<![CDATA[Morning woes]]>Hi


For me, I will wake kids up at 6am, give both of them a cup of water to drink. (I read somewhere start the day with a cup of water is good way to kickstart your systems) & also good way to shake them up from their drowsy sleepiness state.

Tell the younger one go pee, thereafter, they have 10 minutes to rest & by 6.15am they have to get out of bed.

With all these activities, they never fail to get up every morning :boogie: :evil:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/79568/morning-woesRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 20:59:59 GMTWed, 08 Oct 2014 03:13:06 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 07:30:40 GMT]]>Dear all… thanks for your comments and inputs.


I have been thinking… is my DD purely has waking up problem or is she having some issues in life? She dosent seem motivated in doing anything… haiz…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392580https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392580Wed, 01 Oct 2014 07:30:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 06:56:00 GMT]]>

BeContented:
Funz:

Actually P3 oredi can talk a bit of sense into them right?


I told DS before, if he insists on taking his own sweet time to wake up, I will have no choice but to start waking him up earlier. That means he gets less peaceful sleep. But if he were to wake up promptly, he gets that 15-20mins more of peaceful undisturbed sleep instead of one that is interrupted every 5-10mins and at the end of it, he still needs to get up.


Haha....i tried that on DD for years........sec 1 already, still sama sama. :slapshead:

But honestly speaking, sometimes it's a blessing in disguise when one can sleep soundly and easily. 🙂

DS can sleep very easily, and it's difficult to disturb him when sleeping. It was a walkover when trying to make him sleep when he was a baby, c.f. to the torture of trying to do the same for DD.

But I've told him that he should remain this way only for the next 9 yr. When he turns 18 and is ready to be enlisted, he'll sure suffer if he sleeps that easily and soundly. Way before the movie 'Ah Boy to Man', all the guys who had been through NS know how jialat it is, when you're so tired, but must be on alert with the weapon waiting for enemy arrival… Fall asleep and let your trainer catch you, and then a few weekends no need to go home...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392548https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392548Wed, 01 Oct 2014 06:56:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:45:32 GMT]]>

Blessedwife:



I just need to switch on the light in his room and pat him once, he will wake up and greet me with a beautiful smile and hug then off he went to the toilet to brush his teeth and wash his face 😄

Hope you can find a solution asap 😄
Some mums have all the luck 😉 Oh i forgot you are blessed 😂

We are a I-hate-to-wake-up, why-god-made-mornings family. You wake someone up at your own risk. If someone woke up with a smile, we checked their temperature 😆 So not surprised by my kids reaction.

Strange thing is waking up kids in Primary school is a lot harder than in preschool. They slept lighter when younger , i feel.

With DS I have to get him to talk . If it means provoking him so that he can scream, job done. Though I dont usually resort to it. You tube and chrome cast makes life easier. Tickling , feet massage, wet towels, some of the tricks. But same trick used everyday loses its effect. So got to play around. 🤷

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392442https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392442Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:45:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:38:10 GMT]]>

Funz:
Actually P3 oredi can talk a bit of sense into them right?


I told DS before, if he insists on taking his own sweet time to wake up, I will have no choice but to start waking him up earlier. That means he gets less peaceful sleep. But if he were to wake up promptly, he gets that 15-20mins more of peaceful undisturbed sleep instead of one that is interrupted every 5-10mins and at the end of it, he still needs to get up.

Haha....i tried that on DD for years........sec 1 already, still sama sama. :slapshead:

But honestly speaking, sometimes it's a blessing in disguise when one can sleep soundly and easily. 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392435https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392435Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:38:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:35:34 GMT]]>Mama_g,

I have 2 kids....DS & DD.

I realised, different people are built differently.
DS is like my hubby, a light sleeper, needed less hours & super easy, basically auto-wake or jump up immediately.
DD, is a deep/sound sleeper, super hard to wake her up & slow-coach :frustrated: Like your gal, usually I had to cater ~20mins.....

