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The reason kids have bed-times is because they need more sleep than their parents do. So the parents can go to bed at the same time, and get up earlier, and still have their private time together. And, mommy and daddy can go to bed before they are exhausted, which has certain advantages of its own.
There is no greater luxury in day-to-day routine than getting up in the morning early enough that nobody has to hurry.
Honestly I LOVE being up earlier than anyone in the house, it IS a luxury
Why not make 9:30 bedtime for everybody. Doors locked, cat out, TV off, lights out, everybody in bed by 9:30. Get up as early as you like, make a nice cooked breakfast, get some housework done before you go to work in the morning. What are you doing after 9:30 that is so important?
Having time w/o the kids w/ my husband (ie. maintaining my marriage).
I hate it. I DESPISE mornings with a passion. I.HATE.MORNINGS. I prefer to stay up till about 3 or 4 and sleep later. Then I'm happy.
Same here! I don't do mornings very well. Even if I go to bed by 9:00 p.m. and get up by 6:00 a.m. I still do not fully function before 11:00a.m. I find I get more done and am at my best between 6:00 p.m. and midnight. Longer if I can sleep in until 9:00 a.m. at the earliest.
Same here! I don't do mornings very well. Even if I go to bed by 9:00 p.m. and get up by 6:00 a.m. I still do not fully function before 11:00a.m. I find I get more done and am at my best between 6:00 p.m. and midnight. Longer if I can sleep in until 9:00 a.m. at the earliest.
I'm not a morning person either and like to be left alone till AT LEAST 9am, but would rather not get started doing stuff till 11am. I'm at my bes tin the evening from about 4pm-9pm for some reason. I guess our routine is more clear cut then.
As it is my day usually starts at dawn so I can have time to myself then the kids wake up around 7am. yuk. Too bad the kids don't liek to sleep in and are in fact morning people.
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