I do not have to do this since MIL comes to my house to watch DS. When my best friend used to watch him, she used to come pick him up while he was sleeping.

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Yes and it breaks my heart but thank goodness it's only 2 days a week and not more b/c that would really make me feel bad. she's a great sleeper and I hate interrupting that

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I only work part time, but unfortunately I do wake him from his nap twice a week to bring him to my MIL. If she would just watch him at my house, we could avoid this problem. My mom comes here once a week and he's always still asleep when she gets here. the other day she watches him at her house, but I bring him there way before nap time.

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I've only had to do that once in the 15 months she's been going to daycare.

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Nope. He's awake by 6:30 and then usually by the time i leave the house at 7:20, he's ready for his first nap and falls asleep in the car.

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I never have to wake Jayden up, he's up by 6:30am like clockwork. On the rare occasion that Nate is still sleeping at 7:30, we'll wake him up.