The rule at our house? Stay in bed until 7 AM. Lily has a clock in her room and we taught her many, many months ago to stay in bed until the first number on her clock said seven. Some people may see this as child abuse, but I'm not a morning person and it's just better parenting to wait until my brain is working before I'm up and around with the kids.
This morning Drew came and crawled in bed with me about 6:30. He laid with me for awhile, but after a bit he was done waiting! He wanted his breakfast. I stalled...I told him that the clock didn't say seven yet. I told him, "See, it says six-four-eight...we're waiting for a seven." Drew grabbed the clock and studied it for a minute. Then very seriously, he said, "It says GET UP!"
How can a person argue with that? It was time to head to the kitchen and get him his damn rice krispies! Some day they will be teenagers and I will be fighting the opposite battle. Some day I will be saying to Drew: The clock says GET UP!
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Ha ha - that is great! Wish you had a tape recorder of that for when he is a teenager :)
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