How long does it take you / your kid to get out of bed?

[lolalolalola]

I like a good 9 minute snooze personally. DH doesn’t snooze at all.
My DD snoozes for close to an hour. It bugs me because she could be getting so much more sleep if she just set her alarm for later. She sets her first alarm for 6:25, a second alarm at 6:45, which is also when her dad turn on her light (on a dimmer) and gives her her daily meds. He leaves for work at 7:15 and checked on her to make sure she is awake and turns her light on all the way, right before he leaves. I actually don’t know when she finally pulls herself out of bed but she needs to leave for school at 8:00


ETA - except today apparently she fell back asleep. DD1 work her up 12 minutes before she was supposed to leave for school. Guess she’ll be late today.

[dochas]

My son is smiling and ready to face the day before his eyes are even open. I count how many hours it will be before I can get back in bed again and get myself to a place where I can also smile and talk about what a wonderful day it will be so I don't turn my son into a morning sourpuss like me.

[dale]

My kids will drag themselves out of bed grumbling within minutes of me telling them it's time. However I may have heard DD grumble yesterday "Monday can go step on a lego."

[TR]

I hate being woken up so I never snooze my alarm. My alarm goes off and I am up within a minute usually. I have to just rip off the bandaid or I’m more miserable.

[circa1978]

My son and I are both big into the morning snuggle/I don't want to get out of bed struggle. It drives DH nuts. I'd rather sleep an extra five minutes than do anything else in the morning.

[lolalolalola]

And.. my DD fell back asleep this morning. My older DD woke her up at 7:48. Guess she's going to be late for school today. The kids have been on their own in the morning for a month now, I guess it was bound to happen.

[gummybear]

My alarm goes off at 6:30 and I am out of bed by 7 AM. The iPhone snooze is 9 minutes so that is 3 snoozes. I wake my kids up and the older one is usually downstairs by 7:20. The younger one takes longer and is way grumpier and would never get out of bed if she didn't have to. I try to have her down by 7:30 though.

[candreco]

I get up within a few minutes of my alarm going off, DH's goes off 15 minutes after mine but he doesn't get up until I'm out of the shower about 10-15 min later.

DS takes a couple minutes to get out of bed once we wake him up, but then is fully on. DD wallows another 15-20 minutes after we wake her up, then drags her way through basically just getting dressed and brushing hair and teeth while we remind her she now only has 10 minutes. She eats breakfast and really wakes up at before-school care. Middle school will be fun with her, right now she's finally getting out of bed ~5 min before she'll have to be at the bus stop, and she's becoming less and less of a morning person.

[BaliHai]

I can't snooze - if I'm awake, I'm awake, but I do need about an hour and coffee to be friendly. H snoozes for five minutes every morning, which mystifies me. Just set your alarm for 5 minutes later! When he gets up he is go go go, though, and in a good mood, which also mystifies me. lol

DD1 usually wakes up when I wake up in the morning, but if not she only needs a minute or two to rally. DD2 wakes up before me and screams until I get her out of her crib. Both girls, so far, are morning people unlike their mother.

[cmeon]

I've killed alarm clocks by throwing them- so, I don't want to act like I've always been this way- but, I hop out of bed when our alarm/light* comes on, the first time.

My kids are 9 and 11- the younger one honestly does not hear her alarm some mornings, so we do have to stick our head in her room to make sure she's up if she doesn't come out in a reasonable time (2-3 times a week). Our 11yo has always been pretty good about popping right up with the alarm.

*Having lights gently(ish- like, within 30 seconds- LOL) come on with my alarm really helps me.

[gummybear]

Nov 6, 2018 10:08:00 GMT -5 BaliHai said:

I can't snooze - if I'm awake, I'm awake. H snoozes for five minutes every morning, which mystifies me. Just set your alarm for 5 minutes later!

I loooove snoozing. I purposely set my alarm too early because that feeling of deliriousness between sleep and awake is my very favorite feeling in the world. The total relaxation of body and the hypnotic state of mind if pure heaven. 

[cleo29]

I snooze maybe once. An hour will only leave you feeling more tired. For the most part, I am slow to wake up unless we are leaving for a trip or something.

[BaliHai]

Nov 6, 2018 10:14:15 GMT -5 gummybear said:

Nov 6, 2018 10:08:00 GMT -5 BaliHai said:

I can't snooze - if I'm awake, I'm awake. H snoozes for five minutes every morning, which mystifies me. Just set your alarm for 5 minutes later!

I loooove snoozing. I purposely set my alarm too early because that feeling of deliriousness between sleep and awake is my very favorite feeling in the world. The total relaxation of body and the hypnotic state of mind if pure heaven. 

So funny. I hate that feeling so much, lol.

[eddy]

I bounce right out of bed the second my alarm goes off. I find if I even linger for a second, I won’t get up to go to the gym.

My kids are similar. I have never experienced the life of having to coax my kids out of bed. They normally get up too early lol.

[icedcoffee]

I snooze for 10-15 minutes. I love it. My H bounces out of bed. I don't understand it. DS is 2 and he needs a few minutes to wake up slowly. He's a smart kid.

[greysgirl]

I didn't use to be a snoozer but I am now. I snooze usually at least twice. DS is such a morning person, he doesn't need an alarm, we need to leave for school by 7:25ish and he is usually up at 6.

