Does your preschooler get up before you?

Question

My five year old is sometimes up before me.from anywhere to 1/2 an hour to an hour....He used to come and wake me, but now I tell him to let me rest a little B/c of baby....is this a recipe for disaster.?

Answer 1

yes my daughter has woken up before me since she was 2

sometimes i have to just leave her to watch TV because her dad is deployed and I have seizures in the morning

she's now almost 4 and she now gets her own breakfast if needed and just quietly watches tv or plays for awhile then comes and checks on me and sometimes even gets in bed with me

my daughter is very well behaved,independent and kind because of the fact that i have a disability

I am very lucky

if you have to sleep like i do then so be it but if there is no reason besides you are tired then get up and take care of your kid

why cant dad help??

yes it is a recipe for disaster

the only reason i let my daughter do it is i have no choice and she understands that and there is proof that children of parents with disabilities grow up understanding,independent,and mainly well behaved

Answer 2

well an hour is very dangerous for a 5 year old.

you being asleep is the same as you not being home.

Just tell them that when they wake up to come in your room laydown with you, and stay. or tell them that they have to go back to bed. otherwise you must get up.

its way to dengerous for your child to be unsupervised.

Answer 3

yes, my four year old does too my hubby is a God sent..That is all a part of being a mom get up & start parenting..Good luck with that...

Answer 4

If you are going to "rest" a bit then keep him in the same room with maybe a book or a toy  or a movie to occupy himself with while you "wake up". Do not go back to sleep, I repeat, do not go back to sleep. Little boys do the damndest things when left to their own devices, no matter how well behaved you might think they are. My daughter once got hold of a permanent black marker and marked up her daddy and his entire apartment (walls and all). He had to go to work with permanent black marked lips, eyelids, cheeks, etc...!!!! That's what he gets for sleeping while she was alone.