Comments on: The Morning Routine http://www.parentingontrack.com/invest-in-the-best/morning-routines/ Your Family. Your Solutions! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:11:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Vicki http://www.parentingontrack.com/invest-in-the-best/morning-routines/#comment-281 Vicki Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:51:23 +0000 http://www.parentingontrack.com/?p=3312#comment-281 Hi Sarah, Good question. If kids seem resistant to alarm clocks - and it seems clear that your little one is - then waking them up is a reasonable option. Sometimes young kids are so deep in the sleep cycle that they really don't hear all the bells and whistles. The goal is to continue to invite your kids to take on more and more responsibility for themselves as well as create healthy habits and routines. My sense is you are making a sincere effort to turn the "wake up" over to her, but she just isn't ready yet. Keep the alarm clock in there, talk with her about the morning routine and then, when it won't matter if she oversleeps and misses school, or a party or an outing, she can experience the consequence without being overly upset. Remember, the goal isn't for the kids to suffer, it's for them to experience life with as little interruption from their parents as possible. Vicki Hi Sarah,

Good question. If kids seem resistant to alarm clocks - and it seems clear that your little one is - then waking them up is a reasonable option. Sometimes young kids are so deep in the sleep cycle that they really don’t hear all the bells and whistles.

The goal is to continue to invite your kids to take on more and more responsibility for themselves as well as create healthy habits and routines.

My sense is you are making a sincere effort to turn the “wake up” over to her, but she just isn’t ready yet.

Keep the alarm clock in there, talk with her about the morning routine and then, when it won’t matter if she oversleeps and misses school, or a party or an outing, she can experience the consequence without being overly upset.

Remember, the goal isn’t for the kids to suffer, it’s for them to experience life with as little interruption from their parents as possible.

Vicki

]]> By: Sarah Webb http://www.parentingontrack.com/invest-in-the-best/morning-routines/#comment-280 Sarah Webb Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:36:04 +0000 http://www.parentingontrack.com/?p=3312#comment-280 What do you do when they ignore and or don't wake up with the alarm? We've been try to use an alarm to wake up our daughter and it doesn't wake her up. We've tried several different setting like beeping or static. We even have one of those fancy alarms that makes a bunch of different noises, like a thunder storm and waves, but none of wake her. So I am still waking her up in the morning. The only other option I can see is to just let her sleep. But lateness doesn't seem to bother her. What are my options? Thanks, Sarah What do you do when they ignore and or don’t wake up with the alarm? We’ve been try to use an alarm to wake up our daughter and it doesn’t wake her up. We’ve tried several different setting like beeping or static. We even have one of those fancy alarms that makes a bunch of different noises, like a thunder storm and waves, but none of wake her. So I am still waking her up in the morning. The only other option I can see is to just let her sleep. But lateness doesn’t seem to bother her. What are my options?
Thanks, Sarah

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