From P1-P3, Similar to your experience, I tried many things, even used cane to jolt her out of her sleep but she became very grouchy. So lotsa of whining & crying in the morning 😢
And if she was too slow to eat her breakfast at home, we would pack for her. So effectively there was no consequence to DD .... cos we adults would always ensure that she could still have her bf & be on time for sch.

P4 she was transferred to a school further away. We would send DS first & that was when we realised, she din want to be late for school, badly.
We explained to her that she was the 'culprit and cause' if she was ever late for sch. She would have to suffer the consequences of being late since we refused to send her first. That was when we started seeing some effort from DD. She would set her watch alarm (but din work still 😂 ) & less grouchy when smacked. Slowly, things improved ie. 20mins became 5-10 mins & she would move a bit faster.

This year at Sec1, original route was to send DD followed by DS. She reverted to her old slow ways :mad: So we switch our route.....DS first. But I still end up driving & rushing while she blissfully naps in car.....all just because of missing the off-peak window of 5-10mins.
Finally, I did the ultimate :evil: After dropping DS, I started driving leisurely, .....to match her speed in the morning. She was :yikes:
My intention was to make her late for school :evil: Stated clearly to her that in future, she will bear the consequences for her slow actions. I will match her speed. It happened 2 times before ..... :xedfingers:

But for coming school holiday, DD already 'begged' me to let her sleep to her heart's content. I agreed....only for first week until 10am then back to 9am 😉

In conclusion, we need to identify what 'matters or is important' to them. Looking back, I remembered how DD would auto-wake up (from 5yo) when we have to go airport early for holidays.
Let them face the consequence for their action or inaction.....if it really matters, they will make the effort (I hope).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392432https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392432Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:35:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:34:06 GMT]]>Tell me about it - morning woes!! Just to share.

I felt my daughter enter this \"sleeping like a log\" phase around P4/P5. Tickling, Wet towels, irritate with a few strands of my hair in her ears, all failed, she just could not open her eyes. She didnt scream but sometimes she would kick and she has strong legs. 😓 I literally had to drag, carry to the bathroom. What made it harder was she slept on the upper bunk bed.

The thing was she is a very conscientious person, she would plead me to wake her up, she wanted to go to school on time, hated being late. And she was really trying to wake herself up. She was in bed by 9pm - then read/ chat/play with DS and lights off at 9:30. Though she takes time to all asleep,she could afford to sleep till 6:30 am latest.
This period coincided with a mega growth spurt. She was underweight till P3. She went on to grow quite tall and gain substantial weight - the biggest jump after the toddler years. I believe she honestly needed that sleep.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392430https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392430Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:34:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:32:57 GMT]]>SAME HERE!


i am so fortunate when it comes to waking my son up... cos we never had any problems at all. 一叫就醒! no tantrums, no problems at all. he will then shower, change and eat breakfast.

i guess it is a habit formed since young. whole family sleep early and wake up early. even on weekends and school holidays. almost 365 days a year... hardly sleep past 8am on non-school days. and no afternoon naps since 5YO when at home

Blessedwife:
Could it be someone in school that she really doesn't like to see?

After seeing so many mummies here telling their stories of waking up their children, I must say my boy is an angel :please:

I just need to switch on the light in his room and pat him once, he will wake up and greet me with a beautiful smile and hug then off he went to the toilet to brush his teeth and wash his face 😄

Hope you can find a solution asap 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392429https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392429Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:32:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:22:24 GMT]]>Actually P3 oredi can talk a bit of sense into them right?


I told DS before, if he insists on taking his own sweet time to wake up, I will have no choice but to start waking him up earlier. That means he gets less peaceful sleep. But if he were to wake up promptly, he gets that 15-20mins more of peaceful undisturbed sleep instead of one that is interrupted every 5-10mins and at the end of it, he still needs to get up.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392423https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392423Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:22:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:17:21 GMT]]>Is putting her on the school bus an option? If she does not wake up, she would miss the bus…If that is not a good reason for her to wake up, try the next one.


