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Originally Posted by SoulCakes  My daughter wakes up every morning at 8am. On school days I'm up by 7:30am, but otherwise I'm still asleep when she crawls in bed with us and wants breakfast. She can make her own toast and help herself to yogurt and fruit from the kitchen, so usually I beg off for a while and get an additional half hour of sleep (sometimes longer!).
But this bugs me... my parents were ALWAYS awake before I was growing up! It's weird to me that my daughter is growing up with a "sleeping mommy" who doesn't want to leap out of bed first thing in the morning. I'm heavily dependent on sleep, too - if I don't get eight hours, I can barely get out from under the covers! My daughter doesn't like it, either.
Is this normal? Since I was a late riser even as a child, I'm conditioned to think that in normal families the parents are up before the kids. I have all these great memories of waking up to the smell of coffee and pancakes cooking, and my parents (chipperly) sitting around the breakfast table. I WANT THAT... but it just seems to conflict with my biology.
So... do you get up before your kids, and do you think it's important? Is my child going to be scarred for life because I sleep in? And does anyone have any helpful tips for transforming yourself into a morning person?
Thanks!
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Wow, I really identify with this scenario. Except one big difference: my mom was addicted to cigarettes and was up at the crack of dawn most mornings so she could get her first fix. She and my dad drank pots and pots of coffee. The interesting thing was that once they retired, Dad started sleeping in a bit, but Mom did not.
Mostly I don't worry about my sleeping later than my kids, but sometimes I do. Well, only the 11 y.o. gets up early on weekends. The 15 y.o. would sleep past noon if we let her.
