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post #1 of 16
9/19/06 at 7:49am
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What time do you have to get your kids up for school in the morning? Do you have a hard time or do they wake up easily?


I get the kids up somewhere around 6:30. Haley I have no problems with but I spend about 15 mins trying to get Zach out of bed and dressed.
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post #2 of 16
9/19/06 at 7:58am
i wake jacob up at 6:50.. usually he doesn't give me too many problems.
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post #3 of 16
9/19/06 at 8:14am
6:30ish. Jessi isn't too much of a problem, Cody's tougher. But I have the hardest time getting them actually moving. They want to watch TV, or piddle around and it drives me nuts!
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post #4 of 16
9/19/06 at 8:33am
Sam I have to get up by 6:30. She piddles around and takes 10 mins to do any one thing. Her bus comes at 7:15 and so far no close calls. Logan gets up around 7. I am usually having to get him dressed but he is doing better. Sometimes he wants soemthing small for breakfast and some times he doesnt. This am he got himself dressed in time to watch Arthur His bus comes at 8:15 and we are working on finding something to do after Arthur for 10 mins before we head out for the wait.
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post #5 of 16
9/19/06 at 9:10am
Anywhere from 6:30 to 7. It really depends on how late she was up the night before (Like last night she was at work with me til 10:30 becasue Kev had a meeting.) so I let her sleep later.
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post #6 of 16
9/19/06 at 9:58am
AIdan wakes when he wakes (between 5:30-6:00am) ... Ryan is a nightmare!!! He is up anywhere between 5:45am and 6:45am. Since there is no rush I let him sleep and get in whatever he needs...but every day no matter what even if he is awake I get 'I dont want to go to school today' and its an isue until he is dressed... then he is better
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post #7 of 16
9/19/06 at 11:17am
They have an alarm in the room, and get up at 6am. They have a schedule to follow so I don't have to keep telling them to do things over and over. How well they follow the schedule determines how much fun(outside, games, tv) they get at free time that afternoon. This is something new I'm trying this school year and so far it's working out great.
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post #8 of 16
9/19/06 at 1:09pm
I get Kyler up at 6:45ish. Usually - he bounces out of bed or wakes up a few minutes before I go in to get him.
However, if we are up late the night before it takes a little more effort on my part. Either way, so far, Kyler wakes up with a smile on his face ready to go!
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post #9 of 16
9/19/06 at 1:51pm
George gets them up and dressed by 6:30. He also gets them fed and shoes on. I get up at 7 to make their lunches and brush their hair and teeth. Their principal gets here about 7:35ish
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post #10 of 16
9/19/06 at 1:56pm
I get Haley up around 6AM. I move her from her bed to my bed and turn on Danny Phantom for her and she usually wakes right up. If not I get her dressed while she's semi-snoozing and then let her slowly wake up while I make her breakfast. It hasn't turned into a big problem although when the baby arrives, it's probably going to be more of a challenge. Rob's going to be in for a rude awakening when I start making him help me instead of sleeping in.
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post #11 of 16
9/19/06 at 2:04pm
The boys are always up before us, usually around 6:30. They will go and watch cartoons as i drag my butt out of bed
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post #12 of 16
9/19/06 at 2:34pm
I need to get her up by 6:15 but it never works out that way. Desiree takes forever to wake up and then she watchs TV and eats like a turtle. She really needs to get to bed earlier.
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post #13 of 16
9/21/06 at 4:27pm
About 5:30. Neither of them are easy to get up. One is usually in an ok mood, the other is a grump. It alternates. It's the days when they both are grumpy that really stink! Ryan wakes up with a smile every day.
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post #14 of 16
9/21/06 at 5:35pm
My son has an alarm clock this year that he sets for 7:00. Daughter always wakes herself up by about 7:00 too. They don't have to go anywhere though, just eat breakfast and do morning chores. School starts between 8:30 and 9:00.
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post #15 of 16
9/22/06 at 8:25am
Brian gets Angela up at 5:30 as he's leaving for work. She takes a shower in the morning to wake herself up and it makes it sooooo much easier to get her moving. She's out the door at 6:30.

I get Caitlyn and Brandon up at 6:30. They have their good days (yesterday, for example) and they have their bad days (like today). They walk out the door in less than 10 minutes and he's still barefooted, no lunch packed and no breaky in his belly. She's just now ready to walk out the door. They leave at 7:30.
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post #16 of 16
9/22/06 at 6:16pm
I get the kids up for school at 7:30 A.M. Jonas gets right out of bed and Darien lays there for as long as he possibly can.
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