Does she listen to her form teacher?
If she does, perhaps can work with the teacher for a task for her in the morning daily for one term to correct the habit. In some schools, there is a rep who needs to collect homework and then pass to the teacher early in the am for marking before class. So can request for her to be that rep. If no such task, request her to take the register for the teacher every morning at a designated time. No formal appointment is required but just give her a morning task. With some responsibilities in school, she would have to get up and get to school on time. Just some suggestions.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392419https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392419Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:17:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:06:25 GMT]]>Try to wake her up 15mins before 6.40am…by the time she is willing to be out of bed will be the time u want her to wake up.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392415https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392415Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:06:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:44:10 GMT]]>Could it be someone in school that she really doesn't like to see?


After seeing so many mummies here telling their stories of waking up their children, I must say my boy is an angel :please:

I just need to switch on the light in his room and pat him once, he will wake up and greet me with a beautiful smile and hug then off he went to the toilet to brush his teeth and wash his face 😄

Hope you can find a solution asap 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392393https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392393Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:44:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:42:02 GMT]]>Interesting new ideas I learn to wake kiddos up especially the wet towels… I’ve not tried that.


I’ve 3 to wake every morning so I need to have new tricks up my sleeves.

I usually do the following :
* Talk to them about what’s happening today. Eg. oh are you staying back today??? Are you going for learning journey today? Ask questions etc…
* Tickle them
* roll them off the bed after 5 mins (there is mattress below)
* tell them… pls sleep as we will be going off without her
* tell her… hurry up daddy has already changed and is going to the car. This is not so effective. She rebutted that daddy is always the last to be ready.
* Worst scenario make them learn about consequences… be really late and let them experience how to answer for that.

Some naughty tricks on mind include changing the time on the clock and act in a manner as though we woke up late and it is really late. But can only use it once in a while.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392391https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392391Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:42:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:33:41 GMT]]>Maybe she just needs a long warm up time. Ds wakes easily and he has his breakfast at home, showers and washes up before school. Dd is really hard to wake too. Thankfully we have a routine that seems somewhat undramatic.


I wake her early and she drags self and pillow to sofa where she promptly goes back to sleep. Meanwhile, all the activity goes on around her. Hubby gets ready for work n turns on tv news, brother does his own thing etc. So she is semi asleep/awake with all the bustle n lights. In between i force her to change, then she lies back down, then tie her hair… If it is even a minute before 7am, she will lie down again! At 7am on the dot i wake her again to wash up. And she is out of the house in 7 mins!!! Breakfast on the way to sch with warm drink in small thermos. All thru this, she doesnt say a word.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392387https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392387Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:33:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:28:07 GMT]]>DS was a bit like that last time. But no screaming. Just takes a long time to wake up and very grouchy.


For me, I will literally drag him into the toilet, tell him like it or not he is going to school. If he is still not in his uniform and out for breakfast in 10 minutes, I will drag him to school in his PJs.

My suggestion, ignore the screamings as much as you can, do not engage her protests as that will give her opportunities to escalate.

Hope things will improve soon.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392386https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392386Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:28:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:19:47 GMT]]>I am going to try doing this tomorrow morning.


- wake her up "normally"
- tickle her
- play her fav songs
- wet towel on her face
- let her be late (last resort)

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392379https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392379Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:19:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:15:36 GMT]]>

hquek:
mama_g:

[quote=\"jetsetter\"]jeez, sounds like my DS. every morning must cajole, threaten, shout, drag... 😓


Ok, at least i know i am not alone.. but jetsetter, does your DS repeatly tells you that \" I dont want to go to school, i hate school\"
Upon hearing this really makes me.... :mad: :mad:

It's just kids venting....try brushing that off. I don't know any adults who will jump out of bed at this early hour and say I LOVE work.

btw, on your remark about taking video and showing...don't think it's going to work. Cos you can take video, but it's a bit hard showing to these people without you looking really odd - likely a cannot accomplish.

