HI,
I just got a call from the school bus garage & DD11 is scheduled to catch the bus at 6:30 a.m. :help: . This child is NOT my morning child either....she is a slow starter (and so am I :santalol: ). DH may be able to take her in the morning, but she would still need to be up at 6:30 (which is a far cry better than out at the bus stop that time of morning). We started making the kids go to bed at 9:00 last week. DD is having a hard time falling asleep. Any tips? Do we just need to get in the routine? We have always been able to transition before school starts, but this is a drastic difference & school starts 8/18. DH woke her up this a.m. at 6:30, but she didn't make it out the bed until 7:10 (after many tears & grumblings on both our parts :thud: ). Any suggestions ? This middle school stuff is a whole new ball game for us. We live so close to the elementary school that the bus pick up is 8:35, so this a huge change.
BTW, DS8 gets up every day at 6:45 & is raring to go. I just stare at him in astonishment through my bleary half asleep eyes.
TIA for any input,
Bren :flower:
I just got a call from the school bus garage & DD11 is scheduled to catch the bus at 6:30 a.m. :help: . This child is NOT my morning child either....she is a slow starter (and so am I :santalol: ). DH may be able to take her in the morning, but she would still need to be up at 6:30 (which is a far cry better than out at the bus stop that time of morning). We started making the kids go to bed at 9:00 last week. DD is having a hard time falling asleep. Any tips? Do we just need to get in the routine? We have always been able to transition before school starts, but this is a drastic difference & school starts 8/18. DH woke her up this a.m. at 6:30, but she didn't make it out the bed until 7:10 (after many tears & grumblings on both our parts :thud: ). Any suggestions ? This middle school stuff is a whole new ball game for us. We live so close to the elementary school that the bus pick up is 8:35, so this a huge change.
BTW, DS8 gets up every day at 6:45 & is raring to go. I just stare at him in astonishment through my bleary half asleep eyes.
TIA for any input,
Bren :flower: