Comments on: Don’t Gimme A Break http://weavercurriculum.info/2008/01/14/dont-gimme-a-break/ Support, Edification & Encouragement for Weaving Moms Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:12:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: pattycov http://weavercurriculum.info/2008/01/14/dont-gimme-a-break/#comment-117 pattycov Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:00:32 +0000 http://weavercurriculum.info/2008/01/14/dont-gimme-a-break/#comment-117 I like your suggestions! This morning, praise God, they woke up without any "encouragement" from me! Woo-hoo! Of course, they knew we were going to Ladies' Bible Study, which would mean social time for them, so I think that might've been the motive. I'm hoping by next week, their bodies will be back on schedule. Also, I've got to make sure that they are in bed earlier than normal (and they don't like that a bit!) Thanks again! Patty I like your suggestions! This morning, praise God, they woke up without any “encouragement” from me! Woo-hoo! Of course, they knew we were going to Ladies’ Bible Study, which would mean social time for them, so I think that might’ve been the motive. I’m hoping by next week, their bodies will be back on schedule. Also, I’ve got to make sure that they are in bed earlier than normal (and they don’t like that a bit!)

Thanks again! Patty

]]> By: csthomas72 http://weavercurriculum.info/2008/01/14/dont-gimme-a-break/#comment-115 csthomas72 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:18:27 +0000 http://weavercurriculum.info/2008/01/14/dont-gimme-a-break/#comment-115 Oh, this made me laugh! I struggle in the morning as well and can relate to this post both as a mother and a daughter. he he :) My kids are little still (only 6 and 3) but I do have 2 ideas. One, if they are teenagers, it is a scientific fact that they need more sleep. So, if your schedule can take it, just change your start time. Assuming that won't work (and it wouldn't at my house. 9:00 is as late as I can push it and still make the day flow), I think this is what Rebecca Avery says, or maybe a modification of it. Set a time for school to start. If they aren't there, then they are letting you know that they need more time in the morning, so obviously they need 15 extra minutes to get ready. So, if they normally wake 8, and they aren't ready by 9; then the next morning you wake them at 7:45. If they still aren't ready, then the next morning you wake them at 7:30. Be infuriatingly cheerful as you wake them - for example, let them know that you are glad they chose to be woken up 15 minutes early because you get to see their faces for 15 extra minutes. :) If they do not have good attitudes when you wake them, then they are letting you know that they have chosen to also go to bed 15 or 30 minutes earlier. I would imagine this would be a little hard as a parent (it would be for me), but also that it wouldn't take too long for them to be ready at 9:00. :) Oh, this made me laugh! I struggle in the morning as well and can relate to this post both as a mother and a daughter. he he :)

My kids are little still (only 6 and 3) but I do have 2 ideas.
One, if they are teenagers, it is a scientific fact that they need more sleep. So, if your schedule can take it, just change your start time.

Assuming that won’t work (and it wouldn’t at my house. 9:00 is as late as I can push it and still make the day flow),
I think this is what Rebecca Avery says, or maybe a modification of it. Set a time for school to start. If they aren’t there, then they are letting you know that they need more time in the morning, so obviously they need 15 extra minutes to get ready. So, if they normally wake 8, and they aren’t ready by 9; then the next morning you wake them at 7:45. If they still aren’t ready, then the next morning you wake them at 7:30. Be infuriatingly cheerful as you wake them - for example, let them know that you are glad they chose to be woken up 15 minutes early because you get to see their faces for 15 extra minutes. :)

If they do not have good attitudes when you wake them, then they are letting you know that they have chosen to also go to bed 15 or 30 minutes earlier.

I would imagine this would be a little hard as a parent (it would be for me), but also that it wouldn’t take too long for them to be ready at 9:00. :)

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