Tips for getting kids to wake up...please!!

I'm lucky enough that my son is still not that big. So my problems waking him up is a bit easier. He does sleep late too. I always tell him to finish everything his doing before 9 so he could wash up and be sleeping by 9:30pm. Of course, he delays everything causing problems waking him up the following day. So, when I wake him up, I just carry him from the bed and stand him in the washroom. By then, he'd have no choice but to start getting ready. I don't know how big your son is already, but if you can't do what I do, I'd let him miss the bus. Maybe that'll trigger something in him to wake up a little earlier.

This struck a chord with me as I had the same problem with my own children. They were hopeless at getting up in the morning. The way I solved the problem was to set the rule that the later they got up in the morning, the earlier they would have to go to bed in the evening as they obviously weren't getting enough sleep.

That could be a little bit of "tough love" that could work wonders.

I let mine miss the bus and once was all it took. He missed the whole day because the school was 10 miles away and I refused to drive him. You didn't say how old your son is but anyone under 18 needs 9-12 hours of sleep a night. Not getting enough sleep makes them prone to depression, too. Well, back to the problem--make the consequences fit the action, that's what discipline is about: teaching! Tell him what will happen if he doesn't get up. Tell your daughter not to try to save him, either. If he doesn't get up, he misses the bus. That means make-up work, missed friends, all the other stuff. I know for a fact that it works. He'll give you grief and accuse you of not loving him and all kinds of other things if you're stuck with him at home but stick it out. He HAS to learn to take responsibility for his actions!

My husband likes to lay in bed until the last possible moment. I'll do that sometimes as well. When my husband needs to get up I usually gently remind him of the time a lot, he'll usually get mad but this doesn't usually do the trick.. So I just keep trying to get him to wake up. Sometimes are better then others. This morning he didn't feel good. We've all got a cold here. He didn't get up until 7 so had fifeteen minutes to do everything. He got everything done in plenty of time though. I can't blame him, I like to wait until the last possible minute when I can. For kids, well this is just what I'd suggest. Hubby and I don't yet have kids but I imagine I'll have to do this as well when we do. Go to the boys room earlier then usual and open the door, shake his foot or shoulder and tell him he needs to get up, that it's blah blah time. Give him the correct time the first time you try this. If he wakes up faster by being woke up earlier then that's good. If not, then tell him it's 7:00, and that he needs to get up. He should pop up and scramble to be ready. Of course I think it all depends on how he feels about school too. Eh, maybe it's not the best suggestion but I hope it works. It's worth a try.

teenagers just aren't good in mornings. it's hormonal. theres even schools now that start at 10 or even 11 am as their body clocks are just so out of sync with the rest of the world. i know that doesn't help you but its not his fault.i was like that as a teenager as well. had to be out of the house at 8.30 up at 8.25. i could even have conversations n my sleep.

the best solution for me is give a reward. thats mean you said that if they always "earlier" , you will give them reward. and i believe they likes "reward" and will get up and do "earlier" to get that reward.. :) depend on you what reward should you give, but the best reward is thing that probably make them like to get it...

Toss water on him...he will get up really quick LOL

Wow, you do have to get them up early! What time does school start there? I do not have to wake up my kids until after 7am. I will be doing it in 30 minutes time from when I am typing this. They do not start school until 9am and I drive them the 8 minutes there, so we usually leave around 8.30ish. My only suggestion is to wake your son up earlier. Perhaps at 6 o'clock. Is your daughter fast in the mornings? My daughter is usually up and gets ready quickly, but it is my son too who gets going very slowly each day. My son takes after my wife in this way and my daughter takes after me as we are both early risers.

If you dont mind scaring him, turn some loud music directly to his ear, lol. Buying him an alarm clock may do the trick as well(but its not so fun as the other option, just kidding). I dont have any other idea, sorry if my ideas arent so helpful.

This might sound unusual but my mom used to grab my brother's feet and drag him out of bed. She did that to all my brothers and it pretty much worked each time. She didn't cause them any physical harm by pulling them out and dropping them to the floor she was very gentle. But its a rude awakening. My dad on the other hand stood with a glass of water which was worse so they preferred my mom's method.

Your son is partly right. I had 3 kids, 1 boy and 2 girls. You HAVE to start waking them up by 6 - and you don't just knock on the door - you OPEN the door and anounce it is morning - and leave the door OPEN. If they want it closed they will have to get UP and do it themselves. You just keep walking around the house and yelling and talking to them - reminding them what time it is. I don't know how old your kids are, but 11 is too late for him to be up at night unless he is in high school. I made my kids get 10 hours of sleep a night and when they were little, they went to bed by 7 p.m. until the 3rd grade. then they could stay up until 8. But cranky tired kids do NOT do well in school - and that's a fact. If you aren't getting them up early enough to even have a few bites of cereal, then they're really not going to have a good morning. They need some food, juice, something before school. Sometimes my kids ate in the car if they didn't get into the kitchen in time, juice cartons or a piece of a bagel or something, that was their fault if they didn't move. But I am a very efficient person and so you will have to start this process by 6 am and get yourself moving - and forcing them awake. Also, I bought alarm clocks and put them in their bathrooms so they could SEE the time when they were doing their teeth, hair, etc. - and I would loudly announce our departure time 10 minutes BEFORE we were leaving - and then again 5 minutes later. Some people just need that extra prodding and reminding.

He needs to learn that there are consequences for their actions. Doe she do anything outside of school and home that he has to be there on time for? If yes I would casually take my sweet time in getting ready and walking out the door. I would ask him how does this make you feel knowing you have to be somewhere and I am not working with you to get you there? maybe then he will understand what you are going through. My fiances mom and dad did the I will throw ice water on you (and did) and that pretty much got him up real quick. You can get alarm clock and make sure its loud where he has to physically get up and turn it off some where across the room. Turn the clock back and let him its another time but that will only work a few times. I am not the one that would let them walk to school or back home unescorted or alone because there are too many crazies and cars out there. God forbid something go wrong and you cannot take it back. That would destroy me. Ask him what is the problem that he cannot get up? maybe going to bed earlier ( I know that's a joke- I can hear the laughter now). That's all I can think of right now, take care.

A couple of mornings in a row with a bucket of cold water changes this behavior very quickly.

One best idea is change the time clock at your kids room. Always have them 2 hours before and so even they wake up and get ready slowly two hours is more enough. But to be in practise, join them in their favourite classes early morning, like yoga .Early to bed is early to rise, give them a hot milk at night that induces sleep. Try getting a alarm clock, which will keep yelling and disturbs their sleep!!

This struck a chord with me as I had the same problem with my own children. They were hopeless at getting up in the morning. The way I solved the problem was to set the rule that the later they got up in the morning, the earlier they would have to go to bed in the evening as they obviously weren't getting enough sleep.

"Early to bed, early to rise" right? I think that would be the best way that you can wake them up early. You could also make a deal with them like, If you wake up early this week you'll get a reward on weekend. You may also try to tickle their feet or carry them out of bed. 11pm is way too late for kids to sleep =)