[TR]

Nov 6, 2018 10:56:21 GMT -5 BaliHai said:

Nov 6, 2018 10:14:15 GMT -5 gummybear said:

I loooove snoozing. I purposely set my alarm too early because that feeling of deliriousness between sleep and awake is my very favorite feeling in the world. The total relaxation of body and the hypnotic state of mind if pure heaven. 

So funny. I hate that feeling so much, lol.

Same! It’s an anxious feeling of dread that I’m going to have to eventually get up, lol. Now, waking up and going back to sleep when I don’t have another alarm set? THAT is a great feeling My uncle used to have my grandmother wake him up early in the summer JUST to have the satisfaction of going back to sleep, lol. That I can get on board with.

[ssmjlm]

I usually snooze once. My kid needs about 10 minutes to wake up, but I know I'm waking her before her natural start time.

[irishbride2]

The only time my kids are allowed screen time during the week is once they are fully dressed in the morning. This has caused them to shoot out of bed and get dressed, which is great.

I hit snooze once, usually. H hits it twice.

[Deleted]

I'm a pretty slow mover in the morning. I'm not a morning person at all, and I only get 4-5 hours of sleep per night. I usually hit snooze once or twice. I leave my house at 6am for work.

My son is awake and happy the second I open his door. My daughter is a little slower to get going, but generally crawls out of bed within about 5 minutes of when I wake her up.

[pantsparty]

I don't snooze. I may lay in bed for a few minutes, but I always get up without a second alarm.

[nessness]

I never snooze, but sometimes I'll look at my phone in bed for 5-10 minutes before getting up.

95% of the time DD1 (4) wakes up on her own, but when I have to wake her up it takes about 10 minutes to get her up and moving.

DD2 (1.5) will start fussing as soon as she wakes up, but she likes me to hang out in her room for a few minutes while she fully wakes up before I attempt to get her out of her crib - if I try to get her out before she's ready she'll kick and scream.

[isabel]

I snooze several times if it's really early. If I'm setting an alarm for after 7am, I don't usually need/want to snooze. When I have to be up around 5am, I definitely snooze a couple times. In either case, I always spend at least 10 minutes checking stuff on my phone and letting myself wake up before I get out of bed.

DH reallllly struggles to get up. It takes him a long time. I don't really know if he snoozes though. I have been out of the house before him for work for so many years now that I don't really know what his habits are like these days.

DS1 is similar to DH and has a hard time with it if he has to be woken up. If he wakes on his own, he'll hop right out of bed, ready to go. DS2 is TBD.

[mala]

As a teenager, it took me at least 45 min to get out of bed. Now, I snooze maybe once. I try not to tho, I feel like it's rude to keep snoozing if H is still asleep. I am a total grump in the morning, everyone knows you don't talk to me until I've either showered or eaten breakfast. Baby doens't get that message yet tho

B (6yo) snoozes maybe once a week, and she only does it once. She can be slow to move, but her clock doesn't allow to snooze more than once. She also feels a lot better after she eats breakfast.

[housewife]

I'm impossible to wake. I've had to be up for work at 4am for 7 years and my body just doesnt operate that early. I regularly sleep right through my alarms.

DD likes to snooze then lay around and watch tv before actually getting up.

DS sets an alarm and is up and out of bed 2 seconds later.

[mel]

I set my alarm one snooze too early so I can use that time to wake up before my feet hit the floor. So, I usually wake up at 6:00, but don't physically get out of bed until 6:09. I am 100000000% NOT a morning person.

DS1 will sleep all day so, I usually turn lights on in his room when I get out of bed. He then takes about 5 more minutes to get awake enough to stumble down for breakfast.

DS2 is usually awake before anyone else in the house. It's taken him a lot of years to finally stop waking me up when he gets up. Now he reads in bed until he sees me get up.

DH wakes up at the first alarm and is the happiest morning person ever. I hate him.

[mcmel]

I press snooze twice and then play on my phone for 5 or so minutes after the 3rd alarm.

Alarm goes off at 5:15 and I’m up by 5:45.

[Leeham Rimes]

My kids now wake up at 4:45 am bc they hate me. I’ve not needed an alarm clock for 8 years, 2 months and 3 weeks.

[yourmother]

Pre-kid I used to be a snoozer and would snooze 2-3 times before crawling out of bed. Now, I'm awake most days before my alarm goes off. I think it's anxiety that causes me to wake up at 4am, 5am, 6am. My alarm is set at 7am. It's the worst.

[shauni27]

It is rare for me to fall back asleep after I hit snooze. I usually hit snooze once, lay in bed for a few minutes with my eyes closed and then play on my phone for another few minutes. Then with the second alarm, I get up and get ready. On weekends I would love love love to not have to get up and instead just lay in bed and dose for hours.

H is a snoozer and it baffles me. He will hit snooze every 10 minutes for an hour. WHY NOT JUST SLEEP THE EXTRA HOUR?

All of this is moot, however, because we have a toddler who wakes us up sans alarms. He gets up, comes into bed and cuddles with us so we all get some good morning snuggles and no need to just jump right up. We lay in bed and cuddle while he drinks his milk for about 15 minutes--sometimes longer. It is lovely.