I sometimes tell my kids I won't be late even if you are....so if you really want, I can send you to school late - no impact on me hor. (I used also to remind my kids about their friends who have to wake at 5ish, and then downstairs at 6am!!! to wait for school bus - they good life in that I delay their wake up time). But this is just me venting....[/quote]I dont expect her to tell me that she LOVES school. But i think its a very negative start for the day by saying you dont want to go to school/ work and you hate it. I did try to brush it off but it really upset me seeing her like this EVERY morning.

As for the video taking idea... this stikes me as i think she will feel embarrassed if i really show a \"third party\" how she behave every morning.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392378https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392378Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:15:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:58:47 GMT]]>

mama_g:
jetsetter:

jeez, sounds like my DS. every morning must cajole, threaten, shout, drag... 😓


Ok, at least i know i am not alone.. but jetsetter, does your DS repeatly tells you that \" I dont want to go to school, i hate school\"
Upon hearing this really makes me.... :mad: :mad:

It's just kids venting....try brushing that off. I don't know any adults who will jump out of bed at this early hour and say I LOVE work.

btw, on your remark about taking video and showing...don't think it's going to work. Cos you can take video, but it's a bit hard showing to these people without you looking really odd - likely a cannot accomplish.

I sometimes tell my kids I won't be late even if you are....so if you really want, I can send you to school late - no impact on me hor. (I used also to remind my kids about their friends who have to wake at 5ish, and then downstairs at 6am!!! to wait for school bus - they good life in that I delay their wake up time). But this is just me venting....

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392369https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392369Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:58:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:55:18 GMT]]>

mama_g:
hquek:

Someone taught me this. wet towel on the face...instant pick me up.


I sprinkled ice water on her face this morning, she changed her position and continue zzzzz

I told her this morning that i am going to take a video of her tomorrow and show it to her teachers and friends... will this works?

I used ice cube down pants (mine are boys) before but not quite effective. Sprinkle water lagi no use. wet a hankerchief (nonid to be dripping though, just moist).

Put on face...somehow effect very different.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392363https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392363Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:55:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:40:14 GMT]]>Let her be late for school once or twice 😂


After getting warning, she might not want to be late again.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392346https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392346Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:40:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:37:20 GMT]]>At P3, 10pm to 6.40am, should be ok. If she sleeps soundly through the night, she should be well rested.


The issue lies in waking her up. How about waking her at 6.30 or 6.20? She can take a few minutes to lie in and drag herself out of bed. Hopefully she will be fully awake by 6.40am minus all the ruckus. Keep this routine even on weekends to minimize Monday Blues.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392340https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392340Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:37:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:35:07 GMT]]>

mama_g:
jetsetter:

jeez, sounds like my DS. every morning must cajole, threaten, shout, drag... 😓


Ok, at least i know i am not alone.. but jetsetter, does your DS repeatly tells you that \" I dont want to go to school, i hate school\"
Upon hearing this really makes me.... :mad: :mad:

Oh no school aversion yet :xedfingers:

just very \"nua\"..sometimes, I've to change his clothes in bed! :frustrated: :slapshead:

wet towels help on certain mornings...instantly jump up! Try that!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392337https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392337Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:35:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:32:03 GMT]]>

hquek:
Someone taught me this. wet towel on the face...instant pick me up.

I sprinkled ice water on her face this morning, she changed her position and continue zzzzz

I told her this morning that i am going to take a video of her tomorrow and show it to her teachers and friends... will this works?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392334https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392334Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:32:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Morning woes on Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:30:00 GMT]]>tickle her?

blow air onto her face?
use your hair to brush on her face?
push her slowly towards the edge of the bed? (make sure no real risk of falling of course)

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392326https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1392326Wed, 01 Oct 2014 02:30:00 GMT